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LOCAL COFFEE BEAN SUBSCRIPTION
SPOTLIGHT ON..
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INTRODUCING... HARRY FROM
COMMON COFFEE!
WHAT'S THE MEANING BEHIND
THE NAME COMMON COFFEE (IF ANY!)?
"Common Coffee is there to facilitate the everyday connections that we have over coffee. The origin names we have at the base of it are there to give a gateway into specialty and see the broader flavour characteristics that coffee can offer."
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WHO OR WHAT FIRST PULLED YOU INTO THE WORLD OF COFFEE?
"Honestly, at the core of it, I started to learn different brew methods at home and then my
youtube algorithm was throwing me all things coffee, farms, roasting, Hoffmann. I even
attempted my own first roast in a popcorn machine (wasn’t great)"
HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED WITH
COMMON?
"Fun story. In my previous job in coffee, I was a coffee roaster at Flight Coffee based in Wellington, New Zealand and we had an offer to contract roast a coffee to be made into instant coffee for a roaster based in Scotland. That roaster was Common Coffee and when we moved to Edinburgh, the connection was already there! Feels pretty cool to have roasted the coffee in NZ and then sell it with a different roaster across the world."
WHO OR WHAT FIRST PULLED YOU INTO THE WORLD OF COFFEE? (CONT.)
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WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU PLAYING IN THE ROASTERY AT THE MOMENT?
"It can be anything from the white lotus soundtrack to a deep dive into a podcast.
Currently into the half-arsed history podcast."
WHAT'S A COFFEE THAT YOU'RE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF?
"My first coffee at Common was a Honey process from Costa Rica called Hermosa. This was our Sweet coffee for the season and I was really happy with the end outcome! Nice full bodied creamy texture coffee with a low acidity to compliment. Keep an eye out for our sweet coffee in the future, it may be making a reappearance!"
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE PIECE OF COFFEE
RELATED KIT OR EQUIPMENT AND WHY?
"In a world full of amazing coffee equipment, I’m actually just going to say that I have a
favourite diner mug that I always drink out of. So probably that!"
HOW DO YOU UNWIND AFTER A LONG
DAY ROASTING COFFEE?
"Roasting after a full day sometimes leaves me a bit numb in the mind so I try to go for a
run or cycle in the evening to get some movement."
WHAT'S YOUR "DESERT ISLAND" COFFEE - THE ONE YOU'D DRINK FOREVER?
"So many great choices out there. Wolf Coffee roasters in Arrowtown, NZ had a pretty
special washed Colombian from Luz Helena Salazar a few years back and that always
stuck with me as a favourite. Really light and floral with a subtle sweetness. I would
happily have this on any desert island!"
WHAT'S A COFFEE-RELATED DREAM YOU
STILL HOPE TO CHASE?
"Just to perfect my latte art… My confidence lies in the roastery, coffees and continuing
to build my knowledge here but stick me behind the machine and you may get a tulip or
heart on a good day, or you’re stuck with a white blob in the middle."
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