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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
My personal unpopular opinion- working in the hospitality industry is incredibly rewarding. I’m not talking about going...
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...
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...
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...
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
We’ve got something exciting to share with you guys, and we’re pretty sure you’re going to love it...
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!"
Yesterday saw our man Kev head down to Extract Coffee Roasters for the SCA UK Barista Championship South...
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
The title of this blog came from a discussion earlier this week between myself, Al and Joe about...
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
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
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
Amongst a bunch of highs, we've also shed a fair few tears as we waved goodbye to the last of...
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?
I haven't been to a pub yet or gone and sat in a restaurant for a bite to...
011 we dropped some juice
We've been quietly tinkering away on a bunch of roast profiles for the first of two Nicaraguan coffees...
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
We had a very exciting delivery to the roastery this week. We've been hearing amazing things about the new...
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
Last time I mentioned trying to shuffle the business along an inch or so each day, this week it...
006 more socks needed
How many pairs of socks does it take to keep your feet warm in a coffee roastery? The...
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
We roast the coffees we love to drink. For the people that we love to drink them with. It’s...
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
I signed off last week with the promise that I’d be back ‘even if no one reads it’...
001 just starting
Sometimes just getting started is all you need to do. I've certainly found it beats sitting around, waiting...