Coffee brand selected…

Coffee, eh? Whack it in the machine, turn a few cogs and you have yourself a cup of morning juice ready to kick-start your day!

Simple!

Wrong…

Coffee is an incredibly complex drink, something we perhaps overlook when we purchase our expensive brew from the high street chains. The Deli Teahouse want to make sure your experience is of the highest quality, 1) because that’s what our brand is all about 2) because we’d dearly love you to come back for another cup!

We scoured the UK for a top supplier, nearly opting for a very snotty brand that has an shop in Shaftesbury Avenue. We decided that despite their fantastic reputation, we’d prefer to work with people a little less pretentious… so we opted for Grumpy Mule.

Great packaging

We loved their packaging, we loved the taste and we loved the friendly people who worked there. Coffee is serious business, but lets not kid ourselves it’s not the be all and end all!

So, what should you look for in a coffee? See the list below… staggering there are so many considerations!

	Citrusy Coffees with a citrus character, with a touch more acidity. Aromas and flavours of lemon, grapefruit and orange are typical.
	Fruity Coffees with a soft fruit character.Aromas and flavours of blackcurrant, apricot and cherry are typical.
	Nutty Coffees with pronounced nuttiness. Aromas and flavours of hazelnut, almond and walnut are typical.
	Spicy Coffees with a spicy edge to them.Subtle, spice aromas of pepper, clove, and sweet onion are examples.
	Dark Earth Coffees with a subtle, positive earthiness and herbal notes. The herbal aromatics of sweet basil, garden peas, cucumber and a dark earthiness.
	“Sugar Browning” Sweet, dark chocolaty coffees with very enticing, toasty aromas and flavours. The “sugar browning” is the caramelisation of natural sugars during roasting. Notes of chocolate, vanilla, caramel, butter are all commonly found.
	Floral Scented, flowery, aromatic coffees. Fragrances of jasmine, blossom, honey and tea rose are found in exceptional coffees.

Here’s a little bit of detail behind the suppliers!

Grumpy Mule is produced by Bolling Coffee Ltd, one of the leading independent roasters of high quality, fresh coffees to the food service industry in the UK.

The roastery is situated in the small Yorkshire town of Meltham, right on the very edge of the Peak District National Park, just a couple of miles from the tourist centre of Holmfirth and the main local town of Huddersfield.

When Ian Balmforth joined his family’s coffee business in 1992, his aim was to develop a successful food service business.

With more than 30 years experience, Bolling Coffee was well placed to maximise the potential of the move towards espresso-based drinks and quickly developed a reputation for the quality of its product, equipment and service. When Damian Blackburn arrived at Bolling Coffee, Ian was able to pass on his experience, knowledge and passion for coffee. Over the next few years, both began to feel strongly that great coffee should be a luxury available and affordable to everyone.

Journeying around the tropics in search of new coffees for Bolling Coffee, Ian and Damian would frequently discover fantastic coffees that harboured flavours and aromas that few would have experienced in the UK. Such speciality beans, grown and processed by passionate farmers who cared about the quality of their crop, were often unique in both taste and price, and this made them unsuitable for the broad appeal needed from a coffee for the catering market. And so the idea of Grumpy Mule was born.

Frustrated by the knowledge that coffee lovers were missing out on these exciting products, Ian decided to offer them direct to the consumer so that they could enjoy them in the comfort of their own home. Building on this goal, Grumpy Mule coffee is now available both through the Grumpy Mule online shop and through a rapidly growing network of more than 200 independent retailers.

Grumpy Mule coffees are roasted in batches to suit their individual characteristics. The company has taken inspiration from the world of wine to ensure that customers can discover the distinctive character and provenance of each coffee by providing background about the place it was grown and the people who produced it. Most of these coffees aren’t just blends or characterless single origin coffees, but coffees from identifiable farms, estates and cooperatives of smallholder farmers. Ian says: “Here at Grumpy Mule, we roast and pack our own coffee which is vital to quality, consistency and for developing relationships with coffee growers.

Pretty interesting eh? We hope you’ll be joining us for a cup pretty soon!

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