Krag's Tiramisu Recipe
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Ingredients: 100ml strong coffee (see step 1) 4 eggs 75g caster sugar 450g mascarpone 2 tbsp sweet marsala (optional) 2 tbsp dark rum (optional) 16-24 savoiardi biscuits (or boudoir), depending...
The Inevitable Price Update
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I have been actively holding off writing this post for as long as possible, avoiding looking too closely at our numbers and hoping it will all just sort itself out....
10 Years of North Star
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We’ve only gone and turned 10 years old! Can you believe it?! Because we definitely can’t. It really has been quite the ride and in celebration of North Star’s 10th year...
Ode to Ollie
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From the moment we met Ollie Sears, at the opening night of North Star's first ever Roastery in Meanwood on a rainy evening back in 2013, we knew he was the...
North Star is a Certified B Corp
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Back in June of this year we achieved something momentous! We, (the Roastery, Coffee Shop and Nova Bakehouse) joined a global community united to use business as a force for...
Collaboration in Coffee
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Having spent most of 2020 locked down without the usual calendar of coffee events to go to, it was a total pleasure to receive a lovely email from our...
New Packaging for North Star
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First and foremost, we needed to find the right partner for the packaging itself – a company who understood the need to review every aspect of it to ensure we...
Time for a Change…
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There is no doubting that the Covid outbreak has brought about change. Good or bad, we have all had to adapt to living in a new way. It has been...
Women in Coffee
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Today is International Women’s Day. A global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. In honour of today, we want to take the opportunity to celebrate...
Pricing Update
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Like the turn of every year, 2022 began with a surge of glimmering hope as we collectively wished for a calmer and more certain year free from the very worst...
A Blog about Bread!
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On Sunday 19th January I had the privilege and pleasure of attending the Nova Bakehouse ‘Introduction to Sourdough’ workshop with Sarah Lemanski – my long time baking hero and dear...
Baristas and Table Service – a match made in heaven?
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Some musings on why we made the move to table service… When we set up our first retail space at Leeds Dock, there was no question in our mind that...