Glasgow coffee roaster Dear Green is offering frontline workers free coffee – here’s how to claim Rosalind Erskine June 8, 2020 Drink, In the News Dear Green is supporting the NHS by donating free batches of freshly roasted coffee for frontline workers across Glasgow. Anyone with an NHS email address can order from their website to enjoy a...
A Scottish commercial coffee roaster is offering customers the chance to create their own coffee blends – here’s how Rosalind Erskine June 2, 2020 Drink, In the News Blendly Commercial Coffee Roaster is normally only open to trade customers - giving independents the chance to access the green coffee bean market. But now, given the ongoing global pandemic, the businesses...
Starbucks reopening: coffee chain opens some stores in Scotland for takeaway and delivery – how to check if your local branch is open Rhona Shennan May 14, 2020 Drink In a slew of coffee shops and fast food chains tentatively reopening their doors to the public for takeaway, Starbucks is the latest. The coffee chain will introduce a phased reopening of its stores from 14...
New study shows recyclable coffee cups can reduce carbon footprint and save water – here’s how Rosalind Erskine April 22, 2020 Drink, In the News A new study released on Earth Day (22 April) reveals Frugal Cup - a range of recyclable coffee cups made from recycled paper - have a carbon footprint up to 60 per cent lower and a water footprint up to 74...
75% Paolozzi’s Kitchen, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar January 31, 2020 Food, Restaurant Review When I was at Edinburgh College of Art in the Nineties, our department took a trip to London. Among other things, we were going to visit the studio of an alumnus – the Italian Scots sculptor Eduardo...
83% Aran, Dunkeld, restaurant review Gaby Soutar January 7, 2020 Food, General, Restaurant Review Call emergency book rescue, as the copy of Aran in its namesake cafe is worse than dog-eared. The hardback spine is cracked, the edges of its well-thumbed pages, once virginal white, are crumpled and...
Founders of three top Scottish independent coffee roasters team up to create exciting gift set with profits going to charity Sean Murphy December 16, 2019 Drink, In the News Lisa Lawson of Dear Green, Fiona Grant of Glen Lyon, and Catherine Franks of Steampunk Coffee Roasters have teamed up to create the Three Roasters Christmas Collaboration gift set with a portion of the profits...
Costa coffee to offer free dairy-alternatives this festive season Rosalind Erskine November 18, 2019 Drink, In the News From Friday 1 November 2019 until Wednesday 1 January 2020, customers visiting a participating Costa Coffee store for a refreshment will be able to customise their drink with plant-based alternatives such as...
Union Brew Lab unveils its new immersive coffee boutique in Edinburgh’s Old Town Sean Murphy November 13, 2019 In the News, Producers Leading coffee experts Union Brew Lab, who first opened in the capital in 2012, say the new outlet will offer everything needed for brewing at home, including the latest kit, coffee beans by weight, tips and...
Starbucks to introduce limited edition Phantom Frappuccino Rosalind Erskine October 23, 2019 Drink, In the News Made with coconut milk, mango essence, and ghoulish lime slime, the Starbucks team say the Phantom Frappuccino: "is just the thing to send shivers down your spine this Halloween." Dark on the outside, the...
