If you’ve been keeping up with our blog, you’ll know we recently published a piece on common problems with substandard espresso coffee. Specifically, some of the most common causes of consistently disappointing espresso coffee, when brewed at home. Thinking back, we realised there’s another bunch of common espresso issues... 

If you’ve ever brewed yourself disappointing espresso at home, you’re certainly not in the minority. In fact, the vast majority of people struggle to create the kind of barista-worthy espresso coffee they’d happily pay good money for elsewhere. But assuming it isn’t just an isolated incident – what could be going wrong?

It’s funny, but there are so many people who continue to view their morning coffee as something of a guilty pleasure. Or for that matter, feel as if they’re indulging in something a little naughty every time they reach for an espresso. Still, it isn’t difficult to understand, given the way in which coffee and caffeine earned such a...

For some people, espresso coffee is less a beverage and more a religion. Those being exactly the types of people this article is aimed at! Espresso lovers worldwide often wonder why they struggle to recreate the creations of their favourite coffee shops at home. They firmly believe they’re doing things by the book, but the results are...

Mastering the art of brewing the perfect espresso can be as easy or difficult as you need it to be. Just as soon as you’ve got your head around the basics, espresso coffee becomes surprisingly simple. The problem being that the vast majority of specialty coffee lovers simply make things up as they go along.

From their very first day on the market, coffee pods and coffee capsules have split coffee-loving communities right down the middle. On one side of the argument, you have those who couldn’t imagine going a day without their favourite Nespresso pods. On the other, critics genuinely believe...

If you really, REALLY love coffee, you’ll want to get the maximum enjoyment from every coffee bean you buy. Whole bean coffee really is as good as it gets – the satisfaction of creating an incredible cup of coffee from scratch being pretty unbeatable. But if you’re planning to buy the best coffee beans in the world, it makes sense to...