Coffee…… Let’s roast our own…. the journey starts

Where is the start of things? In our case on an island off the west coast of Scotland – the beautiful island of Mull. Both getting fed up with our mainland careers. Enter a quad bike, a beautiful view and a flask of coffee. From small cherries big coffee ideas grow. The idea took seed. Acknowledging that we knew nothing, apart from what we liked in a coffee, a roasting course seemed the best way to go.

We found Jim from Direct Coffee. A no nonsense, traditional approach to roasting. This was our first baby step back in 2020. Luck intervened in the shape of an old council depot in Salen ripe for conversion. Now the hard work and frustration began. First mistake was to buy The Red Monster in the shape of a second hand barista machine from an Internet advert. The size and weight of it far exceeded expectations! It took three people to lift it, it needed plumbing in and a heavy duty power cable. It still sits in Susanne’s kitchen unused and unloved. Free to a good home to any bodybuilder with enough muscle to move it.