Show your neighbours you care

Have you been out of sorts with your neighbours lately?
Maybe you know them by face but rarely speak. Or maybe they're doing it tough or can't get out. Whatever the reason, when we connect, a suburb becomes a community. Our care for one another creates a sense of home. Throughout history coffee has become the social lubricant of many towns, cities and cultures so we've come up with a modern approach. Next time you place an order for coffee beans you can also nominate a neighbour in your street or even across town. We'll deliver a bag on their doorstep with a message from you to them. You never know you might find yourself sharing a cup around their kitchen table.

To place an order this week click through to our order page

June 2009 And the Winner is......

Congratulations to S Bowden from Clifton Hill who is June's winner of a set of our Big Black & White Cappucino Cups valued at $20. These babies are industry standard which means thick and tough. Look forward to seeing you in the shop to claim your prize or we can deliver with your next household order. PSS If you prefer a set of Big Red cups we would be only to pleased to accomodate.



The lucky prize for July is a 500gm Pan Forte freshly made last week in our own kitchen. The perfect accompaniment with espresso coffee. We've spent many an hour perfecting the balance of spices and fruit in this recipe so you will not be disappointed. It also includes some of our awesome cocoa from Ivory Coast.

see you soon, Roger

New - Eureka Coffee Grinders for Home

In recent weeks I've had many enquiries regarding GOOD and affordable coffee grinders for home. I've done some research into hand grinders and found that Zazzenhaus are currently unavailable, there is a lot of cheap and nasty product which won't last and the cost of electric grinders has been steadily increasing. The best product currently on the market is the Eureka Mignon. A beautifully built and designed domestic grinder under $500.

Since the 20's Eureka has been a leader in design and manufacturing of coffee grinders for shops and coffee roasters internationally. Their products are high quality, precise and reliable. We have used two of their deli grinders in our Bendigo shop for over 5 years and love their performance. The Eureka mini electronic coffee grinder is ideal for the home user and will last for many years. It features a 500 gr hopper with automatic grinding. Thanks to the patented micrometric adjustment system, only a simple turn is needed to find the perfect grind setting to suit your coffee machine. The burrs are made of 50mm hardened steel.

$495rrp. If you are a Coffee Select member you qualify for a 15% discount ($420.75). Call me to inspect or come into the shop.

10 yr old entrepeneur expands empire!

The little girl you've seen at the top of our order page since she was 2 is now 10 and for the past year has been making biscuits for sale in the Melbourne shop using dry roasted almonds and Australian currants. Her business advisor has recommended she forge into wholesale production with the aid of her new commercial dough mixer so production has been ramped up to weekly runs (as opposed to when she remembers). Every Thursday after school is baking night. With a traitional recipe and good ingredients the feedback through the shop has been very positive. If interested in placing an order for your business, workplace or home they are currently available in packs of 20/$20.

Sorrentina Coffee Makers

How cool! Atomics have been reborn as Sorrentina Coffee Makers and are now available for immediate purchase. Can you think of a better Christmas present for yourself? Cheaper than any other espresso machine. The wait is finally over! For more info visit their site http://sorrentinacoffee.com/index.html.

RRP is $450 less a 15% discount for Coffee Select Members

Big Black Cups

JUST ARRIVED. I've been waiting for these for a long time and I reckon you'll like them too. Black and white cappuccino cups. Very retro with industry standard thick rims. They come as four in a pack with saucers. Only $20.

Coffee Calender

Have a look at this beautifully designed coffee calender. Perfect for a coffee lover's christmas.

http://www.thecoffeecalendar.com/

The coffee's in the back seat!

Can you believe my wife got upset when I used her beloved 1968 Mercedes to transport a few bags of green coffee?! (Land Rover off the road). I thought what was her's was mine!

Big Red Cups

It's almost a month since I posted as I've been focussed on planning for a new retail opportunitites for Melbourne. We've just installed a machine in at a new Spanish takeaway outlet called SOL in Collins Street Melbourne. Naturally they required cups so I paid a visit to our supplier and discovered he had brilliant tomato red cappuccino cups in stock. These have never been available before today and are the thick walled cafe cups. Let me know if you'd like a set of 6 for your machine while stock lasts.

Best mail delivery times for coffee

Recently some customers have given some honest comment on the inconsistency of delivery times so I'd thought I'd give some feedback. In the past we used to give end of Tuesday as the cut-off time for next day or day after arrival of your order. As I've got a little slack in my old age I've neglected to explain that any orders after Tuesday end bring us closer to the weekend which may hold up an order and also require newly roasted coffee to fill the order. If prompt and consitent delivery is important to you could I suggest you try and place your order on a Monday or before Tuesday end. Naturally we will always endevour to get mid and late week orders out as quickly as possible but the odds will be greater of the time stretching out.