September 8th, 2009
The London School of Coffee is delighted to welcome John Thompson – Specialty Coffee Consultant to our school
John will be acting as a trainer and consultant on behalf of the London School of coffee:
John Thompson has over a decade of experience in the speciality coffee industry and has worked on projects in the field through to retail.
His work at origin has spanned several continents, and he is fortunate to have worked closely with coffee growers in several countries to develop long term relationships and sustainable buying programs. As part of the buying team at Taylors of Harrogate he carried out social audits on coffee estates and cooperatives, and worked with growers on coffee quality improvement and production issues.
John has extensive manufacturing experience including an extensive and working knowledge of coffee laboratory equipment and of the roasting and packing process in a food production environment.
John will be offering his services as a consultant to work with new businesses and advice on established coffee companies to improve and sustain coffee production.
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August 26th, 2009
The London School of Coffee and Mercanta were very fortunate to be invited to Nicaragua by our good friend Claudia Castellon on behalf of the Jinotega Coffee Project, which supports small and medium—sized producers from the Apanas Lake in the Jinotega region. Claudia has been involved in the speciality coffee scene for many years. having co-ordinated the Cup of Excellence program since it was first introduced in the country.
The linotega Coffee Project was set up in 2006 by MAGFOR [Ministry for Agriculture) and V AECID (Spanish Agency for International Support and Development) to promote the. The pieuiieuah of speciality coffee in the area and improve standards of living for the producers.
We invited a select group of roasters, baristas and cuppers from Australia, Japan, Faroe Islands and the UK to travel with us in order for them to experience first-hand the harvest of the 2008/2009 crop. Our hosts in Iinotega did an exemplary job in organising a very complete itinerary, enabling us to see the octree through every stage of the harvest and making sure we had fun along the way.
We visited numerous farms, co-operatives, wet mills and dry mills in the area and would like to thank everyone who looked after us for their warm hospitality.
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