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An online back-issue library of Coffee
House magazines does exist; it is just taking a little time to re-load
during the site re-build. We'll try and have it done soon, but for
the moment we're just putting the most recent issues up.
Clicking the image should get you the PDF version.
In
the meantime, if there's anything you need to find in a previous issue, feel free to contact
the editor and we'll do our best to trace it.
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Coffee House 44, July/August
2010
A particularly
interesting issue. We have dared to take up the matter of
whether everyone was satisfied with Caffe Culture, even though
it became the biggest coffee exhibition in the world. We are
probably the first magazine to report from inside the judging
room at the Great Taste Awards. A deep look at flavours in
coffees including (unusually) an interview with Kerry. A
look at the matter of pressure-profiling, and a report on the
'new breed' of artisan roasters.
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Coffee House 43,
May-June 2010
Largely a preview to the Caffe Culture show and world barista
championship. The front page lead story highlighted the growth
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Coffee House 42,
May-June 2010
In
this we looked at several extremely significant issues - we
questioned recent research on the amount of the UK population
which was claimed to go into coffee shops, we looked at the
first UK consumer event in coffee, the Bath festival, reported
on the debates over quality at the Allegra summit, and dared to
report in depth on the bizarre story of the big chains'
competition to launch a flat white. And we devoted
several pages to really new product ideas. |
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Coffee House 41, March - April 2010
In
this we looked at the progress of the barista championships, we
reported (first!) the amazing news that First Choice had
acquired distribution of the Nuova Simonelli range, and in our
tea feature we reported on new ideas for tea in takeaway cups,
and also the remarkable invention from Australia which suggests
that we Brits may have our tea-brewing traditions all wrong...
and we visited Atkinsons, the craft roastery in Lancaster. |
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Coffee House
issue
40, Jan/Feb 2010
In
the first issue of the year, we have the exclusive news of the
formation of the AIEE, the Association of Independent Espresso
Engineers. We report on cafe redesigns from Starbucks, Coffee
Republic, and the new Lavazza Espression concept. In our
Fairtrade Fortnight preview, we look at the theme for the year,
which is 'swap your usual cuppa for a Fairtrade one', and we ask
if this is likely to work. We report on the 60th birthday
of the great Bar Italia, one of the very first espresso cafes in
Soho, and we are probably the only magazine which bothers to
report the results of the BSA's Bev-e cafe awards. |
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CH39, Nov/Dec
2009
In
this issue, we are probably the only magazine in the world to
give a full report on the Allegra coffee summit in Vienna - and
that featured a quite astonishing debate on ethical sourcing in
coffee, which turned into an all-out attack on the Fairtrade
concept. Elsewhere in the same summit, there was an
intriguing discussion on the future of coffee houses - which may
not be what you expect. Whatever the cliche saying
says, it may not be 'all about the coffee' at all!
We also take a look at what modern barista training really
means, and what is needed beyond the obvious milk-frothing
skills.
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CH38, September/0ctober
2009
In
this issue, we break the news of the world's greenest coffee
roaster, being launched in Europe in early October; we break the
news (again) of the first British coffee festival, set for bath
in spring of 2010; we report the curious aspects of Starbucks
going all-Fairtrade and the latest set of rows between cafe
owners and local councils. We report the return of a
barista championship under the Brasilia name (not entirely the
same as the great events of six years or so ago, run by a
different organisation, but still a very welcome addition to the
calendar). We report the extremely exotic coffees from Sea
Island, and the first commercial roasting operation down in the
south-west of Cornwall.
We
look at the problems of paper cups for the takeaway trade, and
the many curiosities of the flavoured syrup market.
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CH37, July/August 2009
In this issue, we
began our campaign to remind everyone in the trade about the
possibilities of the great promotional year of 2010, when the
world barista championship comes to Britain, to coincide with
the Caffe Culture show.
We reported the
interesting items from the Allegra conference, such as a debate
on the Australian influence in our London coffee shops, and the
importance of such drinks as the flat white. We reported
in depth on the problems that cafe owners have with councils
over such things as outside seating permissions, and we demanded
to know who is going to speak up for the cafe trade if the
existing associations aren't doing so.
We enquired how good
the UK and Irish roasters are, when compared to the rest of the
world, and featured such names as Square Mile, Peter James,
Lincoln and York, James Aimer, Gala, Drury, Johnson Bros.,
Bewleys, Union, Capital Coffee, and Java Republic.
We looked at snacks,
and the limited-edition concept from Byron Bay Cookies.
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We do not, of
course, write only for our own magazine. We are probably
the most active writers promoting beverages in the country!
For
some years we produced a curious little magazine for the
Beverage Service Association - this was 'In The Cup', and we
have to say that along the way, we produced some very good
issues which concentrated on certain subjects. They still
remain a pretty good instant introduction to each subject.
Here's
a typical one -

Click the pic to read 'working the modern cafe trade'.
It gives some very unusual but helpful viewpoints on running
hospitality businesses.

Same
with this one - milk, such an important subject, is very rarely
featured in the beverage trade press!
Other
subjects featured in 'In The Cup' included:
Chocolate
Coffee
(in general)
Fairtrade
Tea
Espresso
Customer service
We may
not have time to upload them all - but contact the editor, and
he'll be happy to send you a PDF of any of these issues.
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