Our Stories
Introducing the Gaggia La Nera 2 group
Looking to supplement your food offering with coffee? The new Gaggia La Nera 2 group is a great choice, its compact in size at 45 cm in width which should make it easy to squeeze into most places. The La Nera uses a standard 13 amp plug socket, so no need to get...
Moving to Solar Power
We are really excited about getting solar panels installed on our building here in Citywest. We are putting in 64 panels measuring 1.5 square meters each that will generate over 23,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. This is about 70% of our yearly usage....
Inject some summer feeling with an Iced Caramel Latte!
Variety is the spice of life, as my mother used to say when we were young; along with phrases like ‘there are more fish in the sea’ (which never really helped, sorry Mum!). But adding an extra dimension to the beverage menu is a simple and easy way to improve...
A Summer Outside
Coffee from horseboxes is a new phenomenon of living with lockdown. Given the surge in demand for coffee machines going into horseboxes there is apparently plenty of demand from the public to support these local entrepreneurs that see and seize their opportunity. ...
Our Carbon Journey
Claims of being carbon neutral or even carbon negative abound as businesses and individuals want to be perceived as at the forefront of fighting climate change, but perception is not always reality and there is quite a bit of smoke and mirrors when it comes to making...
Coronavirus: What to do next?
Coronavirus: What to do next? For many businesses, Coronavirus has had a dramatic impact that will change their business models and mindsets for some time to come, some hospitality businesses have seen footfall drop to a tenth or less while others have seen their...
The motivation behind Woodland Coffee
The concept for Woodland Coffee germinated from a sense of personal responsibility to make our business activities less damaging to our world; our way of living in the 21st century is as such that we all partake in activities that emit carbon; we stick on the heat,...
Choosing the right coffee machine
There is an array of coffee equipment to choose in the market today and a lot of coffee machines are chosen based on personal preference; be it colour, shape or brand badge of the machine. Considerations such as staffing, rotas, throughput and performance are also...
1938 – A Historic Coffee Date
Picture Milan during the 1930’s, optimism, reinvigoration and innovation was at last starting to creep back into the lively city streets of Milan after the chaos of the 1920’s depression. A young bar tender called Achille Gaggia saw an opportunity to improve the...