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John Ratcliffe
Enjoying Summer with Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate

Enjoying Summer with Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate

We have had a fun summer enjoying the quality and convenience of our Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate. Our Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate has been on quite a journey this Summer. From trips to the beach, long days in the office, much needed holidays, sporting events and all the days that we have been at home, Cold Brew Concentrate has kept us going. With the advanced cold brewing process our cold coffee is a close to perfect as you can get. Full of flavour and balanced with no bitterness at all. The attention to detail of our brewers combined with their...

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John Ratcliffe
Solid Ground Coffee Roastery

Solid Ground Coffee Roastery

Solid Ground Roasters have connected with long time friend James Pedrazzini, and his amazing roasting team to create our Hero and Hulk Blends, and exclusive Single Origin coffees. James roasts 5 days a week out of his Sunshine Coast Coffee Roastery, on two custom built coffee roasters. The team at the roastery show an incredible amount of care and respect, as they roast each coffee individually to ensure maximum quality and consistency. James roasts coffee with the goal of bringing out the best balance and flavours, or representation of that coffee, and then he works his magic by blending some...

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Solid Ground
How often should Coffee Shops adjust the Coffee Grind?

How often should Coffee Shops adjust the Coffee Grind?

Gone are the days when the Coffee Shop owner could set the grind and put the DO NOT TOUCH sign up! Milk Texture and Latte Art have long been the most recognised skills of your local Barista but the hidden skill that you should appreciate most is the Barista's ability to make small changes to the coffee grind and dose volume, throughout the day. Ground Coffee reacts to temperature changes and moisture in the air and can go from prefect to terrible within a few minutes of weather conditions changing.    Good Barista training should give the Barista the skills...

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Solid Ground
The SECRET to making Consistently High Quality Coffee

The SECRET to making Consistently High Quality Coffee

FOLLOW THE RECIPE EVERY TIME If you don't have a recipe for making coffee in your cafe, espresso bar or at home you need one. When you do have a recipe, it's important that you follow it every single time, for quality and consistency!!! What's a coffee making recipe? It's the amount of coffee and water that you use, the water temperature, and the time that you let it extract through espresso machines or brew in other coffee making equipment. The recipe that we provide our wholesale clients to use with our Hero Blend Coffee for their commercial espresso machines...

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