Dog and Hat Blog

Hello and thanks for joining us again for another month of tasty and interesting coffee.

For the November edition of the Dialled In Coffee Subscription we have gone right back the beginning to feature the wonderful Django Coffee Co. from Southport, Merseyside.

Alongside Django we are thrilled to introduce Dak Coffee Roasters from Amsterdam in Holland.

We are continuing the Black Cat theme this month, by bringing back Black Cat Coffee Roasters from Norfolk and then to round off the subscription we are featuring Outpost Coffee Roasters from Nottingham.

This month, we had another delayed production sample which meant that we couldn't get our finalised Dial-In settings for the Plot Colombia Micro-Lot in the booklet before it went to print. 

When roasters get a new coffee in they typically profile the coffee roast on a smaller scale sample roaster.  For freshly landed coffee crops or exclusive micro-lots (like the Plot Colombia this month), this is typically the sample that we receive to make a decision on the coffee.  The final scaled up production roast is often slightly different to this original sample we receive, and so we like to use this production roast sample to provide our Dial-In settings for you all.

Welcome to another month and another great selection of coffee for you all to enjoy.

For the October edition of the Dialled In Coffee Subscription we have decided to revisit some old friends in the shape of Horsham Coffee Roasters in Sussex, Plot Roasting in Woolwich, Crankhouse Coffee in Exeter and then we a featuring a new roaster to us - Crosby Coffee in Merseyside.

We have two washed coffees, a honey-processed coffee and a first for us - a Natural Tanzania.

Hi everyone, as you know on the Dog and Hat Coffee subscription we always include our Dialled-In grind size settings for each of the coffees every month in the booklet to help you start making the most of the coffee straight away.

This month we had a slight challenge as the final production sample of the Onyx Coffee Labs Ethiopia coffee was delayed getting to us (it was stuck in a container longer than hoped) so we couldn't include the settings in this month's booklet.

However, please find the settings below.

Welcome to the second part of our 4th birthday celebrations... it was just all too big to fit into the August edition of the coffee subscription, so here we are.

We can't express just how excited we are to have the first headliner joining us this month to continue the celebrations... so please give a huge, enormous, Dog and Hat welcome to Onyx Coffee Labs from Rogers, Arkansas, USA.

We have had the pleasure of working with Onyx a couple of times before, but only on a very small scale... so we, Lance Hedrick and the team over at Onyx have really pulled out all the stops to allow us to bring them in for you all to enjoy this month... and just wait till you see what coffee they've found for us as well - it's a beauty.

Joining them in this month's subscription are three new roasters - Brew Coffee Plus from London, River City Coffee from Hull and Lindfield Coffee Works from Lindfield, West Sussex.

Welcome to the Dog and Hat 4th birthday extravaganza and this month on the subscription we are celebrating upcoming and emerging origins from across the world of coffee.

Our goal is to break down your preconceptions of some of the lesser known coffee regions with both some amazing coffees and unusual processing methods.

To accomplish this, we will be taking you on a coffee journey across South East Asia and the Pacific Rim taking in China, Indonesia, Myanmar and East Timor.

Adding to the intrigue and mystery we also have Washed, Black Honey, and even a Carbonic Maceration (Anaerobic) processing method for you to try.

Hello and it's great to welcome you all to the July 2021 edition of the Dialled In coffee subscriptions.

Continuing our fantastic run of coffee we can't wait to introduce you to the latest selection of roasters that are making an appearance in the subscription... and we have 3 new faces and 1 returning favourite for you to enjoy.

First up we head back across the North Sea to the hotbed of coffee roasting talent - Holland.  This time though we head The Netherland's second largest city and home of the largest port in Europe - Rotterdam - where we say hello to Ben and Esther at Manhattan Coffee to showcase their combined 30 years experience in the coffee industry.

We then take another trip overseas, this time across the Irish Sea for only the second time, as we feature Sam Wolsey at cutting edge Wildheart Coffee Roasters.

Next up we are very happy to be welcoming back Nathan and the team from Quarter Horse Coffee down in Birmingham.

Finally we have a great coffee, with a great story from a lovely little roastery - Carringtons Coffee over in Warrington.

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

With the summer heat comes a craving, a craving for refreshment. The crackle of ice, that satisfying clink, the drip of condensed water travelling down the outside of a chilled glass. The first thing I think of when the sun breaks through the clouds, is an iced coffee.

Hello and welcome to the June edition of the Dog and Hat Coffee Subscription where we have some more fantastic coffee lined up for your enjoyment... and we even have 4 new roasters for you this month (well, one is kind of a returning roaster, but this is their first fully featured appearance).

First up we head down to London where we are thrilled to get the chance to finally partner with Kiss the Hippo.

Then we head up to the shores of East Lothian on the East Coast of Scotland to showcase the wonderful team at Steampunk Coffee.

From there we head down to Witney in Oxfordshire to feature UE Coffee Roasters (and a returning firm favourite coffee).

Finally we head further down to the wilds of Wiltshire to include one of the most requested roasters in the UK (based on chatting with our customers) - the wonderful Casey, Fi and the team at Girls Who Grind Coffee.

Hello and welcome to the May edition of the Dog and Hat Coffee Subscription.

This month the subscription coffee has a distinctly international feel to it as we take our first trip of the year across the North Sea to Amsterdam showcasing the amazing team at Lot61 coffee roasters with their Ethiopia Natural.

We then head down the M1 to West Sussex to feature returning members' favourite Craft House Coffee and the Rwanda Washed they sourced just for us.

For the 3 bag slot we have a coffee with a great story direct from the Fazenda Mio farm in Brazil roasted for them by Nick Mabey (UK SCA Roasters Champion 2018) at Assembly Coffee in Brixton, London.

Finally we take our first trip to Leicester to feature St Martin's Burundi washed.

My interest in espresso came from a stunning espresso in a local restaurant.