The final leg of our long flight from Melbourne saw us cruising over the Caribbean Sea from Miami to Kingston, Jamaica. A bank of cloud marks the island’s position from afar. These clouds are formed...
Learnt so much about growing, picking, processing! Coffee goes through so many hands, so much care and effort into every kg. Makes us so responsible to get the best out of the bean in our...
Selective picking is the key to obtaining high scoring coffees as the best flavour is obtained from berries at just the right ripeness. Pickers work laboriously, committed to their critical role in bringing exceptional specialty...
Did you know that hundreds of litres of water are used in the processing of just one kilogram of wet processed or “washed” coffees? This brief video was taken at a large co-op in Costa...
Wow! Yes, incredibly wow. On the bench this week amongst some other great microlots was one coffee that really stood out. The La Esperenze Las Margaritas Estate Geisha ($90/kg green!) jumped out from the crowd. I...
We had an excellent morning this week with Felipe, the owner of the farm which grew our award winning Las Margaritas Red Bourbon microlot when he visited our Zest Roastery in Berwick. Felipe animatedly explained the...
The roasters at Z are totally thrilled to have won two silvers and a bronze medal in last week’s Australian International Coffee Awards run by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria. Two of our fantastic...
Z thanks the crowds of avid supporters that swarmed around our stand at the MICE exhibition. It was quite overwhelming to experience the interest and acclaim of so many visitors for the new brand roll-out...
We're proud to be launching our stand at the 2015 Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE). Hosted at Melbourne Showgrounds this year held from Friday 13th March to Sunday 15th March, MICE will feature over 100 exhibitors showcasing...
We are thrilled to anounce the opening of our second Green Room in Sydney! Located at 42 Buckley Street, Marrickville our Green Room reveals to all that visit that Zest is more than a product...