This month Wayne provides his top tips for perfecting your espresso, including grinding, dosage and brewing. Select the right coffee: The blend you select should be suitable for the brewing process you are using. Light roasts are generally more acceptable to plunger, filter or syphon brewing. While darker roasts reduce the acidity level of espresso…

Now that Espresso di Manfredi is available at home in our new 250g consumer pack, we asked our master roaster, Wayne Archer to uncover his tips and tricks for preparing the perfect espresso. This month Wayne provides his top three tips to remember when selecting your coffee beans. Clean equipment: Whatever your chosen brewing method…

Coffee cupping; the practice of observing the tastes and aromas of brewed coffee This month Caffé di Manfredi delves into the art of coffee cupping as dictated by Espresso di Manfredi’s master roaster, Wayne Archer. The starting point on learning to taste coffee, for amateurs or budding experts is the correct use of jargon or…

The taste of coffee, where to start? It is such a massive subject. We all have a particular idea about the taste of coffee, whether we drink 1 cup a week or 5 cups per day, or we drink tea! Whatever our level of consumption there are a few main tastes that really come to…

I am often asked at social events about what I do for a living. Being somewhat of an introverted personality I cringe at the thought of answering. Not because I am embarrassed by what I do, no way, I love my job. It’s because then follows sometimes a line of common questioning, “Wow, how many…