Tasting Notes & Stories

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Tasting Notes: December 2023 Coffees

With November's Thanksgiving, the First Sunday of Advent, Diwali, Remembrance Day, All Saints’ Day, Hanukkah and more, its quite the ceremonial month. For December, we've Right Side, Parlor, Goat Story, Lars & Margo, Skylark, Grindsmith and Elsewhere.

Tasting Notes: November 2023 Coffees

Autumn is well under way, and if October's weather is to go by, we'll all be craving those extra brews in the cold mornings and evenings come November. Brrrr. For November, we've Three Marks, Frukt, North Star, Andy, Rascal and Ritual coffee roasters.

Tasting Notes: October 2023 Coffees

First The Barn, next Fuglen, now Prolog - what a consecutive month triple header! Whilst October may have once been the eighth month in a 10 month Roman calendar year, its transition to become the 10th of 12 months presumably changed many things for many people. For GUSTATORY and our...

Tasting Notes: September 2023 Coffees

It's come to September already? Is there much of a 'Summer' left? When are the consistent sunny days arriving? So many questions, so little sun, oh well (unless you're one of our European friends, of course). For September, Fuglen of Oslo and Fathers of Ostrava make a return, with Falkenberg's Swerl...

Tasting Notes: August 2023 Coffees

Despite the weather, not to worry, we're always down to provide the beautiful coffee. For August, Hidden of Barcelona and Antwerp's Rush Rush make their first time features, with Dublin's Groundstate, Kendal's Red Bank, Edinburgh's Cult and Margate's We Are Here also featuring.

Tasting Notes: July 2023 Coffees

Tipping into the second half of the year with a bang. Beautiful weather, beautiful days, beautiful coffee. For July, we go back to Scandinavia once more with Stockholm's Drop and Coffee Collective of Copenhagen, complemented nicely by MOK of Leuven, Dark Woods of Huddersfield, Milton Keynes' Milk & Beans and York's Harmony.

Tasting Notes: June 2023 Coffees

Our first edition of our new Bloom subscription - because behind every known brand is a journey and every great journey has a humble beginning, our kickstarter for indies. For this, try Ride & Grind and The Midnight Bean Club, and joining both, enjoy Suedhang, Bonanza, Small Batch and Cloud...

Tasting Notes: May 2023 Coffees

It's that time of year when shorts and dresses start to make their first appearances. Whatever the weather, you can always be sure of the level of quality of coffees in your GUSTATORY coffee delivery, and for May, enjoy Berlin's Five Elephant, HAYB of Warsaw, DAK of Amsterdam and Edinburgh's Cairngorm.