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How our whole bean coffee packaging works Whole roasted beans for grinding either at home or for coffee shops usually comes in a foil lined pack which just can’t be recycled or composted, there must be a better way! When Halo set out to launch our rare whole beans, we put our eco heads together and came up with a solution.We use the same compostable card as we use for our capsules box for the expertly roasted beans. Around the box we seal in the freshness with our special home compostable bio-laminate that we have also been using around our...

Today, coffee is a culture and so much more than a morning drink to kick start your day. Coffee connoisseurs relish the opportunity to explore coffees from different regions and to discover the distinctive taste notes specific to each coffee producing region. To delve deeper into this emerging coffee culture, let’s profile some of the major coffee growing regions and break down the geography of coffee production. The World’s Coffee Growing Regions In Halo’s abridged take on the World Atlas of Coffee, an informational guide that takes coffee lovers on a global coffee tour of coffee growing regions, we will...

If you have ever frequented an artisan coffee shop, the chances are that you have come across the term "Single Origin". A term commonly tossed between coffee connoisseurs, but one that may not be immediately obvious to regular coffee drinkers.  What is Single Origin Coffee? Single origin coffee can be defined as coffee prepared with coffee beans from a single producer, region, place, or country. The most significant draw of single origin coffee is its traceability and flavour. With single origin coffee, consumers can know exactly where the coffee is from and what flavours are associated with coffee from that origin....

Coffee is the world’s most popular drink. Around the world, it is estimated that a staggering two billion cups are drunk every single day. Although there are over one hundred coffee species in existence, each with their own distinct characteristics, two types of coffee beans account for around 98% of total production globally.  These two types of coffee beans are known as Arabica and Robusta.  Just Why Are Arabica Coffee Beans So Popular? It is believed that Arabica coffee beans were the first coffee plants to be cultivated by humans. Its long history has been documented stretching as far back...