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Not Black Friday at Bell’s Beans

Why No Black Friday I have never really bought into the whole “black Friday” trend and have never been one to follow the trends of others, so following that ethos, I will not be doing any discounts for black Friday. Instead I will be donating 10% of all online coffee sales taken over the weekend, Friday 24th Nov - Sunday 26th Nov. There seems to be a lot of pressure put on small businesses to follow the sales trends of big businesses, and in …

2 Years As A Specialty Coffee Roaster

2 years ago I did my first roasts. 40kgs of seasoning roasts. I managed to convince a friend to "help" / make sure I didn't burn the place down and we fired up the roaster for the first time. This was the first time I'd used a coffee roaster bigger than the little gene cafe roaster I'd been home roasting 250g batches on for the previous few years. I panicked at every step esp when I thought the coffee was way …

The idea of doing coffee!

I find myself alone and walking home in the mist of the night, contemplating the day I have had amongst friends and family of friends and the misconceptions they have around coffee. The first: " I don't have one of those fancy coffee machine things, so I can't buy your coffee" No no no no no! For me, the last place to start on the road of excellent, exciting coffee is espresso! This may sound super controversial to many people, but …
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