Coffee World Records
Countless records have been awarded and celebrated since the first edition of the Guinness Book of World was published sixty years ago today.
Entries range from the sublime to the ridiculous and everything in between. For example, did you know that Operation Chariot is down as the world’s largest naval raid in history and that Raymond Woodcock holds the world record for the highest bungee jump dive into water when he leapt from a height of 141.73 metres earlier this year.
People have even set records for having the stretchiest skin, travelling a mile on a space hopper in the quickest time possible, and who could grow the heaviest cabbage*.
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Introducing Swordfish Espresso Blend
We’re really excited to announce that we’re bringing Swordfish production back to Sherburn in Elmet.
For a while now we’ve wanted to produce something that was a little different; something that would expand our current coffee portfolio; something that would straddle contemporary and traditional approaches to blending. We wanted to conjure up a fantastic, multipurpose espresso blend that had a modern kick; a blend that created great-tasting drinks, but also explored origin unlike anything else that we offered.
And so, after plenty of experimentation and becoming slightly accustomed to the continued sight of our roasting team running around the place like the bunch of mad scientists that they are, we’re happy to say that our Swordfish blend is ready to go out of the door.
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Coffee Granita – A Sicilian Treat
The granita is a true Sicilian treat; a fine dessert, or accompaniment, which is the ultimate summer pick-me-up for those long and lazy summer days which are so often spent between stints under sun and shade.
As Marcella Hazan, the esteemed Italian cookery writer, noted: “[The coffee granita] is one of the best ways to while away the time, watching life dawdle by…until the roof of your mouth [feels] like an ice cavern.”
Despite being closely connected to the Italian island, the granita is, much like Sicily’s architecture and aqueducts, Arab in both origin and inspiration.