Welcome to the Coffee with COVID-19 Podcast. A continuous series investigating the impact of COVID-19 on various different levels of the coffee industry. Our ninth episode is a conversation with Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood. Founder of Colonna Coffee and three-time UK Barista Champion. Having opened Colonna & Smalls in Bath in 2009, Colonna has gone on to expand the realms of his business to include a roastery, compostable coffee capsule production, and a more recent focus on water filtration equipment specifically designed to improve the quality of water for coffee brewing. You can find times ..read more

Welcome to the Coffee with COVID-19 Podcast. A continuous series investigating the impact of COVID-19 on various different levels of the coffee industry. Our eighth episode (even though we may say seventh in the intro) is with Lem Butler. Lem is the Co-Founder of Black & White Coffee Roasters, based in North Carolina USA. Black & White was founded in 2017 alongside fellow coffee professional Kyle Ramage. In 2016, Lem was crowned the US Barista Champion and has been a huge influence on the American coffee competition culture. You can find timestamps to each question covered in this epis ..read more

Welcome to the Coffee with COVID-19 Podcast. A continuous series investigating the impact of COVID-19 on various different levels of the coffee industry. Our third episode is a conversation with Stephen Leighton, founder and now director of coffee at HasBean. In 2018 Stephen became director of coffee at Ozone Coffee Roasters, and to date, Stephen continues to partner in both 3FE and Drop Coffee Roasters. As well as his participation in the operations of the aforementioned businesses, Stephen is also a familiar face on the coffee competition scene, often appearing as MC at the annual World Bari ..read more

Welcome to the Coffee with COVID-19 Podcast. A continuous series investigating the impact of COVID-19 on various different levels of the coffee industry- Our second episode is a conversation with Tim Wendelboe, founder and owner of the Oslo-based roastery and coffee shop Tim Wendelboe. Alongside his work in roasting and brewing, Tim also grows coffee in Colombia on his coffee farm, Finca el Suelo. Tim won the World Barista Championship in 2004, following up on this achievement by winning the World Cup Tasters Championship in 2005. You can find timestamps to each question covered in this episod ..read more

This week, we're bringing you the full discussion between our Costa Rican partner farmer Alejo Castro and April team member Rasmus Madsen. Rasmus is currently writing his master thesis, with his core focus based around hybrid vigour in coffee. To undertake this study, Rasmus has collaborated with our good friend and partner farmer Alejo, owner of FCJ Volcan Azul in Costa Rica. This interview covers topics from soil nutrients and the use of organic fertilisers to ecological diversity and expected yields. Whilst this project is not an April Coffee initiative, there are opportunities for us to le ..read more

This week, Patrik joined Alejo amongst the gesha trees at Volcan Azul to discuss the updates to the farm this season. Alejo is the owner at Volcan Azul, currently overseeing the planting of new varietals as well as the upgrades to the farms capacity to dry coffee evenly and ferment coffee using anaerobic processes. The attention to detail shown at the farm level by Alejo translates seamlessly into the increased quality of the coffee that we cup year on year. In this video, you can hear from Alejo his views on planting, processing and more ..read more

This week, we’re at the roastery discussing some of the challenges and opportunities that we face when sourcing coffee in Africa. We love African coffee. Ethiopia and Kenya are two legendary producing countries known for their high quality and distinct cup profiles; however both countries present unique challenges. Namely, the structure and scale of the cooperative systems, the existing coffee infrastructure, and the national systems for coffee grading. In this episode, we unpack some of the variables of Ethiopian and Kenyan coffee production, comparing how these systems differ from those of o ..read more

This week, we're in the roastery testing the most recent development of our coffee capsule product line. During the two years that we've been producing this product, by far the most frequently requested query we've received has been "Can your coffee capsules be biodegraded or composted?" Until now the answer has been an unfortunate no. Whilst the technology did exist to a certain extent, there were far too many disadvantages relative to the quality of the product to contend with. Namely, the lack of a barrier protecting the capsules from oxidation as well as off-flavours produced from the mate ..read more

Behind the Scenes at Fazenda Esperança with Bruno Souza | Coffee with April - YouTube Content by April Coffee Roasters ..read more

Coffee Bed Dynamics & Extraction Uniformity - Q&A | Coffee with April - YouTube Content by April Coffee Roasters ..read more