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Decaf Ain't naff

Decaf Ain't naff

Coffee is an ever-changing industry. New processing methods, hybrid varietals, and abstract  trends captivate professionals and consumers. There's...
Your Barista Doesn't Fancy You

Your Barista Doesn't Fancy You

My personal unpopular opinion- working in the hospitality industry is incredibly rewarding.    I’m not talking about going...
Meet (un)ordinary oats

026 Oat milk news! Meet (un)ordinary oats

Calling all milk-based coffee lovers! Oats for the Pour, brainchild of the wonderful team at (un)ordinary oats, is now...
Treedom x Odd Kin Coffee Partnership

025 We've partnered with Treedom to plant trees through coffee

Tomorrow is Earth Day, and the theme for this year is Invest In Our Planet. At the roastery, we've...
English AeroPress Championships Image. Photo Credit: @danielfsayphotography

024 Lindsey at the English AeroPress Championships

We love celebrating the Odd Kin fam doing great things, and this week we're excited to shout about...
Celebrate International Coffee Day 2022 with Odd Kin Coffee Roasters

023 Celebrate International Coffee Day with us

Tomorrow marks International Coffee Day, and here at the roastery we couldn’t be more excited about it! A...
022 Introducing our Blend Friends Coffee Series

022 Introducing our Blend Friends Coffee Series

We’ve got something exciting to share with you guys, and we’re pretty sure you’re going to love it...
Jess our coffee roaster

021 Jess, our coffee roasting wizard

Jess started working for us at Wayland's Yard Bristol, but it didn't take long for her coffee obsession...
020 Kev's UKBC "I would have had to take it on the bus!"

020 Kev's UKBC "I would have had to take it on the bus!"

Yesterday saw our man Kev head down to Extract Coffee Roasters for the SCA UK Barista Championship South...
019 Kev and the UKBC Heats

019 Kev and the UKBC Heats

I've spent a lot of time with Kevin in the past year, I'd go as far as to say...
018 still don't know what we're doing, but we're getting it done

018 still don't know what we're doing, but we're getting it done

The title of this blog came from a discussion earlier this week between myself, Al and Joe about...
017 Rama-lama-ding-dong

017 Rama-lama-ding-dong

Where do we start with this guy?  Is he one of the nicest guys in coffee? Arguably. Will he...
016 there's a new roaster in town

016 there's a new roaster in town

We started this roastery for many reasons, but the most important one for me was to see our...
015 out of office: making coffee in a field

015 out of office: making coffee in a field

I am currently writing this sat in the grounds of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire, using up the last...
014 we're going on a Bigfoot hunt

014 we're going on a Bigfoot hunt

Amongst a bunch of highs, we've also shed a fair few tears as we waved goodbye to the last of...
013 competition time

013 competition time

To get to our first house blend has been a long process of bean meddling, different roast profiles,...
012 anyone else feeling a little lighter?

012 anyone else feeling a little lighter?

I haven't been to a pub yet or gone and sat in a restaurant for a bite to...
011 we dropped some juice

011 we dropped some juice

We've been quietly tinkering away on a bunch of roast profiles for the first of two Nicaraguan coffees...
Kontext Coffee Speciality Roaster

010 seeing friends in cool places

We are lucky in Bristol that you can walk in almost any direction and find yourself a cup...
009 The Eagle (One) has landed

009 The Eagle (One) has landed

We had a very exciting delivery to the roastery this week. We've been hearing amazing things about the new...
008 one tonne done

008 one tonne done

Morning friends, a quick heads up - I am going to hit you with some numbers today, so I...
007 we (finally) have a web shop

007 we (finally) have a web shop

Last time I mentioned trying to shuffle the business along an inch or so each day, this week it...
006 more socks needed

006 more socks needed

How many pairs of socks does it take to keep your feet warm in a coffee roastery?  The...
Speciality coffee on pokemon

005 we're a Pokemon now

If every new wholesale customer let's us know that they would like to work with us in the...
004 our story

004 our story

We roast the coffees we love to drink. For the people that we love to drink them with. It’s...
Our Bristol coffee shop is now open

003 we're the orange one

It's been a week of mild chaos trying to pull everything together, whilst patiently waiting for the rain...
002 making more promises

002 making more promises

I signed off last week with the promise that I’d be back ‘even if no one reads it’...
001 just starting

001 just starting

Sometimes just getting started is all you need to do. I've certainly found it beats sitting around, waiting...