Coffee Grinders – Tips and Reviews for Buying a Coffee Grinder
Buying freshly roasted coffee might not be new to many reading this blog post, and follows on logically from buying fresh food for eating at home. Eating fresh food...
El Salvador – Origin Virgin Part II – The Final Instalment…
As the anniversary of my virgin adventure to the coffee lands of Central America has just passed, I felt it only fitting to complete my epic tale of coffee...
Factors Impacting Coffee’s Flavour
Coffee is one of the most chemically complex beverages we consume. When I say chemically complex I am talking delicious aromatic compounds that translate into unique, tasty flavours on...
Want to Become More Eco-Friendly?
As you probably know, life for us at North Star revolves around how we can work to minimise our environmental impact and maximise our positive social impact. Through this work,...
Making Espresso at Home: Common Mistakes
Nobody’s perfect right… we all make mistakes. And we don’t always have a friendly, helping hand to direct us away from these inaccuracies and onto the path of perfection....
Making Espresso at Home: ‘Dialling In’
As a home barista, the last thing we want is to grind our way through a bag of valuable beans in our daily quest to brew that perfect, lip...
The El Salvador Project: Nine Years of Impact with Los Chelazos
As we enter 2026, we begin our 9th year working alongside the incredible Los Chelazos coffee growing community in La Palma, Chalatenango. A partnership born out of wanting to forge...
A Gesha Years in the Making: Eric Landaverde’s Standout Natural
When we visited La Palma last year, we cupped a lot of Gesha. Washed. Natural. Experimental. Traditional. If we’re honest, much of it didn’t quite live up to the hype....