Our Meet Up with La Cimbali at London Coffee Festival With La Cimbali UK being our strategic partners and us selling their machines to our wholesale clients in addition to using their equipment in our three cafes as well as shows /markets– it was great to go visit their La Cimbali stand at London Coffee […]
News & Events
Catch our Interview on That’s Cumbria TV all about national tea day and the 55 teas we serve and the Tea bread we offer.
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Apr
Apr
Brazilian coffee farmers have swapped South America for southern Scotland to share their agricultural experiences with the owner of a dairy herd. Gabriel Lancha Oliveira and his wife Flavia travelled to Dumfries & Galloway to meet up with Mark Callender (one of the directors of Cows & Co) who runs Crofthead Farm at Crocketford. Mr […]
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Feb
Feb
Carlisle coffee roaster John Watt & Son has picked the winner of its Christmas colouring competition for adults run in partnership with the Cumberland News. Owners Peter and Carol Johnston ranked Susanna Rawes’ effort as the top entry. Susanna, who lives in Cumwhinton, has now scooped a year’s supply of coffee as a reward for […]
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Jan
Jan
Coffee beans are actually green, soft and spongy seeds in their raw form. It takes the roasting process to unlock their delicious taste, and turn them into the brown, fragrant beans we all know and love. Coffee roasts are categorised according to their colour: light, medium and dark. The colour is only half the story, […]
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Jan
Jan
THE new branch of Carlisle’s oldest coffee roaster has been awarded Fairtrade status. John Watt & Son expanded out of its Bank Street base this summer to meet growing demand for its coffee by opening a second store in nearby Blackfriars Street. The move is part of plans by owners Peter and Carol Johnston to […]
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Dec
Dec
If coffee is one thing you absolutely cannot live without, if you love nothing more than the smell of freshly roasted beans, if the thought of that first cup of the day is what gets you out of bed – then the JW Coffee Club is for you. Set up by coffee lovers, for coffee […]
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Oct
Oct
Meeting up for coffee and cake took on another dimension for members of the Penrith Rural Women’s Network when the group visited the newly opened John Watt & Son’s coffee shop at Blackfriars, Carlisle. Members were keen to meet Lola – the new roasting machine installed this summer to cope with the increase in demand […]
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Oct
Oct
Meeting up for coffee and cake took on another dimension for members of the Penrith Rural Women’s Network when the group visited the newly opened John Watt & Son’s coffee shop at Blackfriars in Carlisle. Members were keen to meet Lola – the new roasting machine installed this summer to cope with the increase in demand already experienced and to give them capacity for growth.
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Oct
Oct
Carlisle coffee roasters John Watt & Son are supporting military veterans with a special new blend. From 11 October the Bank Street-based business is selling a coffee in aid of The Royal British Legion. The medium to light roast ‘Veterans Blend’ will be available for one month only and 10 per cent of all sales […]