If coffee disappears in 2050 because of climate change, we’d be less than amused. So, in an effort to not get to that point we’re picking up our game, starting in our cafés.
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HOW TO EAT MORE PLANTS – A GUIDE
RANDOM ACTS OF ART NO 19: ISAIAH HILL
A visual cacophony of wicked stereotypes and unique unpleasantness portrays an evil plastic world through the eyes of Northern Beaches based illustrator Isaiah Hill.
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MISSIONS AGAINST EMISSIONS – WE’RE NOT LEAVING IT UP TO THE POLLIES!
Despite Scomo claiming that café’s aren’t going to contribute to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, we’re just not ones to sit around and wait for politicians to take action on climate change.
Quite the contrary. Maybe it’s got something to do with our caffeine levels, but we’ve been working double-time on our carbon footprint. We’ve just achieved Carbon Neutrality. And since January this year, have been 1% For The Planet members. You see, Scomo, even though we’re a tiny speck of a business on this earth, we’ve all got to do our bit and make this climate change thing as top of mind as coffee is each morning.
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GESHA, QUEEN OF COMPLEXITY
Beware The Power Of Gesha Coffee Beans:
Gesha specialty coffee originated in Ethiopia & was brought to Central America via Costa Rica & Panama, the latter being where it gained international acclaim. In the coffee world, Gesha is considered to be the queen of coffee varieties with an amazingly complex & intense flavour profile.
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FIXING CLIMATE F*CKERY & ANNOUNCING 1% FOR THE PLANET
We’re roasters not mathematicians but know bad stats when we see them. Like the finding from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species that, due to climate change, at least 60% of coffee species are at risk of disappearing. And, from the 2016 report by The Climate Institute, that coffee production could be cut in half by 2050. Then there’s this - only 3% of philanthropy goes to environmental causes. Of that, only 5% comes from corporations.
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SINGLED OUT: PURA CEPA PROJECT
UPDATE: FEB 2021
WHAT IS PURA CEPA?
The word “sustainability” is thrown around like it’s goin’ outta fashion, but Pura Cepa is the real McCoy when it comes to the “s” word. They’re using science in next level ways to improve the quality of coffee & of lives at every point of the supply chain.
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Brew you 2020
Well, it’s been one hell of a year for all of us, and before we ask 2020 to kindly leave, we have come up with a few ways to counter act the year that was.
The “Morning Schooner” You Can Drive To Work With – Hello Cold Brew
Who doesn’t want a smashable cold one in summer!? Cold brew coffee could be our answer to a morning schooner... and you can still drive to work. So here’s a little more about cold coffee & how to go about brewing it. (more…)
Surprise from Sumatra
Indonesia’s humidity is in part responsible for the tendency to adopt the ‘wet hulled’ process that you are probably familiar with. It’s the process by which coffee is pulped and then dried down to 35% moisture, before hulling takes place when soft and dry. But rest assured that this is not all the region has to offer.
