Hot Numbers Coffee Roasters

Our Food: Why the panini no longer cuts the mustard!

We started the business with the emphasis on quality coffee, but after a while, the food we were serving no longer excited us! We needed...

Destination Locations

Boyds of Bedford Driving down a beautiful winding road in the rolling Bedfordshire countryside with sheep capped (specked? capped implies just the tops) hills, we’re expecting to...

When Simon met John

As we hit the 6 month anniversary of the opening of The Roastery, we thought we should take a moment reflect on how and why...

Introducing Exceptional Ice Cold Coffee. On tap.

Now on the counter at our Trumpington St. Shop, our first foray into the world of nitro coffee is an incredibly creamy, ice cold coffee....

Girls Gotta Run the Rocko Mountain.

In the relative lull of Summer, between cold brew-tonics and tanning we’ve been fine tuning Hot Numbers But now the Sun is back to it’s...

Grandmother’s Sherry

The grandmother’s sherry, the mulled wine at the carol service, mince pies, brandy butter, chocolate wrapped in foil hanging from a tinsel be-decked tree… Last...

OCTOBER 1ST

It’s International Coffee day! So this seems as good a day as any to announce that I am almost definitely considering getting this blog as...

Exceeding the Brief

"This is what coffee is now, it's a lifestyle and a signal to others that we care about what we're doing, we curate and discern and create"

Cold water cures.

"Suspending 10 litres of water, or ice, is an engineering task and possibly a personal injury case waiting to happen..."

Expertly Ignorant

"I caught myself basing my answer on assumption. I fall all too easily into the trap of the pretend-expert..."

A matter of taste?

"We're definitely not making historically or even culturally significant discoveries by roasting coffee. Nor do we aim to, but we are at least trying to share some small excitement. Even...

This might make it easier for us.

"...A lot of people asked why. Why change, why make it harder to understand, why upset everybody ? I just want a coffee. (Which is the same reaction as I...

You’ll need a new code.

"There's music, art on the walls, other friendly people, hot food, caffeine that tastes great, and still with the need for some social etiquette and constraint. (If you order a...

It definitely wont fly.

"We're using the "inverted immersion method," I'm not sure if that is the correct name or if it even warrants such grandiose nomenclature, but it's a fairly standard method of...

Better than aftershave and box sets.

"I know what you're thinking though, coffee is about as relevant to Christmas as the oranges punctured with cloves are to the other 50 weeks of the year..."

Having Character is Better Than Being One

Our coffee’s are like us, all very different and with unique characters and we love them all for very unique and different reasons just like we love the very different...

Naked Portafilters and Issues Extracting.

"...-trawl Youtube for 'tamping techniques' and you’ll probably find more mustachioed men taking themselves seriously than a Victorian circus."

Now is the Winter

"…with three fridges, an espresso machine, a tea urn, a panini grill, a constant supply of body heat and approximately 13 Macbook Pros at any given time, it's perpetual summer...

All Things Considered.

"...Powdered mashed potato never caught on for long. Why on earth is Nescafe still around?…"

Nobody likes change?

"...If you’re a regular take-away customer used to the lids and stirrers being in one place one morning, only to find them on the opposite side of the café the...

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