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In November I was lucky enough to go to Coorg, India. I went to visit a few of the farms that we have bought coffee from before with the hope to explore new ways we could work together.  While I...

Last month we were lucky enough to take a tour of our milk supplier, Mawley Milk. Rachel and Adrian are the owners of this family farm and they are focused on great milk quality, green energy consumption, and a healthy happy...

Quarter Horse Coffee are so very excited to bring to the table, a coffee from the very soils to have originated the coffee bean, Yemen. Having been growing the bean since at least the 16th century, the arrival to the speciality...

In September 2018 I was fortunate enough to join Falcon Specialty on an origin trip to Peru.  Not only was it a great way to see first hand how coffee production works on the farm level but it was also...

Grey is Green!  We are excited to announce a complete overhaul of our retail packaging.  We will no longer be using the kraft bags but instead a fully recyclable and CO2 neutral grey bag. 

A unique opportunity for coffee roasters to meet up, learn and taste together.  Life as a coffee roaster is often solitary - it's rare to socialise with other roasters, let alone to have an opportunity to learn from them or...

We are happy to announce we will be kicking off the weekend of the Birmingham Coffee Festival with a latte art throw down.  We will be holding a 32 barista thrown down and if you would like to take part...

  After the great success of hosting Kinome last year we are pleased to announce that they will be doing 4 more dates in February.  This will be the final chance experience Kinome in our Bristol Street location.  This 5...

It is with the greatest sadness that we have decided to close Quarter Horse Coffee in Oxford. We have taken this decision very seriously and have done so because the shop on Cowley Road needs local ownership so that it...

We are very excited to announce that we will be hosting a Japanese pop-up restaurant at our Birmingham shop space. Our friends, Sachiko and Pak Keung from Kinome : Japonica Sushi Bar, will be serving delicious and authentically prepared Japanese...

                                Where would we be as a culture if no-one was prepared to risk coming across as pretentious? Absolument nowhere, darling – that's where.'Jarvis Cocker We are very pleased to invite you...

21 October Kirill Medvedev 6.30—8.00pm   Poet, publisher and musician Kirill Medvedev is one of Russia’s most provocative and exciting literary figures. In October, during a short visit to Britain, he will be in Oxford for just one reading. Like...

Our very popular writers talks are coming back to Oxford.  The newly named Friction Talks will kick off on October 9th with Claire-Louise Bennett.  Here is more info about the event: 9 October Claire-Louise Bennett 6.30—7.00pm  Claire-Louise Bennett began writing,...

We were lucky enough to have a visit last weekend by the Birmingham Mail.  Follow the link to read what they had to say.   Birmingham Mail article.

Our new shop in the Southside of central Birmingham is now officially open.  We are open 7 days a week, 8-6 on weekdays and 9-6 on the weekends.  Come check out our new space and enjoy some of the best...

  In just a few days time our new cafe in Birmingham will open its doors.  We've been planning this for so long, and it's wonderful to see how far we've come in the short time since we first opened...

  We've been working with the fantastic Barefoot Bakery, based here in Oxford, since we opened, and their Sea Salted Brownies are a huge hit every day.  What do you think of this apple and blackberry cake?  Should we get...

While we're waiting to launch our own beans, we are delighted to be serving a wide range of premium beans from Square Mile in London.  In addition to Square Mile's fantastic beans though, we love to serve guest beans whenever...

We're delighted to be launching our new ecommerce site this month - finally our customers can order our beans and brewing equipment online, and access our range of beans from our very own newly launched roaster in Birmingham. Sign up for...