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Extract Loves The Coffee House Project coffee festival

The brainchild of two coffee-loving, Bristolian event-managers, The Coffee House Project is a two-day-long celebration of local independent coffee brands, artisan roasters, independent drink retail…
Donating skateboards to Ethiopia with our Kickflip Espresso

Extract Coffee Roasters co-founder, Dave, discovered Ethiopia Skate by chance, and it turned out to be a match made in halfpipe heaven. A grassroots skateboard movement which provides children in E…
Extract Loves the Do Lectures

The idea of the DO Lectures [link to DO Lecture website] is a simple one: to gather together the world's do-ers, disruptors and change-makers, experts and pioneers, to share their stories, and enco…
Extract Loves Do Books

Ever thought about doing 'something'? Sometimes, between thinking and doing, that something gets lost. Other times, we are so focused, so engrossed in the flow of our lives, we forget to take a moment…
Finca La Casiana

As with many exemplary coffee farms, Finca La Casiana is set amongst breathtaking views, this time in Colombia. It’s a farm that’s been making coffee since 1987, and we think the beans that we source…
Recycling coffee chaff as a garden compost

Coffee chaff is a great byproduct of roasting coffee beans that can create nutrient-rich soil for your garden. As well as recycling a waste product that would otherwise be thrown away, it’…
Rescuing Bertha

How we rescued and rebuilt a vintage roaster from Bosnia. The restoration of Betty, our vintage Probat roaster, was transformational. In 2012 her arrival reduced our roasting schedule from 8 roas…