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TRACEABILITY AND OUR AUGUST DISCOVERY COFFEE

When you buy coffee from a speciality roaster you should know where it comes from. This is so important because it creates a link between the coff...

COURTYARD COFFEE FESTIVAL

CHIMNEY FIRE IS TURNING 4 🥳To celebrate we’re having a party, and everyone is invited! Join us at our roastery in the beautiful Surrey Hills on S...

CLASSIC OR SIGNATURE - OUR SINGLE ORIGIN HOUSE ESPRESSOS

The development of our two house espressos have been at the core of everything we do here at Chimney Fire. After lots of customer feedback and num...

Plant A Tree On Earth Day

Thanks to everyone who planted a tree for Earth Day. A TREE FOR EVERY ORDER ON EARTH DAY Thursday 22nd April is Earth Day. For every order recei...

How To Keep Your Coffee Fresher For Longer

Correct coffee storage is imperative in preserving the freshness of your whole bean or ground coffee. To keep ground or whole bean coffee fresh, co...

Honey Processed Coffee

Most of you will be familiar with a natural or washed coffee but what does a honey process mean? In this blog we focus on this complex process and ...

Biodynamic Coffee

Our February Discovery Coffee was our first biodynamic coffee so we thought we’d give a little more insight into the farming practices and ...

Top Home Barista Combinations

We frequently get asked great questions such as “what do you recommend for a chocolately coffee” or “I’d like to try something that goes well with...

Like-for-Like Coffees

From time to time we look for replacements for coffees in our core range. When we look for a replacement coffee, we look for a similar flavour pr...

Master Your Coffee Making During Lockdown

New brew guides, delivery service and coffees - here's how we are supporting your working from home coffee needs during lockdown 2.0: NEW B...

Chilled Coffee Favourites

With 6am starts and temperatures hitting the mid thirties in the roastery, we’ve been experimenting with the most refreshing chilled coffee recipe...

What is a Discovery Coffee?

Last month you may have seen the launch of our new range of coffees, perfect for those who believe variety is the spice of life! Here’s a little ...

What To Do With Your Leftover Coffee Grounds

More coffee drinking at home means more leftover coffee grounds. Rather than clogging up your sink or popping them in the bin, check out the short...

Microlots

Most people will know the terms ‘Single Origin Coffee’, or maybe ‘Single Estate / Farm Coffee’, but more recently you may have heard ‘Microlot Cof...

News From El Cipres

We’re coming up to our second season sourcing coffee from El Cipres in El Salvador so I recently caught up with Tomas who kindly provided an updat...

How Do I Get The Best From My Whole Bean or Ground Coffee?

Should I store my coffee in the fridge, freezer or in the kitchen cupboard? Is it best to drink coffee as fresh as possible? Do beans keep fresher...

Updates - Delivery, Discounts and NHS Coffee

LAST UPDATED 24/06/2020 We hope everyone is safe and well during this challenging time. Whilst coffee is quite low on the agenda here, we know tha...

Experience Series: Flavour

Over the next few weeks we'll be writing a series of blogs that focus on how to maximise your coffee experience, inspired by the type of questions...

Warm Welcomes

Sunday March 8th is International Women's Day so thought this would be a great opportunity to introduce two thirds of the Chimney Fire team, and w...

Kenya Coffee from Bean to Cup

This is an exciting one and goes back to the very roots of Chimney Fire Coffee. As mentioned a few times throughout this website (well it is a big...

Natural Decaf

One of our top most asked questions is about decaf, and is often one of the most tricky ones to answer. The decaffination process is often convolu...

We're Looking for a Roastery Assistant

We're on the lookout for the right person to support our roastery activities and receive great exposure to all aspects of coffee, from sourcing to ...