Tasting time: Mantiqueira Amarelo, Brazil Beautiful big Yellow Bourbon beans The Serra de Mantiqueria mountains run for 320km across Southeastern Brazil, through Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janiero. The Mantiqueria de Minas region, which is in the state of Minas Gerais, was the first in the Brazilian coffee business to get a geographical Read More [...]

Coffee Growers and Nature Hand in Hand Coffee growers work with nature A recent study investigated how bees helped fertilise coffee plants and how birds helped control pests. The study demonstrated how working with wildlife might increase farmers' income. But it's only one of many advantages provided by nature to us that we take for Read More [...]

Jaggy Loko will be back next week Jaggy Loko Temporarily out of stock 19 July 2022. Most of the Dreambeans / Greenbean team is on holiday this week, and our annual break has coincided with the good weather for once. Yay! We've had a good run of orders for Jaggy Loko over the past week Read More [...]

Decaf Coffee: The Swiss Water / Mountain Water Methods Why Decaf Coffee Has a Bad Reputation, and Why It Doesn't Deserve It Decaf coffee used to be a drink you ordered apologetically. A consolation prize. Something for people who liked the idea of coffee but not the reality of it. That reputation is changing fast, Read More [...]

11 uses for leftover coffee grinds If you drink as much coffee in your house was we do in ours, I'm sure you have often wondered if there was anything you could do with all the coffee grounds? If you have a dedicated knockbox or if you keep it all in one place, you will Read More [...]

Kopi Luwak: Why we don't sell it. Kopi Luwak is controversial Kopi Luwak, or civet coffee, is pretty controversial. It’s one of the most expensive coffees in the world, and it's made from beans that have been passed through the digestive system of a civet cat (aka luwak). Asian Palm Civets (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) are small, Read More [...]

The Speciality Coffee Association scoring system The Speciality Coffee Association (SCA) scoring system is still fairly new, having made its debut in 1982. The purpose was to differentiate specialty coffee from commercial coffee and to create a means of evaluating coffee quality. The system was created with the intention of making cupping more consistent and Read More [...]

French press: Making coffee in a cafetière. The French press or cafetiere is a great way to make coffee and probably the most widely-used coffee device in Ireland. There are many different French presses on the market but the method for making coffee with them is pretty much the same. Here are some tips on Read More [...]

How long will my coffee keep fresh? We get asked all the time, how long will our coffee stay fresh? How long will it keep in tip-top condition? And the short answer is that in general, unopened, whole beans will keep really well for up to a year, ground coffee unopened will Read More [...]

Are single origins better than coffee blends? Believe it or not, this is a relatively new question in the specialty coffee world. For most of coffee’s history it has been served as a blend and the world’s most famous and most desirable coffees were all blends. The classic Mocha Java pairing of Mocha beans from Read More [...]