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The Good Cup at Well Roasted Coffee We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with The Good Cup, becoming the official distributor for Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, and Rutland! The Good Cup is a ground-breaking product in sustainable coffee solutions, featuring an award-winning, 100% plastic-free design that’s setting new standards for eco-friendly coffee experiences. Engineered to eliminate lids and reduce single-use waste, this innovative cup has the potential to transform the hospitality industry. With only 2% of plastic cups actually recycled, the rest often end up in landfills or oceans, taking up to 500 years to decompose. The Good Cup, by contrast, is...

Hello, We hope you have been enjoying the summer. Some strange weather days of course, but we have actually had some really beautiful summery sunny days at last. Welcome to our September newsletter - this month, we’re looking at our Colombian Supremo coffee in detail with our new blog post, sharing tips for mastering iced coffee for those late warmer days, and chatting all things Well Roasted. Grab your favourite cup, settle in, and let’s dive into all things coffee! Our Coffee of the Summer We wanted to mention a special roast that we feel captures the essence of late summer. Our award-winning ‘Uganda Bukonzo Dream Coffee’ is a speciality single-origin Arabica coffee from...

October is an important month for coffee. As you might have seen 1st October was International Coffee Day and this year’s theme is ‘Embracing Collaboration’ because of course our favourite brew is the result of wide collaboration, often unseen, among numerous actors across the global value chain, all working together to bring us that perfect cup, every day. We made a quick list of all the people who make our daily coffee possible: Coffee Farmer Coffee Farm Workers Coffee Processors Fermenters and Dryers Graders Cooperatives Buyers Green Bean Exporters and Importers Traders & Brokers Distributors Roasters (AKA William) Quality Control...

What are Supremo coffee beans? "Supremo" refers to a grading classification for coffee beans from Colombia. Supremo coffee beans are exclusively from Colombia. The term is part of Colombia's coffee grading system, which also includes Excelso beans, a slightly smaller grade. In the coffee industry, beans are graded based on size, with larger beans typically being considered of higher quality. "Supremo" is one of the highest grades for coffee beans, indicating that the beans are larger and more uniform in size compared to lower grades. Supremo beans typically boast a screen size of 17 or 18, slightly larger than the Excelso...

Where is Timor coffee grown? Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, is a small country located in Southeast Asia, known for its unique and flavourful coffee. Coffee production is one of the primary agricultural activities in Timor-Leste and has significant cultural and economic importance to the country. This is a country struggling to develop the coffee industry after years of neglect due to the fight for independence from Indonesia. Timorese coffee is truly wild and organically grown underneath the imposing shade trees that dominate the landscape. With time old traditions in processing coffee, passed on from generation to generation, coffee...