Returning for a second successive year we have a fruity and fun natural from Kenya's Kamundu Estate near Nairobi

"At first we didn't know what we were doing! We were just experimenting." - Oscar Chacon

Introducing our first new coffee of July 2020 - the juicy and complex Twin Rivers AA from Kenya

My lockdown has been hugely helped by regular care packages from my colleagues at the roastery and this new coffee from Fazenda Rio Verde in Brazil has been a particular highlight. I hope you're all well and safe out there and enjoying your home-brewing experiences!

It's out with our Colombian micro-lot, our Brazil from Serra E Leite and El Salvador Honey Pacamara and in with three African stunners from Rwanda and Burundi.

Better late than never, here is my rundown of the second half of our single estate list for October-November!

A new selection of limited edition, fresh-crop single estate coffees

Summer is almost upon us and if it's going to be even half as hot as last year then you'd be advised to start thinking about adding some iced options to your tea and coffee menus. In order to give you some inspiration I've put together a few simple and tasty options that all use existing products in the Dark Woods range. Enjoy!

In my last journal post I talked about the importance of your grinder and suggested that for long term consistency and quality, a regular schedule of maintenance was required. In this follow-up post I'll discuss how to do just that!

If you run a coffee shop, then your coffee grinder is probably the most important piece of kit that you own. If your grinder stops working, then your coffee shop can't run. You need to learn to love your grinder, and it will love you back.

Trainer Tom runs down our brand new single estate coffees for March - April

Christmas may be an increasingly distant memory but there are still plenty of goodies at here at Dark Woods waiting to be unwrapped. Kicking off 2019 with a bang we have 6 new stunning single estate coffees to share including a fruity Brazillian and an award-winning lot from Ecuador.