Alan Frew Alan Frew

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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Alan Frew Alan Frew

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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Alan Frew Alan Frew

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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Alan Frew Alan Frew

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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Alan Frew Alan Frew

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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Alan Frew Alan Frew

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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Alan Frew Alan Frew

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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Marc Frew Marc Frew

New Coffee Alert!

To replace our recently retired Organic Ethiopian Sidamo we’ve tracked down another great ACO Certified organic bean for you to try! Introducing the Organic Sumatra Gayo!

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Alan Frew Alan Frew

A Changing World

Brewing your own coffee at home is almost as easy as using instant coffee, and the end result tastes heaps better…

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Alan Frew Alan Frew

Espresso Roots

It looks like the future of Coffee for Connoisseurs is now assured…

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Alan Frew Alan Frew

Change Is On The Way

Good news for all those people who've been wondering where their
next (coffee) fix is coming from…

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Alan Frew Alan Frew

American Fake Food

The United States of America has always been at the forefront of the
"Fake Food" movement…

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