What is Oolong Tea? Acts like a green tea, seems like a black tea, but it’s something in the middle. Oolong tea is a type of Chinese tea made from the camellia sinensis tea plant. It is one of the five true Chinese teas, togethe...

Do you fancy a tea that boasts as much beautiful colour as it does health benefits? The wonderful amber-rich red of rooibos tea is a warming treat unlike any other herbal tea. Naturally caffeine-free, rooibos is a brew that promot...

Genmaicha tea is a blended Japanese (sencha) green tea made with toasted rice kernels. Genmaicha is unlike other green teas. Genmaicha is distinctly bitter yet rounded with yummy ‘popcorn’ flavoured notes. This tea is a lovely...

Peppermint tea is a celebration of everything bright, fresh and uplifting. It’s a vibrant and verdant cup of joy! It imparts a cooling, invigorating taste and is a wonderful herbal tea. Peppermint tea on it’s own is a deli...

Never has a black tea sounded so exotic!Black teas are famously dark, earthy and have a strong, roasted flavour. Most of us know Earl Grey, English Breakfast, Darjeeling, maybe even Assam teas. Most of us, however, may not be able...

Coffee drinking is a tradition that has been around for hundreds of years. This tradition dates back to the 15th Century when the drink was first noted in Arabic records. Since then, coffee has come a long way. Growers have d...

Over many years of working within the coffee industry, I have found that one question comes up time and time again. Now, more than ever, it's one we should look at. How should you store your coffee at home?  Naturally, t...

In one of our recent blogs, we touched on five of the best ways we think you could elevate your morning cup at home, and one of those tips focused on the grind of your beans.Well, we thought that might be a great point to revisit....

That first fresh cup of coffee in the morning can mean all kinds of things. From the first sip, to the last ‘ahhh’, the difference between a great cup and an average cup can really set you up for the day.Or maybe that’s just u...

We’ve talked a lot about tasting coffee, common coffee flavours, and roasting profiles but an area we’ve only briefly touched on is coffee varieties. When it comes to wine, we tend to have a strong idea of the variety we...

The perfect summer beverage (you're probably not drinking) I don't know about you, but I keep buying cold drinks at the moment. It's just so hot (try being a coffee roaster over summer!) around Brisbane that it seems like...

Tried our quiz but weren’t sure what answers to put in?  While you’ve undoubtedly heard coffee-tasting terms being thrown around by your local, heavily-bearded barista, you may never have paused for any great length of...