Find Vendum at Summer at the Royal Arsenal — now with ground coffee

Jul 8, 2026

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Vendum Coffee is at Summer at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich this July. Freshly roasted beans and — for the first time — ground coffee. Sat 11th & 25th, 10–5.

Empowering Women Farmers in Brazil – Women and Coffee at Cafe Delas

Jul 8, 2026

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The roaster

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Most of us don’t think much about who picked our coffee. We think about how it tastes, maybe where it’s from, whether it’ll get us through the morning. Fair enough. But behind every bag is a story, and some of those stories are worth telling properly. This one starts in Brazil. A bit of background…

How long should you leave freshly roasted coffee before trying?

Jun 29, 2026

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The roaster

in Speciality coffee

You’ve just taken delivery of a bag of freshly roasted coffee. It smells incredible. Every instinct is telling you to crack it open right now. So why do some people say you should wait? It comes down to something called degassing. When coffee is roasted, the beans trap a significant amount of carbon dioxide inside…

Why I speciality coffee so expensive?

Jun 19, 2026

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The roaster

in Speciality coffee

It’s a fair question. You hand over what feels like a lot of money for a small bag of coffee, and part of you wonders whether you’ve been had. We get it. So let’s talk about where that money actually goes. It starts long before the roaster Most of the cost in a bag of…

Processing Coffee Beans

Jun 19, 2026

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The roaster

in Speciality coffee

Before a coffee bean ever gets near a roaster, it has to go through one of the most important — and most overlooked — stages of its life: processing. It’s the step where the actual fruit around the seed (the bit we eventually drink) gets removed, and it has a huge effect on what ends…

The Best Ways to Make Coffee While Camping

Jun 19, 2026

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in Speciality coffee

There are few things better than a hot coffee in the outdoors. Cold morning, good view, nowhere to be. The only question is how you’re going to make it. We’re not going to tell you there’s one right answer. It depends on how much kit you want to carry, how fussy you are about the…

How To Clean Your Bean-to-Cup or Espresso Machine (Without Being Rinsed by the manufacturers cleaning product Prices)

Nov 30, 2025

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The roaster

in Speciality coffee, Coffee machine maintenance

Here’s a cheerful little reality check: your trusty bean-to-cup or espresso machine—the one you lean on through early-morning fog and mid-afternoon slumps—is quietly collecting grime, oil and limescale behind the shiny front.