It is especially after a busy day, with a bit of caffeine in your stream, that your mind is racing and you start to think of all the possibilities and ‘what if we did this?’ scenarios. Or at 3 am when you can’t sleep. Music has always been a big part of my own life, […]
The London Coffee Party – November 2013 Read More »
Nervous anticipation last Tuesday night as we rolled up to Square Mile roastery for the final of the London Latte Art challenge. We knew we had arrived at the right place as stereotypically, there were quite a number of fixed wheel bikes, tattoos and bearded men hanging around. Square Mile’s new events room was ready,
London Latte Art Smackdown – #smackdown13 – The Finals Read More »
Two heats down now in the London Latte Art Smackdown and this week we had about 40 people crammed into Kaffeine to watch the second heat. It was a brilliant night, short, sharp and to the point. With three of the most qualified judges in industry in Andrew Tolley, Lena from Union and Glenn formerly
London Latte Art Smackdown – #smackdown13 – Round Two Read More »
So there is a bit of talk in the industry about a new method of grinding beans for use on an espresso machine using the EK 43 grinder and in consequence of that, a few blog posts. I have seen this grinder in action at the 3FE store in Dublin recently as did two of
The EK 43 grinder debate Read More »
Over your lifetime, you will probably remember certain pieces of advice given to you or handed down by parents, managers, friends, loved ones. These pieces of advice or words of wisdom you can either reject or employ and they will help to shape you into the person you are today. Certain hospitality managers have impacted
The One Percents – An Explanation Read More »
Seventh overall in the U.K., at 21 years old and in your first barista competition against one of the toughest and most experienced fields ever assembled. That is a very, very good result, something that I am very proud of as are all the staff who work here and have helped Shaun along in his
UKBC 2013 – (the results) Read More »
Just before we opened Kaffeine, James Hoffman, the Director of Square Mile Coffee our coffee roaster, spent a bit of time helping us get set up and providing advice here and there. I am eternally grateful for the time he spent back then, as well as the time spent since we opened in yearly reviews
Valuable advice from James Hoffmann (again) Read More »
When I wrote the original business plan, part of it was to write a mission statement and core values for the business. This then went into the induction manual, along with a list of standards that we all should be working towards and bullet points on how to achieve those standards. However, these were the only two places that all this
Mission Statement, core values and standards Read More »
Our lead barista Shaun came up with the idea, to use on weekends for our guest espresso and also to help in practice for the 2013 UK Barista Championships. We are very proud of our guest espresso weekends, featuring some of the worlds best roasters from across the UK, Europe and even Australia. Roasters this
Kaffeine introduces the Coffee Tasting Flight Read More »
We think they’ve become almost iconic in their own little way, the white cup, the black lid and the sticker, oval shaped with black background and the white Kaffeine logo. It was a decision we made in the early days to go for a sticker instead of a stamp, other people did stamps, we wanted to be different. They are instantly recognisable, and we see them in little places
The Great Sticker-Off Read More »
