Scotland
Modern Standard opens first café in Edinburgh
Modern Standard Coffee, which is the fastest growing speciality roaster in the UK, has opened its first café in Edinburgh’s Bruntsfield.
Online tea searches rise in the UK during the lockdown
Move over Tetley, Yorkshire Tea is the UK’s most popular tea! Well, at least in terms of online searches. With stay-at-home directives taking effect in March in many cities around the world, visits to brick ‘n mortar stores, naturally, decreased while online purchases increased. One of the most popular items searched online in the United Kingdom during the lockdown, was tea.
Scottish roaster lets customers create own coffee blends online
Blendly Commercial Coffee Roaster is normally only open to trade customers, however, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the business is opening up online to domestic customers.
Scottish coffee roaster achieves gold standard for carbon neutrality
Scotland-based Matthew Algie has become the world’s first coffee roastery to achieve the Carbon Neutral Gold Standard.
Gloria Jean’s to open first UK store
Australian coffee chain Gloria Jean’s will open its first UK store in Glasgow, Scotland next month.