What the heck is a varietal? Why is it on every decent bag of coffee: Heirloom Varietal, Caturra Varietal, Pacamara Varietal, Geisha Varietal… the list goes on (also sometimes called varieties). Do these names mean anything, or are they just a fancy words to make the label look better? Well, yes, they do mean quite a bit. There is information about our potential coffee purchases to be gained from these words, it’s just a matter of learning what they really mean, and discovering how this knowledge can affect our coffee choices.
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This Sunday saw the the Heston hats come out for Central London coffee shop Tapped & Packed at their latest project: The Sunday Club. Read the rest of this entry »
Faced with living on a tour bus for the next week, stopping in many unknown European cities but sadly no time to explore these wondrous destinations, I realised all is not lost – it will actually be the perfect opportunity to let Aerobie’s Aeropress shine….
So here begins the journey, ’Robie will join forces with the junior divisions of Hario and Salter (ie. a Mini Mill and the trendy budget scales) taking HasBean, London’s finest Square Mile beans – plus any we find along the way – on the trip of a lifetime around Europe (well, Germany at least).
Watch this space for updates and join us for late night or early morning brews along the way….
When life gets busy (as it almost certainly always is) nothing helps like the soothing notes of a good brew… this is my current playlist. (Opinions on each to follow)
In the meantime, if you ever doubted that coffee could taste like banana whiskey, you need to try HasBean’s Indonesian Sidikalang. Baffling, indeed… not to everyone’s taste, of course… but intriguingly seductive, for sure. I think I like it, if only for the sheer uniqueness.
