Coffee Grounds

Tom Osborne founded Craft Coffee House in 2015 and has spent many years in an old converted pig shed learning about the craft of roasting coffee though trial and error. Working with speciality origin partners who secure the best beans from farms all around the world which have been ethically traded and come with full traceability to the farms origin.

[Edit] The shop at the station has closed but Sunday Coffee are still busy roasting in Southbourne.

Canvas Coffee opened as a speciality coffee shop in Portsmouth in 2014. ‘Guesting’ coffees from different roasters every couple of weeks whilst showcasing some really exciting speciality coffees from different roasters from across the world. They found some amazing tasting coffees which the customers at the cafe loved.

But there were others that were fairly boring and flat, that just didn’t taste as good.

At the beginning they figured it was down to their lack of experience as baristas, but after a while they started to get this sense that maybe it wasn’t just them, and the result is an in-house roaster, Sunday coffee.

St Martins Organic Coffee House is not your standard urban coffee. Everything about it is odd. The very essance of what it means to be a craft coffee shop.

With its 18th Century facade and mediaeval interior, the terrace house is typical of Chichester’s vernacular architecture. Inside, all has been sensitively restored and furnished, an eclectic mixture of beams, log fires and enticing hideaways..

Owned and created by Keith Nelson an honest humanitarian with a common sense open minded and scientific approach to life along with high integrity values. He enjoys playing classical piano and his interests include science, travel, debating, swimming, cycling and socialising.

There are more coffee shops in Emsworth than there are Estate Agents which is a good sign.

Loretta’s Coffee Bar on the High St is a quirky cafe with a distinctly Italian feel to it. Besides coffee, cake and a light lunch menu they sell olive oil, wine, post cards and newspapers.

Cafe on Platform 2 is another. However, more often than not, it is closed. But if you understand the difference half a mug of condensed milk makes to the usual house coffee, this is the only place to go.

[Edit] No longer supplying

I first came across date coffee after finding it on a stall at our local Farmers Market.

Caffeine free and not really coffee.

It is only called date coffee because it goes through the same roasting, grinding and brewing process. The process required to craft a smooth, fresh caffeine-free drink which can be enjoyed as an alternative to edgy buzz you get from too much coffee coffee.

Dating back for thousands of years in Middle Eastern cultures it can be found wherever dates are grown. A little lighter than regular coffee, it is more refreshing, more hydrating and more chocolatey and of course caffeine free.

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ANVIL Coffee Roasters are a specialist, small batch, hand roasted coffee company in Basingstoke. Testimony to an industry is that it never stands still. A small, but perfectly constituted business in which someone is always pushing the boundaries and adding to anr ever growing knowledge of the little green bean

Moon Roast is a family business, run by enthusiasts. A small batch coffee roastery based in the heart of rural Hampshire. Inspired by a family heritage in the coffee and tea trades that spans four generations. After Francis Bradshaw commissioned a Probat coffee roaster in a barn in his backyard, roasting began at night after work. Marking the beginning of Moon Roast. Selecting coffee and developing roast profiles, supplying freshly roasted coffee to local people and businesses.

We only use the highest graded green coffee beans from all around the world which we hand roast individually in small batches to produce consistent great coffee.

 

Following steady growth, in 2017, grade 2 listed outbuildings were converted into a purpose built roastery two miles up the road on a working farm. An additional Probat roaster was installed as well as barista training facilities and a retail shop where coffee enthusiasts now enjoy visiting and collecting their beans. The move facilitated increased production and efficiency, enabled further development of products and improved customer support.

 

We always source our coffee as directly from origin as we are able, and our high-grade, 100% Arabica beans comes straight from small farms in coffee-growing countries like Rwanda, Kenya and Guatemala. Our coffee is seasonally selected at the roastery through the process of sample roasting and cupping when shipments of new season coffee have landed.

We roast at least twice a week; this ensures that our coffee is always as fresh as possible. We balance temperature, time, airflow and drum speed to highlight the best flavour notes of the coffee. During the roasting process, we pay close attention to detail, focusing on cupping post-roast to ensure a consistent profile. We also make sure that the roast date is on our bags for all to see.

 

Quality control is something we take very seriously, and we have methods in place to help discover the tastiest roast profiles and ensure consistency. In the roastery, we use moisture meters, refractometers and coffee roast colour analysers to make sure we always get it right. Bean density is taken into account too. Roasts are cupped every week to ensure consistency, to fine-tune roast profiles and blend components.

 

We source speciality graded Arabica coffees. This ensures that the small-holder farmers receive the right price for their coffee and that their farming practices remain kind to the environment.