It’s hard, when Christmas rolls around, not to be transfixed by the thought of roasted parsnips and Baileys nightcaps. Shiny wrapping paper, second-rate celebrities switching on the Christmas lights, stockpiled AA batteries for all the bleep-bloopy toys the kids are going to get. It’s a whirlwind of excellent excess. For some, anyway. For others, there’s […]
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Dough takes an hour to rise, novels take months to write – and whether you think the world was created in seven days, or that humans evolved over millions of years, good things take time! Gender equity, not to mention gender equality, is definitely one of those things. The […]
Meet Maria Olano, Speciality Coffee Buyer at the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros (FNC) and longtime friend of Pact Coffee Hi, Maria. Can you tell us about yourself? My name is Maria Alejandra Olanao and I was born in Bogotá, Colombia. At 25 years old, I’ve already discovered my passion: coffee. I have a Master’s Degree […]
We thought it’d be safer to clarify – we’re not talking about gulping downs cups of unroasted beans (even though dubious ‘studies’ have claimed they promote weight loss, we think it’s a tastier experience to enjoy them properly roasted!).
When you think ‘cupboard essentials’, you might be listing coffee along with things like sugar, flour, vegetable oil… everything ‘basic’ you need to get by. But while these are all things you use almost everyday, you’d probably be unlikely to fork out almost £100 for a pound’s worth of any of them. But other people […]