Derick’s challenge to coffee drinkers Coffee facts to make you dangerously interesting Coffee is a fruit, espresso is not a bean, and decaf is not entirely caffeine-free. There. We have already upset at least three people, and breakfast has barely started. Coffee is one of those things we interact with every day without giving it much thought. We scoop it, …

Derick on what flavour notes really mean Your coffee tastes like chocolate, but nobody put chocolate in it “This coffee has notes of chocolate, berries and caramel.” Right. So, where did they put the chocolate? Nowhere. There is no tiny chocolate bar hiding in the bag. Nobody injected caramel into the coffee beans when you were not looking, and the …

Derick talks about on why origin matters Coffee has an address, and it matters You can take a coffee bean out of its country, but you cannot take the country out of the bean. The rain is in there. The altitude is in there. The soil, sunshine, variety, processing method and decisions made by the farmer all travel with it. …

Derick talks about what heat really does to your coffee beans Light, medium or dark: your coffee has not been working on its tan Coffee beans do not start life brown. They begin green, dense and rather unimpressive. They smell more like grass or raw seeds than the wonderful thing capable of getting an entire household through a Monday morning. …

Derick’s take on the art of blending Why blend in when you can bring out the best in each other? Let’s clear something up before we go any further. A coffee blend is not a collection of beans that could not make it on their own. It is not the coffee equivalent of cleaning out the leftovers drawer and hoping …