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16-12-21

Battle of the Christmas Cocktails

Fancy yourself a bit of a mixologist over the festive season? Well we think it's time to make coffee the headline. That’s why we’ve paired each of the coffees from our Battle of the Christmas Roasts bundle with it’s own signature cocktail – focusing on highlighting the tasting notes of our unique selection of coffees! The Polar Espresso Martini – Christmas Roast We had to start with a classic, our take on the Espresso Martini. Every coffee lover must have already indulged in this sweet cocktail, which takes a caffeinated spin on the traditional Martini. If you haven’t familiarised yourself...

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09-12-21

Everything You Didn't Know About Nitro-Flushing

The ‘Holy Grail’ of coffee production and packaging is ‘coffee freshness’. Coffee freshness is inherently linked to the presence of its “solubles” – various chemical compounds, oils and acids that give a coffee its flavour. The biggest culprit for loss of freshness is our good friend oxygen, which reacts with coffee’s solubles over time, causing a loss of flavour, becoming stale - not ideal! To reduce this, our production methods limit the presence of oxygen and the oxidisation of the beans. Whole Bean Coffee Bags One of the main reasons that we prefer to package our coffee as whole beans,...

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02-12-21

Reusing our packaging clips

If you know Cartwheel, then you should know that sustainability is one of our core values as a company and coffee shop. Because of this, we have taken extra steps to ensure that our packaging and waste are sustainably produced and disposed of. For example, our coffee bags are accepted in-store for specialty recycling – although they are still made from plastic, this is the most sustainable compromise we have discovered so far. And we are always looking into new technologies as we strive to become plastic-free.  So when we got a message from a customer this week asking us...

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18-11-21

Coffee Equipment—what do you need to brew barista quality coffee at home?

At Cartwheel we pride ourselves on providing our customers with a unique experience. Whether it’s a pour-over coffee method or the way that we brew our tea – we want to take the extra steps to ensure that your time with us stands out. Having tried dozens of different  pieces of equipment over the years, some good and some bad, we love to be able to offer you tested advice. Almost all of our equipment is available to purchase yourself, so that you can replicate the coffee shop experience at home - check out our equipment store! Kinto Cups - Stackable...

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