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What is Cold Brew Ice Cream?

A relatively recent invention, cold brew ice cream is starting to appear on specialty coffee shop menus around the world. Major ice cream brands are also starting to offer their own takes on this p...

Spooky Halloween Coffee Recipes

The spooky season is nearly upon us and these Halloween coffee recipes will be sure to add some spice to your menu! Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice Latte This one is for those with a sweet tooth...

What Affects Espresso Extraction?

 There is a long list of variables that affect espresso extraction, to ensure the perfect blend of flavours are extracted from your blend. Let’s look at some of the main ones Water temperature For...

Happy National Coffee Day!

This national coffee day we're celebrating the vibrant mix of businesses we have the pleasure of supplying with coffee and espresso equipment.  Here's a round up of places to get your Verde coffee ...

How to Make a Pumpkin Spice Latte

What better way to celebrate the switch from summer to autumn than with a Pumpkin Spice latte? This firm favourite now marks the beginning of autumn and year after year proves to be the most popula...

Coffee Shop Marketing: Planning for Success

Whether you’re running a coffee cart or a high street cafe, the following coffee shop marketing ideas will hopefully get your creative juices flowing. Consider paid marketing activity To really dra...

Ideas for Leftover Coffee Grounds

As the coffee industry becomes more eco-conscious when it comes to packaging and our impact on the environment, it’s also worth considering how we can do our bit and help to reduce waste while stil...

Coffee Shop Marketing: 10 Tips for 2021

In 2019, it was revealed that the £10.1bn UK coffee shop sector achieved twenty years of sustained growth.  We’re in the midst of one of the greatest threats to the hospitality industry - the coron...

How to Make Consistently Good Coffee in a Cafe

Inconsistency is a bad thing for cafés. Yes, you need good drinks. Yes, you need cool decor and good marketing. But your products also need to be consistent. Why? Because consistency correlates dir...

Comfort Drinking

The rise in demand for nostalgic flavours during the pandemic (see our post on ‘Flavour Trends in Uncertain Times’) has inspired the lovely people at Sweetbird to conjure up a range of sweet shop i...