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Roasted Potatoes. So Good. Roasted Coffee That Smells Like Potatoes, Not So Good.
It’s mid-morning at the cafe, the sun is shining, people are happily milling around staring off into the middle distance with the sun on their backs, waiting on their coffee […]
HOW TO MAKE A WHOLESOME PLUNGER. OR FRENCH PRESS IF YOU’RE FEELING INTERCONTINENTAL.
I make a pot of plunger (or a carafe, cup, not sure what the correct vessel terminology is here, or maybe there isn’t a word for it yet? Pot has […]
A Cuppa with Dan
We love our team at Black Market Roasters. We’re a merry band of talented, passionate, kind, funny, and sometimes odd folk, who love all things coffee, but more than that, […]
COFFEE FARMS OPEN BORDERS TO REFUBEES
BEES AND COFFEE SUSTAINABILITY Not long ago I heard about the diminishing bee population and how this will be catastrophic for the world as we know it. I heard that […]
COFFEE FORECASTS AND FEELINGS IN 2022
Let’s switch on our crystal balls (or lava lamps if you don’t have one) and ask it what the future holds for the coffee industry this year. After we’ve done […]
SL28. A ROMANCE.
If the name ‘Scott Laboratories’ doesn’t leave you feeling tingly all over with excitement and anticipation, I don’t know what will. It’s got to be one of the sexiest names […]
AEROPRESS: UPSIDE DOWN UPSIDE DOWN.
Growing up in Australia in the 80’s meant that I was educated and inspired by Mr Squiggle and his remarkable talent for drawing pictures from squiggles. This might not sound […]
DO YOU HAVE AN ALTITUDE PROBLEM
I once had a customer who would come in, talk shop for an hour or so, tell me what coffee he’d been drinking lately, tell me about the best coffee […]
HOW NOT TO BE A COFFEE SNOB (WHEN YOU’RE A COFFEE SNOB)
I wouldn’t call myself a coffee snob. It’s not nice to call people coffee snobs so I extend that etiquette to myself, even though I am one. I don’t mean […]
COFFEE OF THE MONTH! Indonesia Wahana Estate
Spring is in the air and with it comes my appetite for cold brew and bright roast filter coffees. Especially ones that are reminiscent of the summer fruits we start […]
ADAPTOGENIC SMOOTHIES
Remember that time you went to Bali, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Byron Bay, Kathmandu, Pai, or Glebe? You woke up with the birds and did an hour of mind and body […]
FIKAPAUS: SEPTEMBER EDITION
Have you seen this movie? It’s a documentary following Anna Wintour, Vogue editor-in-chief, and her staff as they put together their most renowned publication of the year – the September […]