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.

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 of filter coffee in the trade.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.