We would like to congratulate our full time barista Thomas Holme on his victory in the Norwegian Barista Competition, Oslo qualification. Thomas gave us an excellent presentation and served some spectacular cappuccinos and espressos based on a coffee from Badnekhan Estate. His delicious signature drink consisted of a milk and espresso foam infused with cinnamon […]

This is the break down of drinks sold in January 2010: Clover coffees 23,3% Espresso 21,4% Caffè Latte 21% Cappuccino 18,1% Cortado 12,4% Piccolino (small cappuccino) 2,3% Macchiato 1,5% Americano 0%

I am finally back home again after a fantastic week in Kenya. It looks like we will be buying a lot from the Karogoto factory which is part of the Tekangu coop and a lot from the Kiamabara factory which is part of the Mugaga coop. More info on these coffees will come when the

The first day in Kenya I spent in Nairobi at Dorman’s head offices tasting about 400 cups of coffee (Or more. I lost count) I was hoping to find some gems on the table, but unfortunately Kenya has had severe problems with drought that has affected the production both in quantity and quality. Therefore, I

We are glad to announce that we now have 2 Best of Panama lots and a Christmas espressoblend for sale: The Christmas espresso blend consists of: 50% Badnekhan Estate, washed coffee from India 50% Suaza, washed coffee from Huila Colombia Flavour profile: Rich, nutty, chocolaty, dried fruit, oak and spice. The Panamacoffees are: Lot no.

Today I was interviewed on the NRK P1 Østlandssendingen for 30 minutes in their Late lunch programme. The interview was about my newly published book and coffee, etc. You can download the interview as a podcast here.

After 11 days in Brazil I have had a total of 7 hours of rest (not counting sleeping at night), taken 7 airplanes, spent at least 30 hours in a car, cupped at least 150 different coffees and visited around 20 farms all across Brazil. I have also done 3 intensive days of coffee seminars,

After spending a long day in Piata, Bahia, I am too exhausted to write a long report about it. I have visited several farms today and had a great dinner yesterday with over 40 farmers from around Piata. Tomorrow I will be tasting samples of a lot of their coffees and I am really looking

We are proud to announce that we won the 2009 Nordic Roaster Competition. For those of you not familiar with the competition, it is a competition for roasteries that normally takes place during the Nordic Barista Cup. This years competition was held in Iceland and there were 10 different roasteries entering from countries such as

Yesterday, during the Nordic Barista Cup in Iceland, the 5 Nordic teams were asked to make as many Aeropressed coffees as possible in 5 minutes. All teams used the same coffee but they could decide upon the grind setting, water to coffee ratio temperature and steep times. They were judged on the cup quality and