The Owens Blog

Owens Coffee has been crowned the Best Organic Coffee in the UK at the Soil Association's BOOM Awards. 

Winners of the Best of Organic Market (BOOM) awards were announced at a prestigious ceremony at Oval Space, London. 

We were delighted to be asked by Springboard, a charity helping young people facing multiple barriers find work within the hospitality industry, to run a training and coffee experience session for some of their students.

These students are on the charity’s ‘Let’s Cook’ programme: an exciting mix of kitchen based learning and industry visits, as well as self-esteem and confidence building workshops.

Organic coffee has no nasty fertilisers or pesticides used in it’s cultivation, and is shade grown. Coffee plants like shade, but farming the plant under a tree canopy is much more difficult and intensive than in an open field. If coffee plants are in full sun, when it rains, there is more wash off which means less nutrients in the soil, more chemicals going into local water systems.

Have you ever thought about improving your home coffee brewing?

Here at the Owens Academy of Coffee, we are as passionate about the coffee you drink at home, as the coffee you buy from your favourite coffee shop.

Our Spring offer is £15 off our next Home Brewing Course on Saturday 30 March, so just £50! Perfect for all coffee enthusiasts, as a gift or a treat for yourself, why not book now by clicking on this link.

Mothers are to be cherished, and Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.

This year Mothering Sunday falls on the 31st of March.

 

A Taste of Devon

Powderham Farm Shop is a wonderful family run business and is uniquely placed within the picturesque and historic grounds of Powderham Castle, Kenton, which dates back to 1391. 

The world of coffee is one with an immense amount of information and for those of you who love their brew, Owens Coffee have carefully developed Home Barista training courses run by highly qualified and professional Baristas, to assist you on your coffee journey. 

Lucy's Sandwich Shop - Fabulous food, Organic coffee & Fairtrade Teas in Plymouth.  With a delicious menu full of homemade goodies as well as; smoothies, fair-trade teas and of course Owens coffee, the shop is an ideal spot to recharge with free wifi and device charging, with a relaxing outdoor space.

Did you know that organic food can have a higher nutritional value due to the absence of pesticides and fertilisers?

This month we are celebrating Organic September, a campaign designed to raise the profile of organic goods in the UK and shine a light on the amazing organic farmers and producers like us, who work hard to produce food as it should be!

At Owens coffee sourcing the best quality organic and fair-trade beans are most important to us. We also like to think we are as ethical as we can be so we approached Dartmoor Zoological Park, to see if our coffee sacks could be reused by them...