The Owens Blog

There are over 600 Fairtrade Communities in the UK, which include Fairtrade Towns, Fairtrade Cities, Fairtrade Boroughs, Fairtrade Zones and Fairtrade Islands(!). 

This Fairtrade Fortnight (and beyond), Owens Coffee is proud to support the town of Ivybridge in a campaign for the town to regain its Fairtrade Town status. We are doing this in partnership with Fairtrade Devon and Devon Development Education.

29,000 coffee pods are sent to landfill every month. If you choose to use coffee pods, you can actively reduce this waste. Here's how to recycle your aluminium coffee pods in 3 simple steps.

Owens' Liz writes below about her recent visit to Rwanda in the first of a series of updates on the trip: 

It is just over a week since I returned from Rwanda and it has been a whirlwind! What an experience! 

As you may have seen on our social media channels, Owens’ Luke has been out and about over the last few weeks. He has been working with Devon Development Education during Fairtrade Fortnight, presenting to a range of audiences to help spread the word about the benefits of Fairtrade and to raise awareness.

For 14 days every year companies, individuals and groups come together to share incredible stories of global communities (often in areas of the world which experience exploitation) and the positive impact which the Fairtrade system has within them.

This Vegan Bruschetta recipe with Butternut Squash & Coffee Dressing is a perfect late breakfast, light lunch or snack. Created by Peter Gorton as part of our 'Cooking with Coffee' series. 

What's the best plant-based milk in coffee? In celebration of Veganuary and to help encourage all those taking part in the challenge, the Owens team ran a tasting to discover what worked and what didn't.

UK Coffee Week takes place from Monday 18th until Sunday 24th October. 

To celebrate UK Coffee Week, we are asking customers to try our newest Single Origin, Jabulani. 

Peter Gorton has been a big supporter of Owens Coffee, almost since we began roasting in 2010. We are thrilled to announce that more recently, Peter has become an official ambassador for our products.