Coffee Bean Advice :: UK Coffee Suppliers

Coffee Bean Advice

There are literally hundreds of different brands of coffee beans out there for you to choose from.

Our advice is never buy cheap coffee, your customers will only give you one chance to get it right, if you serve them a dodgy coffee, they will not be back for more and they will probably not tell you either.

Breaking it down we can safely assume that 1 kilo of coffee beans will make, on average, approximately 142 cups of coffee, once ground.

If your coffee beans cost you £4 per Kilo, that equates to around 3p per cup, that’s great, however this probably means that you end up with a poor quality coffee drink and not many repeat customers.

If your coffee beans cost you £8 - 10 per Kilo, you are paying around 7p per cup, twice the outlay, but that means that you should, in theory, be serving some of the best espresso coffee money can buy.

Your customers will come back time and time again, you will also justify charging a premium rate for you coffee.

Make sure your coffee supply is a good one, don’t buy cheap stuff, it’s just not worth it.

Also remember that your customers tastes will vary, therefore it can be a good idea to have two types of coffee on offer.

Your coffee should always be as fresh as possible within reason, only ever grind the amount you believe you will sell during the following few hours. Though this may seem like a hassle your customers will appreciate it.

Oils from coffee beans evaporate at room temperature, when the occurs the beans begin to degradate and go stale.

Once opened beans should be kept in a sealed container in the fridge, unopened bags should always be kept in a cool dark place.

Happy Donkey coffee beans come with a one way valve which allows gases which evolve from the coffee roasting process to get out, but no air in, keeping the contents nice and fresh.

Our turnover of coffee is such that in most instances the coffee you are buying has genuinely been roasted within the previous 14 days, bearing in mind that coffee beans take 7 days to settle and de-gas, that's fresh.