I’ve collected a fair amount of books on coffee. Some are excellent, whilst others deeply embarrassing. I thought I’d put together a little list of the ones that I would recommend to other people wanting to learn more.

Rumours are currently circulating about some of the UK branded chains starting to serve flats whites. The baristas at Flat White in Soho fielded calls from broadsheet journalists asking for comment about an apparent decision by Starbucks UK to start...

Today I created a simple website with a simple goal: Connect quality focused cafes/coffee roasters/coffee suppliers with potential staff. I get a lot of emails, and meet a lot of people looking for barista jobs in London, and I know shops are always...

I have been thinking about this topic for a while, but a post over on Jamie Goode’s blog has inspired me to write a little something. I get fairly numerous emails from a variety companies asking me to post about their products.  I generally ignore...

I am aware there is some potential for me seeming like an arrogant so and so in this post, but it really is just about having a bit of a discussion. It is no surprise that I am a big fan of barista competitions, but having recently gone through the UK...

It is fair to say that as an industry we have embraced Twitter. Just about every cafe or barista I know is on there, but don’t worry – this isn’t another moaning rant about Twitter killing blogs.  I should probably preface this by saying that I am no...