Here at North Star, we aim to have a positive impact both socially and environmentally, wherever we trade. As part of this commitment, we are constantly trying to develop innovative…

We are often asked about different brewing methods, and why we would brew something one way or another. You may have been brewing your coffee for a while without ever…

Buying the perfect bag of beans can be a confusing task some times. More often than not, every bag of coffee is labelled as being something special and it can…

You might be wondering what has happened to nearly half of the coffees on our online shop! Don’t worry, this isn’t a site malfunction – but it does mean unfortunately…

Coffee Filtering We are often asked how best to brew each of our coffees to maximise their potential, something which we do following the roasting & cupping of each of…

Rwanda is known as ‘the land of a thousand hills’ which is an apt description for a country made up of misty rolling hills and terraced mountain sides brimming with…

Following another incredible Pizza and Beer event at Cup North a couple of weeks ago, anticipation is building for La Marzocco’s ‘Generation Coffee’ due to take place in London on…

We have just returned from the Young British Foodie Awards ceremony at The Tate Britain and are overjoyed to announce that we won!! It was a fantastic night spent amongst…

Next Friday (21st August) marks the start of the first Foodies Festival in Yorkshire. It is taking place at Ripley Castle from 11am-7pm each day and finishes on Sunday 23rd…

It’s that time of year again where we start to look forward to new crop Rwandan coffees hitting the UK following the harvest there earlier this year. Rwandan coffees are…

What does it mean to be a Q grader? ‘Q grader’ is a term that is heard of more and more in the speciality coffee industry…but what does it mean?!…

After an incredible month spent gathering support for our Kickstarter campaign (which we still can’t believe worked!) our new roaster is only a few weeks away from coming home to…