The Art and Ritual of Coffee with Conscience

Multi-national conglomerates, chain stores, franchise coffee houses, absolute consistency at all costs. Life is an adventure and we've lost our spirit of discovery in favour of homogeneous unoriginality. We take the rich variety of nature and enforce our will upon it to ensure it fits into our notions of predefined boxes. When I bite into an apple I expect to find a spot.  When I drink a glass of milk I revel in the delegate layer of cream. Here at Conscious Coffee we embrace

Have you ever felt a little overwhelmed or perhaps just fed up with the weird and wonderful terms some people use when ordering their coffees? As a barista of over 15 years experience, I can tell you many people aren't really sure what they want when it comes to ordering their favourite caffeination medium. Well, were here to help, with a quick run down on the various coffee varieties you might come across in your favourite hipster espresso bar. Bear in mind, that the art of

I started Conscious Coffee as a personal project to follow my passion for the art and ritual that has been lost with coffee. Having worked in emergency services and more recently in corporate offices, I saw how coffee had become little more than a drug of choice, misused simply to assist the already hypertensive individuals who were desperately trying to force their way through the unnatural lives that their existences had become. My wife Elise a few years earlier followed he