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A coffee subscription, providing you with regular orders of your favourite beans on a personalised schedule, is a wonderful way to take the hassle out of buying coffee (and avoiding the prospect of running out before your first cup of the day!). What’s more, you will often find that subscription plans allow you to save on your everyday essentials, with some big savings available. With a coffee subscription plan from Coffee-Direct, you will save a massive 15% on every item on your plan, for every order! You can amend your subscription at any time and change the recurrence of your...

If you are a coffee lover who likes to get their caffeine fix on the go, you are likely to have noticed some rather large increases in the cost of your favourite High Street coffees recently. With the cost of living crisis continuing to take a toll on the average prices of a range of commodities, and other external factors influencing High Street prices, it looks like the rising costs across our everyday treats and essentials will be around for some time. One way we can combat these price increases is to switch from buying our coffees from High Street...

The cafetiere, or French Press, is a somewhat underrated method for preparing coffee, often being relegated below espresso makers as the go to piece of equipment for coffee lovers. However, the humble cafetiere should not be overlooked; cheap, simple to use, easy to store and clean, cafetieres will produce beautiful, full-flavoured and deeply aromatic coffees. Cafetieres require a coarser grind of coffee than is used for espresso makers, coffee filters and percolators. The coffee is brewed directly in hot water before the plunger is used to hold the grinds at the bottom of the container, and the strength of your...

The Arabica coffee plant is thought to be the first species of coffee to be cultivated, dating as far back as 12th century Yemen, and it remains the most commonly used coffee bean variety, leading the way ahead of the Robusta bean in second place. Produced in dozens of countries between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer, Arabica, or coffea arabica, now represents around 60% of global production. Usually grown at elevations of around 1,300-1,500m and predominantly in subtropical climates such as in Brazil, Colombia and Central America, Arabica coffee beans offer a wonderful diversity of flavours,...

If you’re after the perfect gift for your favourite coffee aficionado this Valentine’s Day, look no further than our beautiful Happy Valentine’s Day Gift Pack. This lovely gift pack features twelve of our finest coffees from around the world, all beautifully packaged in an attractive box, giving your Valentine the chance to delve into a wealth of diverse flavours, aromas and characteristics. Available as whole beans or pre-ground for favourite brewing methods, this also comes with our brilliant Coffee Guide, which provides useful information about each of these exquisite coffees. Included in our Happy Valentine’s Day Gift Pack Monsoon MalabarPicked...