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You might have noticed a few coffee varieties in our range that are a bit on the higher end of the price range, making you wonder what it is about these particular beans that justifies the price tag. While it’s true that we sell a small number of varieties that are higher in value than our average prices, this is for some very good reasons! Our Kona Hawaii, Jamaica Blue Mountain, Australian Skybury and Kopi Luwak are all what we consider to be exclusive coffees of exceptional quality. These highly revered beans are much sought-after and renowned for their wonderfully...

If your preferred coffee brewing method is with an espresso maker, a percolator, a cafetière or a filter machine, then you’ll be looking to get the perfect coarseness in your ground coffee to get the most from your beans, extracting all of the wonderful flavours and aromas into your cup. At Coffee-Direct, we sell pre-ground options across our entire range of coffees, with perfectly ground options for all popular brewing methods. But, if you prefer to grind your owns beans, we have a fantastic range of automatic grinders available at great prices, from leading brands including Gaggia, De’Longhi, Melitta and...

If you’ve been looking for a full-flavoured coffee bean but want to try a decaffeinated variety, or you are aiming to cut down on your caffeine intake in January, then we have a wonderful range of delicious, freshly roasted decaffeinated coffees for you to choose from, as well as an excellent half-caffeinated bean in our 50/50 Decaf Colombian coffee. Our decaffeinated range includes our very popular Swiss Water Decaffeinated coffee – a 100% naturally decaf bean that uses a clever process involving water and no chemicals, resulting in 99.9% of the caffeine being removed from the coffee bean.  Swiss Water...

If you’re looking for the perfect gift for that special coffee-lover in your life, look no further than our wonderful Coffee-Direct gift subscription! Our gift subscriptions are simple to use and give your recipient a different variety of freshly roasted, speciality coffee beans delivered direct to their door each month. Each delicious coffee is selected by our team of expert roasters, and your recipient will never receive the same bean twice. You can choose from 3, 6 or 12 month subscriptions, and we will either send a pre-paid coffee gift subscription for the recipient to activate at their convenience, or...

  In exciting news for coffee lovers everywhere, a recent study published in the European Heart Journal provides very encouraging evidence of a link between morning coffee drinking and health benefits. The study, which ran over a 10-year period and analysed the coffee consumption habits of 40,725 adults, indicated that those people studied who drank coffee, and did so in the morning, were 16% less likely to die of any cause, and 31% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease, compared to those who went without coffee. It seems that the time of day when coffee is consumed plays a...