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You won't believe this, but I met him face to face. Yes, we even had filter coffee together. Last Friday was a huge day for me, one that has been five years in the making. The week had started off with some disappointing news about the cancellation of the Birmingham Coffee Festival. I was going to give a talk there on the specialty robusta revolution. So you can imagine my excitement when James Hoffmann said yes to meeting on Friday the 5th. I went into overdrive with excitement. And for a good reasons For those into tech, your dream person to meet might be Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg. For me, there are a few legends in the specialty coffee world I’ve always wanted to meet, have a coffee with and talk about how we can change the coffee world together, for the better. Last Friday, I met one of them. A special, pinch-me moment. I was humbled and way too excited to meet you, James Hoffmann Thank you, Barney😜 Mauleverer for making this happen (more on this another time). I’m an outsider in the UK coffee scene; I’m a smallholder farmer (you don’t get many of those living this side of the equator), and I’m championing specialty robusta (when the specialty coffee market has been focused on arabica - for better part of last 3 decades. So, there are a few people in this industry I am keen to meet. People like you, yes you have an important key part in helping more customers access specialty and premium robusta and myself and BLUE TURACO COFFEE team are eager to make this happen. This, in turn, will impact millions of smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda and world over. No-one gets anywhere alone. Collaboration is what we need - in fact it could be the BIGGEST single thing to Make the biggest difference! So I’ll be reaching out. I hear your fears and worries, but I have a solution to those worries and fears. If you see my name in your DMs, it means you mean something to the robusta revolution. James, I learned so much during our chat, and I can't wait to meet again and again. Thank you.. You turned what was looking like a challenging week into a great one. Ps: lets connect if we are not yet Wycliffe Sande - I talk about speciality robusta coffees sustainability, smallholder farmer issues fighting hunger through coffee #metjameshoffman #blueturacocoffee #foundermeetups #collabrations

That's what we thought! We came across the Rory Wynn's work at the London Coffee Festival and thought "we think we might get on". 💪 STRONG COFFEE That's what we do! 💙 Blue Turaco naturally contains nearly twice the caffeine of most coffees. ☕ It's because we use pure Robusta beans, which naturally contain more caffeine than Arabica ones. ☀ A very efficient way to get your morning kick! 🤓 A little Friday Trivia for you. As well as keeping us alert, the caffeine in coffee cherries help protect them from pests too. Clever. Happy Friday from the Blue Turaco Team. ..... 🔔 For 15% off your first order - sign up via the link in the comments.

📣 WAKEY WAKEY - we think you might be sleeping on something * 40% of the world's coffee is Robusta. But no-one knows it. People have heard of its cousin, Arabica - most specialty coffees are Arabica-based so you see it more on coffee packaging, Robusta, on the other hand, has been invisible - grown to scale and low quality and hidden away in blends to give body. No longer! Here's why waking up to Robusta feels GOOD: 💪 It's STRONG Naturally contains 2x the caffeine of arabica - coffee with a kick. 🌍 It's CLIMATE RESILIENT Grows faster, takes up less land and it's a hardier crop. ☕ It's SMOOTH High-quality Robusta tastes remarkably, deliciously smooth. So! Will you join the Robusta Revolution? Sign up to get 15% off your first bag. Link in comments. Everyone likes to try something new - even if it has been around for 100s of years. 💙 Let's go!

There are 3 strong brands in this photo. 1. Gymbox 2. YETI 3. And the one inside the Yeti - Blue Turaco Coffee. 100% Specialty Ugandan Robusta coffee. Naturally contains twice the caffeine of arabica-based coffee 💪 An energy drink given to us by nature. And oh so smooth… Happy Monday! 💙 Let’s go! #robusta #specialtycoffee #sustainablefarming #coffee

Please let me win 🤞 When we do events, we have started playing a game. Wycliffe puts coffee beans into a jar - counting them. His daughter makes sure he has counted correctly. We take the jar to the event. And you guess how many coffee beans are in there. The closest guess wins a load of coffee and a very cute coffee maker. This was a note on the back of one person's entry at our last event. There were several things to look at on our stand. (free samples, packs of coffee, coffee machines) There were several people to look at too. But all eyes went to this poster first. There were different approaches to winning this game; Some made wild guesses. Others tried to count the layers. Others tried to gauge the weight (we were impressed the most by these people) At the heart of it, we are all the same. We are all a bit competitive. We all like a bit of fun. And mostly, we all like to hope. Happy weekend from the Blue Turaco Team. Count every little win. 💙 #coffee #robusta #sustainablefarming #uganda #specialtycoffee

