Speciality Coffee
It’s something that we drink for pleasure, right? It’s something that brings us happiness, but with no other benefit, right? Wrong! Let’s discover the coffee benefits.
Speciality coffee is coffee, but not like any other. If you are drinking coffee that is graded as speciality, it means that it has been officially scored to be high quality. From start to finish, the production of that coffee has been done properly, fairly, and with the highest quality of tools and personnel shaping it to be the masterpiece that it is.
Speciality coffee has unique flavours and aromas that are owed to the care that has gone into their production all the way from whoever planted the seed, right through to the coffee roaster who gave it it’s perfect shade of brown. The taste profile in speciality-graded coffee beans is unique. You will typically find complex mixtures of acidity and bitterness with flavours like fruit and spiciness.
Speciality coffee producers are committed to ethical sourcing channels. Buying higher grade coffee is a great means of supporting the sustainability of the industry. Through creating higher quality, and higher grossing coffee products, we as the buyer are making a positive impact on coffee farmers’ livelihoods.
What’s In It For You?
Drinking speciality coffee, or “specialty coffee” if you’re American or aren’t a great speller, has health benefits to you that regular coffees don’t. You’ll benefit from drinking higher-grade coffees due to their antioxidants and the ability for them to boost your cognitive function. Remember though, its the same as any other consumable product, don’t over-do it!
The almighty rise of speciality coffee shops in the U.K has also fostered a great sense of community in many areas. You’ll find communities benefitted greatly by the opportunity to head down to your local speciality coffee shop and speak to other drinkers. It also gives a sense of intrigue to the drinker. This is because our speciality coffees are marketed with gripping graphics and tales of the coffee’s origins. Creating the feeling of adventure in the drinker only benefits the country and region of origin, who find coffee tourists arriving to brew-up and find out more!
We are at the beginning of a movement, which is started off by you, the coffee drinker at home. The growing demand for specialist equipment to brew at home will be a huge new market that will create jobs and opportunities for many, in many countries.
Exploring the world of speciality coffee really is the best (budget) way for you to see all corners of the globe. Each roast has a long an unique story to tell, from mountain ranges to the planes of Africa… Go and discover it!