Dog and Hat Blog

Hello and welcome to August.

For those of you that have been with us a while, you will know that August is a special month for us here at Dog and Hat because it is our birthday month.  This year we are thrilled to be celebrating our 5th birthday with so many of you wonderful coffee lovers out there.

Welcome to the July edition of the UKs favourite coffee subscription where this month we are showcasing some fantastic coffee that also comes with some even more inspiring stories.

We have had a last minute change of coffee due to some logistical challenges outside of our control that will hopefully become clear next month when our originally planned coffee finally lands in the subscription... thanks for bearing with us.

On that note, a very warm welcome back goes to Neighbourhood Coffee Roasters from Liverpool who have joined our select band of roasters to have stepped up to the mark and answered our call for help with a last minute headline coffee replacement - so a huge thank you to Chris and the team.

For a change of pace, we then head up to our favourite coffee city, Edinburgh to feature the wonderful Obadiah Coffee Roasters.

We then have a pair of inspiring social enterprise coffee roasters joining us, both from London:

Firstly we welcome back Old Spike where 65% of all their profits go directly towards training and employing people experiencing homelessness here in the UK.

We then welcome for the first time SEND Coffee Roasters where all their profits go to providing barista employment opportunities in the UK Coffee industry for people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities.

Don't forget to click the link to see the July Dialled In subscription coffee in more detail.

Remember, if there are any coffees you are not receiving in your subscription option but you like the look of, head over to the members area and add-on a bag or two.

Hi everyone, we hope you're enjoying the coffee again this month.

This month we didn't manage to get hold of the final production sample of the Abe and Co East Timor coffee... so we have included our Dialling In settings for it here.

The May Big Give Away This month we have decided to include a big 'in box' give away.  In your box this month you will receive three 'blue star' giveaway tickets,...

Welcome to the June Dialled In Coffee Subscription guide where this month we have a whole host of new roasters joining us in the subscription.

We start by continuing our support of the Well Grounded social enterprise by including their partnership Impact Coffee with Notes Coffee Roasters from London. 

We then take a trip across the Irish Sea to feature our first coffee roaster from the Republic of Ireland in the subscription - Carrow Coffee Roasters from Sligo.

Finally, we head back across to Manchester to showcase Abe and Co and finish off in West Yorkshire with Dave Jameson's new coffee roastery Danelaw

Welcome to the May edition of the Dialled In Coffee Subscription.

This month we're looking forward to bringing back a few more of our favourite roasters for you to enjoy in the subscription this month.

First up with are bringing in another roaster that made their debut with us on the International Roaster Showcase - April Coffee from Denmark (who are once again coming into the sub in May, not April... so close).

We also say 'welcome back' to St Martins Coffee Roasters from Leicester who are stepping up to co-headline this month.

We then have a new roaster to the sub, Kickback coffee from Cheshire and finally a welcome return to Edinburgh coffee titans, Machina Coffee Roasters.

Welcome to the April edition of the Dialled In Coffee Subscription.

This month we have a Scandi / London focussed subscription for you all to enjoy as we bring Fuglen into the main subscription after their debut appearance in the International Roaster Showcase last year.

While Fuglen are bringing us the Scandi style this month we also head down to the capital to showcase 3 new roasters for the subscription - Mission Coffee Works from Clapton in East London, Hackney Rascal from (unsurprisingly) Hackney by way of (more surprisingly) Guatemala and then Sanctuary Coffee roasting out of Peckham and supporting some amazing animal sanctuaries with their coffee.

Don't forget to click the link to see the April Dialled In subscription coffee in more detail.

Remember, if there are any coffees you are not receiving in your subscription option but you like the look of, head over to the members area and add-on a bag or two.

Do you want to make a great coffee at the push of a button, do you simply not have the time to prepare a coffee in between getting the kids ready for school and making it to the earlier train to get you to work on time?

March has arrived and here is the exciting announcement for the subscription coffee we'll be including in the upcoming edition.

We take our first trip over to mainland Europe this month to feature a roaster from possibly our favourite European nation of coffee roasters - Holland... this is just the first of many trips we'll be making to Europe over the coming months.

Flying the flag for the amazing roasters we have here in the UK are 2 new roasters to the Dog and Hat subscription and a returning favourite.

We tested the Felicita Square kettle for a week, here’s what we think.

I hope everyone is enjoying the rather wonderful offerings from Coffea Circulor. Here's our recommendations for the coffees. 

Welcome to the February 2022 edition of the Dialled In Coffee Subscriptions.

We have a fantastic array of coffee for you to enjoy this month with a mix of new and returning roasters.

The coffee journey this month takes us from Peru at the top of South America through Central America taking in the flavours of El Salvador, Costa Rica and Honduras