Have you ever had a coffee that was roasted poorly? You know what I’m talking about – it has that bitter, smoky, and just plain...

In Part 1, we stole a glimpse at why blends matter and how they’ve come to dominate the market. But how do these beauties come...

Ever heard of wet hulling? If you have, did you wonder what on earth it actually means and what it has to do with coffee?...

Let’s talk coffee blends, shall we? A few weeks ago, Perfect Daily Grind shed light on the edginess of single origin coffee, but now it’s...

Desperate for freshly roasted coffee, but not sure exactly how fresh is best? Its roast date can tell you something, but not everything. Read on,...

Have you ever wondered what honey processing or what it means? Or if it’s any better than the natural processed coffee you used last week?...

2½ years ago, I would never have imagined making a career out of coffee roasting. Yet today, that is exactly what I am. I was...

Roasting at home has always intrigued me, yet until recently, I’d shied away from trying it. Why bother when it’s so much easier to buy...

How Is the Coffee Chosen? As a micro-roaster, there are several things that influence your decision to choose one coffee over another. Despite what you...

There are so many global issues around the world that we’re unfamiliar with. And who knew that something simple as a buying a bag of...

Roasting coffee can be quite a learning curve on the journey of a coffee aficionado, but without a doubt it’s one of the most rewarding...

I was on the phone to my mum giving her some tips on how to choose a bag of beans when I realised how incomprehensible...

There was a time when the  roasting process would have been just another step in the journey of crop to cup. There wouldn’t have been...

We attended a Scott Rao’s “Roasting Masterclass” at Prufrock Coffee, London last week. Who’s Scott Rao? He’s a “Coffee Idol” to the Specialty Coffee generation....

Australian coffee culture for many years has been dominated by large commercial roasting companies. With the explosion of third wave coffee onto the café scene,...