January 2025 Newsletter (2)
A quick word from Alan!
December 2023 Newsletter
The holiday season is almost upon us, and as usual we'll be closing over the break. To receive your coffee before the Christmas/New year period you will need to place an order by 9.00 a.m. Tuesday 19th December…
August 2023 Newsletter
A bit of a coffee mystery…
February 2023 Newsletter
Lots of things happening this year…
December 2022 Newsletter
As we look forward to the end of this year and the beginning of a new one, we are thankful to still be able to provide quality coffees and consistent service to our customers.
October 2022 Newsletter
August 2022 Newsletter
The last month has been a nightmare for ensuring our green coffee supplies…
June 2022 Newsletter
Coffee roasting and blending is an art that has established Italy as the premier producer of espresso blends over the last two
centuries…
April 2022 Newsletter
Seven dollars for a cup of coffee?
February 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to a new year. If you'd told me 20 years ago that I'd still be around to write this newsletter I'd have said "Tell 'em they're dreamin'!" but here I am…
December 2021 Newsletter
Australia Post's own cutoff shipping dates have dictated this year's holiday closing dates…
November 2021 Newsletter
Turmoil is probably the mildest description of the coffee trade right now. We've had frost damage to the crops in Brazil, logistics problems in Colombia and Vietnam and the largest rise in container shipping costs in history…
August 2021 Newsletter
"Oh lord, we're stuck in lockdown again!" (sung to the tune of Creedence Clearwater's Lodi.) It's just as well that we've never really got out of lockdown mode or we'd be scrambling to keep up…
July 2021 Newsletter
Celebrations are in order because we've finally managed to get our green coffee range back to normal…
June 2021 Newsletter
Supply problems seem to be finally working themselves through the system, so we should be back to our "normal" range of coffees by the start of July…
April/May 2021 Newsletter
A time of troubles came upon us mid-March when both our website and email systems fell over simultaneously. The cause was easy to identify…
February/March 2021 Newsletter
We're lucky to be living in Australia during these tumultuous times. It appears we've come through the pandemic relatively unscathed compared to most of the world…
January 2021 Newsletter - We’re Back!
Right, we're back. Under normal circumstances about half our customers would be away, but this year I suspect at least 90% of you are still at home. So instead of slowly ramping up to full supply levels we'll be going flat out from Monday onwards…
November-December 2020 Newsletter
What a year it's been! Now that we are finally out of lockdown I
suspect that we're all looking forward to a happier Yule season..