The Story
The Story
A cup of coffee should be delicious, sweet and complex, something rather special - back in 2007 something rather special in the world of coffee could not easily be found so we decided to try and change that.
Today after a number of expansive roastery moves, continued investment new technologies and people that add to a great team spirit here at Coffee Real, working with some wonderful coffee farmers from prime growing areas all over the world and building a customer base that love us unconditionally for what we do we’re still here roasting.
So I guess something rather special did happen when we started back in early 2008.
The History
The History
If you have been lucky enough to taste coffee that is absolutely delicious over something that’s just plain and flat – your going to want that delicious taste all the time – back in 2008 delicious coffee could not easily be found - so we thought we’d try and change that.
We know 2008 is not decades ago, but a lot has happed at Coffee Real within that time – we’ve had to move and expand our roastery a number times, we’ve invested in bigger and better roasting technologies, created some jobs along the way for a bunch of likeminded coffee nuts, we’ve travelled to some insanely remote places to work with some wonderful coffee farming families and we’re still here roasting which is really down to a loyal customer base that really love us unconditionally for what we do.
The Coffee
The Coffee
We wish everybody could taste just how amazing a simple cup of coffee can be - especially when the raw coffee has been sourced directly from farmers that put quality at the forefront of everything they do.
Finding coffee that is amazing is no easy task – you would not believe the amount of time and effort we spend each year finding coffees that (you know) tick all the boxes, hit the spot.
We maybe a relativity young company but we learnt pretty early on that you can’t sit back in the UK and expect that special kind of quality to arrive at your door – it just doesn’t happen – if your serious about coffee you have to put in the time and effort - hunt out the right farmers and really understand the coffee they produce – you need to get under its skin (so to speak) – and the only way you can do that is to go to the origin and build mutually beneficial relationships with the family’s that grow the stuff…
It doesn’t end there though as we are constantly challenging ourselves to perfect taste that best reflect an origin. Each coffee has its own unique character and therefore to perfect taste each coffee has to be roasted differently with this in mind.
It’s not a 5 minute job – then again there’s no short cut to quality.
The Roasting
The Roasting
Basically anyone can roast coffee - it’s easy - it’s how you roast it that matters.
I mean to be able to take raw coffee an agricultural product and change its structure - in a certain way by guiding it through varying degrees of heat and time and to end up with a unique flavour that best reflects its origin - is a skill - not an easy task.
It’s hard to explain but an experienced coffee roaster will have a connection with the coffee as it roasts – they’ll know by the look - and by the sound - of both the coffee and the machine when it’s right.
We roast our coffee using the very latest technology and we’ve modified it little to give us the ability to still hand craft our coffee but at the same time use computer control and a unique roasting environment produce the flavour profiles our customers love with absolute consistency.
For us flavour and consistency are key.
