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For each coffee we include in the subscription we add a note to let you know what ‘profile’ it has been roasted to.  This will fall into one of three categories – Filter, Espresso or Omni – and we thought we’d give you a short overview about the three and why some roasters Omni-roast while other split their profiles.

The first rule of Dog and Hat is that there are no hard and fast rules to coffee – if you want to put a filter profile coffee through your espresso machine – do it - and if you want to put an espresso roast coffee through your V60 - that’s ok too.  Coffee tastes are such a personal thing, that you should always do what feels and tastes right for you but we’re on hand to help and guide when you need us.

Hat Dialled In Coffee Subscription. 

As is customary for us at this time of the year, all the roasters that are joining us this month are local(ish) so we can minimise delays by visiting the roasters in person to collect the coffee.  This year we'll be making a trip across the Pennines to Manchester before heading back to Leeds and home to North Yorkshire.

Please click the link to see the Christmas Dialled In subscription coffee in more detail.

Great news - any of the used coffee bags that we have sent out as part of the coffee subscription service can now be returned to us for recycling.

Sustainability is a top priority for us here at Dog & Hat and we always try to avoid using any unnecessary supplies in the business. However, one area that has been troubling us for some time (and is largely out of our control) is the recycling of the used coffee bags themselves.

Our service obviously generates a large number of used coffee bags each month and we have been looking at ways we can reduce our environmental impact in this area. Up to now it has been just too costly for us to provide a solution but we have just partnered with Terracycle to help make this a reality. 

Welcome to the December edition of the Dog and Hat Dialled In Coffee Subscription. 

We are returning to Europe for one last time this year before Brexit bites and we take a mini break from imports while things settle down.

We also have a new UK roaster joining us alongside two returning favourites from opposite ends of the country.

Please click the link to see the December Dialled In subscription coffee in more detail.

Welcome to another month on the Dog and Hat Dialled In Coffee Subscription.  This month we once again return to the continent to bring you a lesser known but awesome European Roaster alongside 3 returning favourites joining us again from the UK.

Please click the link to see the November Dialled In subscription coffee in more detail.

Welcome to the first subscription edition of our 4th year - we hope everyone enjoyed the special birthday box coffee and sherbet double-dips... we think we had almost as many people complimenting us on the sweets as on the coffee last month :-)

After including two of the biggest names in UK speciality coffee last month, we are going back to our roots to find you a few of the less well-known roasters from across the UK and Europe.

Please click the link to see the October Dialled In subscription coffee in more detail.

Welcome to our very special 3rd birthday edition of the Dialled In Coffee Subscriptions.  We have some fantastic roasters and coffees lined up for you to enjoy this month and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Please do click the link to see the September Dialled In subscription coffee in more detail.

As a whole-bean only subscription service, one of the questions we get asked most is what grinder to buy.

Now, this can often open a can of worms as everyone has their own preferences and budgets… then chosen brew method will also impact your choice.