Sample Coffee journal
Our thoughts on business, sustainability, community, and occasionally about coffee.
Release notes: August-September 2023
Subscription price changes in 2023
Event: The Other Tea by Tea Craft next Saturday 7 Oct
Re-introducing the Sample Coffee Fund
Say hello to our new coffee bags
Wrapping up our 2023 subscriber survey
Grinder seasoning for homebrewing: what, why, how & when
Wholesale Showcase: Sixpenny
Wholesale Showcase: Ada’s Affair
Wholesale Showcase: One Another
BEYOND THE CUP & BAR Events Wrap-up
Events: BEYOND THE BAR
Read our Annual Report 21/22
Introducing our new Loring S35 Kestrel coffee roaster!
Gift and hampers ideas for Christmas (that don’t suck)
We’re trialling international shipping
Redesigning our bean bag labels for clarity and expression
We’ve re-certified as a B Corporation
Beans Shortage + COVID + Sea-Freight Crisis = 2022 Price Increase
10 years of Sample
Preferred name feature now live!
Is our coffee gluten-free?
Not your cup of coffee: coffee in your skincare? You bet.
Not your cup of coffee: caffeinated food & drinks
Accessibility and communication matters
A typical green coffee journey
Coffee training at the office
Sieving rocks out of our coffee beans
Read our Impact Report for FY 2019/20
Meet Robert McCann, our third Pro Shop resident artist
Holiday gift guide
Pardon the jargon: the specialty coffee lingo edition
Our roastery and cafes buy 100% GreenPower
Borrow coffee brewing gear and media at our new ‘Library'
The coffee cups we wish we didn’t need
Pardon the jargon: what do all those ‘eco’ terms really mean?
Meet David Brailey, our second Pro Shop resident artist
Sample Staples x Lulu’s Fresh Pasta
Sample Coffee Stories #2: Marie & Brew Crew’s birth
This is how COVID-19 changed us in one month
Sample Coffee Stories #1:
The Great Roasters’ Charity Ball 2020
Meet Debbie Gallulo, our first Pro Shop resident artist
Introducing the ‘Sample Coffee Tree Fund’
From little things: printing our marketing material
Transparency
Understanding green coffee: from seed to bean (part 1)
World Coffee Research: because we couldn’t imagine a future without coffee
Hooray! We are now a certified B Corp
A walk through Sample Coffee’s branding life
Sustainability from the kitchen: designing our menus
