Well some of you will say this is old news but a recent study has confirmed what some of us have been hailing for years; the health benefits of drinking coffee regularly. Not the milky sugary beverages that masquerade on certain high street chains as coffee, but quality, honest to goodness coffee. The latest US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee says there is strong evidence that drinking three to five cups a day (or up to 400mg/d caffeine) does no harm at all and that research consistently shows that coffee reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Here at Bailies we knew it all along, but if you want to read more - you can browse a more...
The Bailies Coffee team had a truly fantastic time last night at the very first, and definitely not the last Northern Ireland Aeropress Championships. The event was held in Established Coffee in Belfast, and massive congratulations to them on the great hosting, and fabulous service I'm sure everyone received. As we may have mentioned, Bailies provided the freshly roasted coffee for the event, Tolima Gaitana from Colombia - and it was just as popular as we thought it might be. The competitors were pleased, and the those lucky enough to grab a free sample on the night will be too when they brew it up. For a very limited time there will be some 250g bags available on the site...
Bailies Coffee is delighted to be the official coffee sponsor for the inaugural NI Aeropress Championship taking place in Established on Thursday 19th March 2015 and we’ve chosen this very special coffee for the competition: Colombia Tolima Gaitana This is a washed speciality Arabica coffee from Gaitana cooperative in the Tolima region of Colombia. This coop is located around 1850 masl and cooperates with 50 small farmers in the neighbourhood. All coffee was hand-picked, pulped (also mostly by hand), dry fermented for 28 hours, washed and sun dried on patios protected by parabolic tents over 10 days. It consists mainly of Caturra varietal with a small percentage of Typica and Castillo, all growing on volcanic soils. The cooperative itself if...
Take the plunge and join the 2015 Northern Ireland Aeropress Championship as a competitor The AeroPress Championship is a competition open to anyone who can brew a great cup of coffee using the AeroPress. It is open to anyone and everyone, all you need is to secure your place online, turn up on time with your AeroPress & brew! You could be 3 coffees away from winning a trip to Seattle, to represent Northern Ireland at the World AeroPress Championships. Full details below, any questions, tweet us @NIAeropressComp. It’s shaping up to be a great night. It’s free entry for spectators, there will be beer from Prohibition, pizza, as well as Sherryvallies DJ’s & we’ll be sure to squeeze...
Well, it's over for another year, and we must say that we think it was possibly our best event ever at CATEX 2015. We were introducing a new seasonal espresso blend, which went down a storm, and thanks to those that tried it and entered our competition to name the blend #WWYNI. Our baristas were also brewing up some of our single estate coffees over the three days, you can see Jonathan on V60 duty above. We met lots of impassioned and interesting people, none more so than our guests on the Wednesday, Falcon Speciailty, who hosted a cupping session for us. Also a very big thanks goes out to all the barsitas we met over the course of...
