Energising encounters

Stories that fuel our community.

Notes from Origin: Colombia, September 2019

Notes from Origin: Colombia, September 2019

People should enjoy coffee with friends.  At Workshop, we always take a moment together to appreciate coffee grown halfway around the world by the producers we work with; made all the...

Notes from Origin: Peru, August 2019

Notes from Origin: Peru, August 2019

Driving to Perú Profundo. As we approach our 9th birthday, it's impressive to think how far we've come in that time. Starting with a roll-call of just seven producing countries...

Notes from Origin: Peru, August 2019

Driving to Perú Profundo. As we approach our 9th birthday, it's impressive to think how far we've come in that time. Starting with a roll-call of just seven producing countries...

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Explore | A Weekend In The Wild

Explore | A Weekend In The Wild

There's no doubt a cup of coffee is an end itself.  The result of hard, focused work conducted by exceptional farmers and producers at origin, followed by informed and consistent...

Explore | A Weekend In The Wild

There's no doubt a cup of coffee is an end itself.  The result of hard, focused work conducted by exceptional farmers and producers at origin, followed by informed and consistent...

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What makes a honey?

What makes a honey?

A detailed look at different processing methods, explaining what is unique about the five honey processed lots that we will be roasting this year.

What makes a honey?

A detailed look at different processing methods, explaining what is unique about the five honey processed lots that we will be roasting this year.

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Brewing in the Wild

Brewing in the Wild

Being able to brew great coffee wherever and whenever you need it most has always been a key aim of ours. No matter where you are or what equipment you have...

Brewing in the Wild

Being able to brew great coffee wherever and whenever you need it most has always been a key aim of ours. No matter where you are or what equipment you have...

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Preparing The Tempest Two for their next challenge.

Preparing The Tempest Two for their next challe...

The Tempest Two don't sit idle for long and recently announced what they've got planned next. As they prepare to leave the UK for Patagonia next month, James and Tom...

Preparing The Tempest Two for their next challe...

The Tempest Two don't sit idle for long and recently announced what they've got planned next. As they prepare to leave the UK for Patagonia next month, James and Tom...

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The 5th Floor ride Sierra Nevada

The 5th Floor ride Sierra Nevada

Last month a group of 10 riders from The 5th Floor boxed up their bikes and headed to Sierra Nevada, Spain, for their annual training camp. In the four days they were...

The 5th Floor ride Sierra Nevada

Last month a group of 10 riders from The 5th Floor boxed up their bikes and headed to Sierra Nevada, Spain, for their annual training camp. In the four days they were...

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Costa Rica, 2017

Costa Rica, 2017

Last year when we visited Costa Rica we got to taste some fantastic coffees, but we had little opportunity to get out of the cupping lab and into the field. It's a...

From the City to the Sahara

From the City to the Sahara

The Tempest Two's latest excursion took them from the city lights of London to the golden sands of The Sahara. Not ones to do anything the easy (or familiar) way,...

From the City to the Sahara

The Tempest Two's latest excursion took them from the city lights of London to the golden sands of The Sahara. Not ones to do anything the easy (or familiar) way,...

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Notes From Origin: El Salvador, 2017

Notes From Origin: El Salvador, 2017

This February we returned to El Salvador with our good friends at Nordic Approach to visit producers with whom we’ve been working with for five consecutive seasons. First on our...

Notes From Origin: El Salvador, 2017

This February we returned to El Salvador with our good friends at Nordic Approach to visit producers with whom we’ve been working with for five consecutive seasons. First on our...

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Out and About

We are really excited to announce that we will be bringing a little slice of Workshop Coffee to Northern Ireland next week. Working in conjunction with our friends at Established...

Events News

Out and About

We are really excited to announce that we will be bringing a little slice of Workshop Coffee to Northern Ireland next week. Working in conjunction with our friends at Established...

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Events News

MAD Food Symposium: Going Back For More

It was about this time last year that four of us here were getting excited; one of us was having a baby, and the other three were off to the...

Events News

MAD Food Symposium: Going Back For More

It was about this time last year that four of us here were getting excited; one of us was having a baby, and the other three were off to the...

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Events News

Fresh Crops: El Rodeo, Costa Rica

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Fresh Crops: El Rodeo, Costa Rica

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Buying in Kenya.

Back in December last year, the coffee-buying world became aware of a political situation developing in the Nyeri region of Kenya that indicated this region’s coffee would not be for...

Buying in Kenya.

Back in December last year, the coffee-buying world became aware of a political situation developing in the Nyeri region of Kenya that indicated this region’s coffee would not be for...

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