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…
We’re Back!!! - Website outage update
Finally! Coffee for Connoisseurs is fully back up and running!
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..
Quick October Update
Nature VS. Nurture: September - October 2020 Newsletter
Coffee can have variety of flavours, some due to nature and some to nurture…
July-August 2020 Newsletter
Retirement, alas, is not all it's cracked up to be…
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!
A Changing World
Brewing your own coffee at home is almost as easy as using instant coffee, and the end result tastes heaps better…
Espresso Roots
It looks like the future of Coffee for Connoisseurs is now assured…
Change Is On The Way
Good news for all those people who've been wondering where their
next (coffee) fix is coming from…
November-December 2019 Newsletter
Until next year!
And Now The End Is Near...
And now the end is near...and it is…
American Fake Food
The United States of America has always been at the forefront of the
"Fake Food" movement…
Too Much Coffee From Brazil
Green coffee prices are at a 12 year low, following a bumper crop
year for Brazil…