What's Friday without some honey? We have been breaking down coffee speak - starting with coffee processing. The part that happens once juice coffee cherries are picked from the trees. Here is a summary of the three main processes, including honey. Blue Turaco Coffee currently uses Natural and Washed coffees but Wycliffe is working with fellow smallholder farmers on Honey too.... for those that like a bit of both. What kind of coffee drinker do you fancy yourself as? HAPPY FRIDAY! Tried 100% Specialty Ugandan Robusta yet? It has a coffee kick like no other. You can buy online. Link in comments. 💙

🚨 2 FREE TICKETS... TO COFFEE ! We’re offering 2 Free tickets to the Birmingham Coffee Festival. It’s on 5th- 7th July at the New Bingley Hall. Why go? ☕ Unlimited coffee samples from the exhibitors ☕ Cupping sessions ☕ Great talks and panels (Wycliffe doing a talk) ☕ Wellness area ☕ Lots of food and drink .... and of course, us! We’ll be sampling and selling our 100% Speciality Uganda Robusta and we would LOVE to see you there! 🚨 To win: Tag a friend you’d like to go with in the comments below. We’ll draw the winners across Linkedin and Instagram on Friday 28th June. Winners will be able choose whichever morning or afternoon slot they'd like to go to across the weekend. 💙 Let's go! #robusta #specialtycoffee #sustainablefarming #birminghamcoffeefestival

🙌 Roadtrip! It’s time to take the Ugandan flag to.... Birmingham. We’re excited to be going to be taking Blue Turaco Coffee to the Birmingham Coffee Festival on 5-7 July. Here’s why you should come and see us: ☕ You’ll meet 12 specialty roasters 🥐 60 exhibitors - food, drink, supplies 🤓 Interactive demos and competitions 🥤 It’s eco-friendly - no paper cups! 👀 There are some great talks and panels on coffee - Wycliffe is doing one of them. And. Of course: 💙 You'll get to try 100% Specialty Ugandan Robusta (it’s the only pure robusta there!) 💙 You’ll meet Wycliffe - the only smallholder coffee farmer at the event, or any event actually. 💙 You'll get to meet us! LET'S GO! * #specialtycoffee #robusta #coffee La Marzocco UK Rosie Long (Baulcombe) Gemma Clarkson Richard Kieswick

Coffee Speak continued.... Processing >>> RECAP: There are 3 main processes for doing this: 🍒 Natural process 🌊 Washed process 🍯 Honey process Today, it's time for a wash. When you see “Washed Process” on coffee packets, this is what that means: Once coffee cherries are picked and sorted, they need to be dried. >>You can dry them as they are (Natural) or you can take the outer skin off. When you take the outer skin off, you have another choice. >> Do you give the cherry a wash or not? In Washed coffee, you take the skin off AND you give it a wash. HERES'S MORE: There are juicy layers and sugars in a coffee cherry between the outer skin and the seed or bean. Once you’ve taken the skin off your coffee cherry, you’ll see them. They have a special name - mucilage. This is the bit you wash off in Washed processing. Once the skin and sugars are off the cherry, the cherry is called Coffee Parchment. 🌊 Coffee parchments are soaked in water for 24 hours 🚿 Rinsed well in fresh water ☀ Dried in the sun and natural air Tah dah... Washed process done. What we love about Washed coffees: 💙 The taste! 💙 Cleaner, brighter, fruitier (less body than Natural coffee) Washed coffee processing has one big drawback; it uses a lot of water which could be a scarce resource in some villages. So we combine processes and are experimenting all the time with new ones that use less water. Blue Turaco Coffee uses a mix of Natural and Washed coffees. You can try it via our website (link in comments) or Waitrose. com. See you next time!

This week we break down Coffee Speak. Processing >>> This is the part that turns the coffee cherries that grow on trees into coffee beans we can roast (and then brew and drink). Once coffee cherries are picked and sorted, they need to be dried. There are 3 main processes for doing this: 🍒 Natural process 🌊 Washed process 🍯 Honey process We'll start with the oldest of them all - Natural. If you see “Natural process” on coffee, this is what it means: Coffee cherries are left to dry naturally, skin intact, in the sun. There are some lovely, juicy layers between the coffee skin and the coffee "seed" (which we know as the coffee "bean"), including some delicious sugars. When coffee is left to dry with its skin intact, the skin dries up in the sun and the sugars caramelise and intensify inside. (in Washed and Honey processing, the skin, or “pulp” is removed before drying. More on those next time) What we love about Natural Processing 💙 its the most affordable system for farmers 🧡 it conserves water the most 💛 it gives full-bodied, complex flavours. Blue Turaco Coffee uses a unique combination of Natural and Washed Coffee processes which is unusual in the world of Robusta. It’s part of why our coffee is strong, full-bodied and smooth. You can try it via our website (link in comments) or Waitrose. com. See you next time! #coffeeprocessing #specialtycoffee #robusta #sustainablefarming