EUDR: EU Deforestation Regulation What the New EU Deforestation Rules will mean for your cup of coffee The EU’s new deforestation regulation is going to have an impact on how coffee is grown, traded and sold into the EU. It will affect everyone from small family farms to the co-ops that process beans, to the brokers and exporters who ship them to us in Ireland. And in the end, it brings real benefits to you, the planet and to all Read More [...]

The benefits of drinking coffee in the morning. Health Benefits of Drinking Coffee in the Morning Most of the people who care enough about coffee to read this blog will start the day in more or less the same way, by getting a good cup of coffee into their hnd as quickly as possible. I know that's how I do it anyway. But your morning coffee does more than jumply wake you up. Research shows it can actually support your Read More [...]

Fastway Couriers: hoping for a solution. Fastway Couriers: a big thank you from Dreambeans Coffee Since the very beginning of Dreambeans Coffee, Fastway Couriers have been delivering our coffee. We built our business around getting freshly roasted coffee to customers quickly, and Fastway helped us do just that. Week after week, the Fastway team made sure orders were collected on time, handled carefully, and delivered efficiently all across Ireland. It’s something we’ve never taken for granted. From the start, the Read More [...]

The cost of roasting coffee in 2025. We’ve always believed in being upfront with our customers, so I want to explain why we’ve had to increase our prices in August 2025. Like every small business in Ireland, our costs have gone up significantly. You only need to look at the price of a coffee in a coffee shop to see how much prices have risen in the past few months. Everything from raw coffee to shipping, energy costs, staff costs, Read More [...]

Great Taste Awards Two Stars for Cinco Jalisco.  Cinco Jalisco Wins Two Gold Stars at the 2025 Great Taste Awards! We’ve got some fcool news to share! Our newest blend, Cinco Jalisco, has just been awarded Two Gold Stars at the 2025 Great Taste Awards, the most respected and rigorous food awards in the world! The Great Taste Awards are often called the “Oscars of the food world,” judged blind by panels of top chefs, buyers, writers, and coffee experts. Read More [...]

Which coffee processing method is best? Coffee processing methods explained - a coffee roaster’s perspective. If you buy coffee online, from Dreambeans or from anyone else, the chances are you’ve come across terms like “washed,” “natural,” or “honey process” in the descriptions. This can feel a bit like coffee jargon, and to most people, these are relatively new terms and they can sometimes cause confusion.  Although processing is important, it’s often overhyped or misunderstood. I want to break it down Read More [...]

Great coffee makes your day better. When the great team at Boyne Valley Flavours asked me to write a few words about Dreambeans Coffee and what we were all about, I started thinking about what we're doing here and what we want to achieve. Dreambeans is a family bisiness, and obviously, we're here to sell coffee and make a modest profit to feed and educate our six kids, but there's more to it than that. I think we're doing something Read More [...]

French Roast Coffee Supply Problems. French Roast: Origins Unavailable If you’ve been looking for our French Roast and wondering where it’s gone,  we’re sorry to say it’s currently off the menu. We’ve had to discontinue this coffee due to ongoing supply issues with several of the key origins that make up the blend. Our French Roast is a carefully crafted mix of Arabica beans from Central and South America including bright, clean pulp-natural coffees from Costa Rica, high-grown SHB lots Read More [...]

Ground Coffee: : Why Grind Size is so Important. More orten than not, if you're having problems with getting your coffee right at home, it can be traced back to a grind size that doesn’t suit the brew method. Here’s a bit about the science and what's going on in the coffee maker. 1. Extraction 101: Surface Area Meets Contact Time Coffee flavour comes from combining soluble compounds with water. Your coffee grind size dictates how much surface area the water Read More [...]

Click & Collect Coffee Dundalk. We have had to retire our "Collect" discount. Why We’ve Retired Our “Collect” Coupon Code Since we started selling coffee to home users, we have offered a special “Collect” coupon code that provided a 10% discount for those who chose to pick up their orders in person from our roast house on Coes Road, Dundalk.. Unfortunately, this code got posted on several discount code aggregating websites and customers were finding the discount code there and Read More [...]