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  • Exploring close to home...
    March 23, 2017

    Exploring close to home...

    When you meet a guy like Eko Purnomowidi from Klasik Cooperative you stop and listen. Not just because he is so engaging but he is also incredibly knowledgeable. Eko is the senior advisor at Klasik Cooperative and a key founder...

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  • Tea With Intent
    October 7, 2016

    Tea With Intent

       Newly crowned Australian Tea Brewers cup Champion Ayden Graham selects seasonal single estate teas for our Collins street store. Here's a look at what Ayden has chosen for the coming month.   Feng Qing Yin Zhen Fengqing, Yunnan, China A white...

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  • SENSORY LAB MILK NIGHT.
    October 29, 2015

    SENSORY LAB MILK NIGHT.

    Sensory Lab Milk Tasting Night. from Sensory Lab on Vimeo. In Australia milk based coffee reins supreme, so we thought we would do a little test to see how 8 different popular milks stacked up. We invited a few of...

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  • September 9, 2015

    Costa Rica – Its all about the process.

    COSTA RICA PROCESSING.   Costa Rica is home to some of the most revered coffee in Central America. Well known for  their exceptional processing methods, Costa Rican coffee is typically very bright and very clean, two factors we absolutely love...

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  • August 5, 2015

    WHAT MAKES A GOOD COFFEE GREAT?

    The Making of a Brazilian Coffee I have been mulling over this question for a while; what really makes a cup of coffee stand out from the rest? How do you determine its defining factor of quality? There are so...

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  • July 6, 2015

    Seasonality and Sensory Lab

    Our buying philosophy and seasonality The shape of the coffee list at any good roasting company is the hallmark of a green buyer. It is their major contribution to the company and their legacy for the future. As some of...

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  • June 25, 2015

    International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWC)

      A couple of weeks ago I was invited up to Byron Bay to attend the founding meeting of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) Australia chapter. Looking for any excuse to head to Byron for a weekend, I jumped...

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  • May 19, 2015

    A BRAZILIAN LOVE AFFAIR

    When I first started travelling for my work, buying coffee across the globe, Brazil was the first origin I got to visit. When it was proposed I hop on a plane and head across the South Pacific to the tropical...

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