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26th May 2014
Dimah Tea of the Month – Dilmah Earl Grey
Dilmah Earl Grey Recipes TASTING NOTES A bold and bright single region Ceylon tea, balanced by the floral and fruity flavour of bergamot creating a refreshing and delightful medium strength… READ MORE »
14th February 2014
Dilmah Rose with French Vanilla Tea of The Month
OUR TEA OF THE MONTH – Dilmah Rose with French Vanilla Celebrate the month of love with an amorous brew of Rose with French Vanilla; a seductive tea that combines… READ MORE »
10th January 2014
Coffee related Happy New 2014!
A very happy new year to all of our wonderful customers and all of you in the coffee world. Well we are cracking into a very busy start to 2014… READ MORE »
15th November 2013
How do I steam my milk? Tips and Techniques
This blog will provide basic tips and tricks for steaming your milk for milk based espresso drinks. I will go through the tips and guidelines I use for training my… READ MORE »
30th August 2013
How to Prepare Tea Correctly! – The Dilmah Way
Are you preparing your tea incorrectly and serving poor quality tea to your customers? This is a very common thing and I hope this article will help you serve the… READ MORE »
2nd August 2013
4 Top Tips to Choosing a Coffee Supplier
Choosing the right coffee supplier is critical to establishing a great coffee destination. To help you with choosing I have compiled what I feel are the top 4 considerations. Most… READ MORE »
25th July 2013
7 Great Tips to Speed Up Your Coffee Service
‘How do I speed up coffee service?’ is a question I get a lot while visiting my local coffee customers and I will run through seven great tips that I… READ MORE »
4th July 2013
How Often Do I Need To Clean My Coffee Grinder
How to clean your grinder and how often you clean your grinder are an essential part of the espresso making process but are often neglected. In this article I aim… READ MORE »
13th June 2013
How Often Do I Need To Clean My Coffee Machine?
I am a proponent of having a clean machine as the oils from the coffee build up in the group heads and can affect the taste profile of the coffee… READ MORE »
6th March 2013
Hot Chocolate has never been so EXCITING!
New hot chocolate flavour enhancers from Shott have arrived! To help you expand your market and increase your customer spend Shott has come up with these four exciting hot chocolate… READ MORE »
28th December 2012
The New Mountain Water Decaf is here
The new Fairtrade Mountain Water Decaf is now our ONE decaf blend. This 100% Arabica bean blend has a sweet, acidic and fruity flavour which is great black or white…. READ MORE »
11th May 2012
How Do I Clean the Burrs of my Coffee Grinder?
Cleaning the burrs on your coffee grinder is now made easy. Our friends from Cafetto who were the company who bought us the worlds first organic espresso cleaner Evo, have… READ MORE »
21st December 2011
Christmas 2011 Hours
Well it’s that time of year again! We look forward to a busy holiday festive period and hope you all have an excellent couple of weeks ahead. Our hours of… READ MORE »
3rd October 2011
How to increase your cafe sales with smoothies
As the weather is getting warmer (yay!) enquiries for our smoothie and frappes are on the increase and I am fielding questions on the preparation and advantages of using the… READ MORE »
18th July 2011
The snow has arrived!
The long period of waiting is over and the mountains have their glorious blanket of snow to play in. There have been some fantastic powder days following the cold snap… READ MORE »
24th May 2011
Coffee Prices on the Rise
Green coffee beans (unroasted coffee bean) prices have jumped on the world markets over the last 12 months and that increase in price is now a reality for us in… READ MORE »
21st April 2011
Winter Warmers
With the colder temperatures arriving I thought I would quickly give you some great ideas on what you can offer your customers to help warm them up. Lets take a… READ MORE »
10th March 2011
March Specials!
Hi all Well late February and early March have certainly been busy which is great to see. Here in Central Otago there is definitely a lot more lycra being peddled… READ MORE »
4th March 2011
Kia Kaha Christchurch!
With the disaster that has hit our friends and family in Christchurch we would like to pass on our deepest sympathies and love to all the people affected. While it… READ MORE »
10th October 2010
Brand new website
We’d like to kick off our new blog by welcoming you to our brand new Coffee and Equipment website. We hope you like it as much as we do. The… READ MORE »