It's All In The Numbers - New Ways To Find Your Perfect Coffee

2015-06-29T11:06:00+01:00

We've just launched a new addition to our product pages to make finding your perfect coffee even easier. Throughout our range of origin and blended coffees, you'll now see dials on the left hand side of the page indicating various features of the particular coffee you're browsing. With indicators including strength, acidity, flavour, body and aroma, you can at a glance see how our range matches your tastes. If you know exactly the type of coffee you're looking for, you can also use our new check sheets, listing our range by all of those attributes, starting with Coffee by Strength. To finish off our improvements, we've also listed the brewing methods each coffee is particularly suited to, making your choices even easier to make.

Homemade Iced Frappe - Vanilla, Mocha and Mocha Chip!

2015-05-14T15:35:00+01:00

With summer just about with us (between the rain showers anyway!), many of us look to cold coffee drinks as a refreshing alternative to more traditional beverages. But did you know that it's incredibly easy to make perfect iced frappe at home? With just a few indulgent ingredients, and some of our freshly roasted coffee, you'll soon be whipping up delicious blended coffee drinks to enjoy during the warm summer months (or drizzly, May afternoons for that matter!)

Here's what you'll need:

350ml of Very Strong Brewed Coffee or Espresso, Chilled. We'd recommend Ernesto, Continental, Golden Crema, Buckaroo, Director's or Italian.
240ml Whole Milk (more to taste)
1/3 cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/4 cup Chocolate Syrup
1/2 cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips (feel free to add more if desired!)
Whipped Cream

Preparation:

Vanilla Iced Frappe

In a blender, mix the coffee, milk, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla. Top off the blender with ice and blend until smooth and icy. Serve in a glass and add a generous swirl of cream to finish.

Mocha Iced Frappe

As above, but add chocolate syrup to the mixture at the beginning.

Mocha Chip Iced Frappe

As per the Mocha Iced Frappe, but add chocolate chips to the mixture. To finish add chocolate syrup on top of the whipped cream, and dot with chocolate chips for a real treat!