A very easy method to make great coffee at home every morning is the French press, also known as the coffee plunger.

In fact, the press was invented and patented for the first time in 1852 by two French inventors, Mayer and Delforge, but was later on perfected by Italian designers.

Today it is made of a transparent glass or clear plastic cylinder, a lid and a plunger that fits tightly into it with a stainless steel or nylon mesh. The mesh will block all the coffee solids at the bottom of the container, so you can have a clear brewed coffee without the coffee grinds floating around.

It is a method of extraction of coffee by percolation, it uses the force of gravity so that the water runs through the coffee without any extra pressure used.

Produced by the Japanese brand Hario 10 years ago, its name is due to the 60 degree angle that the cone forms.

The peculiarities of this method are in its form, the rigs around the filter allow the passage of air and the expansion of the ground coffee at the moment it comes into contact with water.

The hole at the base of the cone influences the fall of the water towards the center, increasing the contact time between water and coffee.

Where coffee comes from and its quality is very important, these aspect could be of vital importance to generate a more sustainable economy around coffee. But it is also a great way to enjoy a better tasting coffee!
It is not enough to just buy good coffee, you have to enjoy all its goodness with a good preparation process, that’s why we will give you some basic notions and tips that will help you in to prepare a better coffee at home.

We really hope that this small coffee buying manual helps you choose your next coffee! Cheers!

How to read a coffee label? Common issue…because: have you ever looked at a coffee label and thought “Wow, this is really really confusing!”? Well, we are here to help you with a two important points that might ease your next coffee purchase: origin (a very good indicator of what kind of aromatic profile you can expect from the coffee) and processing (how the producers get the bean out of the coffee cherry ready to be exported and roasted). Are you ready?

Great: read more, and we really hope that this small coffee buying manual helps you choose your next coffee! Cheers!

Hello, everyone!

We are once more back with new coffees! We will be sad to say goodbye to our Gran Galope and Bossa Nova, both fantastic coffees, but we are welcoming Nazareth’s Formula II and La Plata!For those of you who have known us already for some time will all ready be familiar with Nazareth Pereira and her fantastic natural Yellow Bourbon from Carmo de Minas.

We had this coffee a few years ago, but we loved it so much that we were thrilled to be able to include it on our menu once again this season.Milk chocolate, almonds, sweet and round, it really is the perfect coffee for espresso. This is one of our Women Producer coffees, Nazareth Pereira has been managing her family plantations since her husband passed away and she has been doing an incredible job, the coffees are spectacular, I hope you try it and let’s sustain more Women Producers!