Here at the Wholesale Coffee Company, we’re not ashamed to say we’re traditionalists when it comes to coffee. We love our cappuccinos (and our lattes, Americanos and espressos as well, if we’re being honest), so the recent news that huge US chain Starbucks is gradually dropping cappuccinos from its menu came as a bit of […]
Once upon a time, the tea round used to be ubiquitous in every office across the country. Some larger companies employed a special tea lady, the rattle of whose approaching trolley was the signal for meetings all over the building to draw to a hasty close before all the custard creams went. In smaller companies, […]
At the Wholesale Coffee Company, we’ve always concerned about environmental and ethical issues, so we were interested to hear about a new super-eco plantable coffee cup that’s helping to protect the environment. Invented in California (where else?), the cup is being marketed by a company called Reduce Reuse Grow, and the difference is that it’s packed with […]
Most of us enjoy adding a little something to our coffee, but we normally draw the line at milk and sugar. Perhaps, for a special occasion, you might toy with a little brandy, chocolate or flavouring, but that’s not what we drink everyday. Now, US technology millionaire Dave Asprey wants to change all that. Apparently, […]
Most of us drink our cup of coffee without thinking too much about what’s in the cup, but what we’re tasting can be very complex. Roasted coffee beans are made up of around 1,000 different compounds which combine to give your morning cuppa that unique flavour. Some of these compounds exist naturally in the raw bean, […]
Here at the Wholesale Coffee Company, we to hear about the health benefits of our favourite drink, coffee. Now, it seems that there’s some good news for coffee lovers who like to drink a moderate daily amount. A new study of almost 9,000 people by University College London researchers has revealed that regular coffee drinkers tend to have […]