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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…

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Alan Frew Alan Frew

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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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July 2021 Newsletter

Celebrations are in order because we've finally managed to get our green coffee range back to normal…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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