What on earth have we been up to????

The most exciting thing? It surely has to be the expansion of the Mozzo community this month as we see the launch of our new Mozzo Market. And yes you’ve guessed it, those magic Mozzo beans are now live on the world wide web for you to purchase at leisure!

Place an order by 25th August and receive 10% off your first order by quoting AUGBEABUL during payment.

It’s also an apt time to say an official welcome to our new Mini Mozzo Master, Danielle. Danielle is the very lovely voice you get through to when calling the Beanline. So for a good excuse to get in touch, pick up the phone and introduce yourself.

What a tease!

It’s been said before, those boys at Marwood Studios are most certainly too cool for school. Not only are they making the best coffee in Brighton, they’re now teasing us with their Marwood Latte Art Sessions.

Get onto You Tube and see what they’re all about. In fact, get yourself down to the coast and experience the whole shebang.

The Royal National Espress(o)

Keen baristas like we’ve never seen before! The team at the National Theatre really know how to get excited about coffee. Check out their Espresso Bar on the Upper Ground and we guarantee you’ll be impressed.

And it goes without saying that the beans in the hopper are none other than the magic Mozzo beans… possibly the best espresso experience on the South Bank.

Mozzo Art on the Brand- Jo Holdaway

Jo approached us last year with an email titled ‘I want in!’ Needless to say, she caught our eye and has now become our next Mozzo Art on the Brand Artist with her piece ‘Airstream’.

Click through to the Mozzo Art pages for more info on Jo, her welly boots and a link to more of her work.

Competition Time!!!

It’s hard to miss the fact that the team of the Radio 2 breakfast show are lovers of ‘frothy coffee’ and along with the other hardened coffee fans out there, you’ll probably also be cringing when you hear the word ‘frothy’. Come on Chris, it’s micro-foam we’re after, not froth!

In honour of the quest for bloomin’ awesome coffee let’s start at the beginning. Fill out our questionnaire on what you look for when buying coffee and you could become the proud owner of a Pure Eco Plus DAB Digital Radio.

Question 1 – Do you buy coffee based on…

• a,  price
• b, taste
• c, liking the brand
• d, recommendation
• e, ethics

Question 2- If you take ethics into consideration when buying coffee, which ethical stance is most important to you?

• a, organic
• b, Fairtrade
• c, Rainforest Alliance
• d, coffee kids
• e. other (please enlighten us!)

Send your answer(s) to the Mozzo Masters on beanline@mozzocoffee.com titled ‘Frothy Coffee Alert’

A winner will be picked at random and announced in the next Bean Bulletin. Good luck Bean Bulletiners!

Too much? Never!

It has been VERY tricky to choose what to put into this month’s Bean Bulletin. So much has been happening that it would be very easy to blurt them all out straight away but you’ll just have to keep reading to find out all the news. Maybe pop by next month as well. It all keeps pouring in!

This is probably a good place to mention that the response to last month’s ‘Will You Be Her Valentine’ feature, was unprecedented and with the amount of emails to the Beanline, Chloe has literally been inundated with offers. She is now making her choices.

So in no particular order of excitement let’s move on to the first piece of news…

Foil-less Foil

Mozzo Master Rach has been investigating the options for making and designing the first ever completely branded magic Mozzo Coffee bags as eco- friendly as possible. It’s been a journey and a half- the Mozzo Grand Master wasn’t even allowed on the production line, so apparently it’s also rather secret.

For the magic beans to stay magic we have to consider 3 things- oxygen, light and moisture. This alone puts restrictions on what we can use and we always want to push the barriers when it comes to environmental matters without compromising on quality. Here goes…

Paper? (This is where we make the Family Fortunes ‘uh uh’ noise) Sorry, it’s going to let all the moisture and oxygen in. Corn Starch PLA? Uh Uh! Corn Starch PLA doesn’t have sufficient barriers to protect the magic beans for long enough so it’s not going to work. Hmm… so this is narrowing down our options. We want to cut down on the impact we have on the environment but the Mozzo beans have got to stay magic! Recyclable Plastic?! Nope! The UK doesn’t have sufficient recycling plants and the majority of places still don’t have recycling options so with all the best will in the world not many of those bags will get recycled so that’s not feasible either.

So you get the picture now, that we’re kind of running out of options. We figured that one thing we could do was to significantly cut down on the resources and energy used to make our bags. So with this option as a forerunner, Mozzo has made the move to become one of a very few coffee organisations to remove aluminium from its packaging. It means that just like that we have massively reduced the energy and resources involved in producing our bags.

So, tah dah! Here’s our awesomely rocking brand new branded Mozzo foil-less bag going into production this week! As resources and materials develop we’ll continue to improve on the impact our packaging has on the environment so as they say out there, watch this space!

A Very Very Very Nice Place

If you’re wondering where to treat yourself next to a Mozzo Coffee it may be worth going all out and trying My Hotel Bloomsbury; boutique hotel personified. Coffee Master, Stretch, has been in working his magic so we would highly recommend dropping in after an intense shopping trip for a Mozzo Coffee in comfortable surroundings or stay a little longer…

What’s a sustainable restaurant?

Have you ever heard of an audit for sustainability? No? Well we hadn’t either until we were approached by the Sustainable Restaurant Association to help support their launch earlier this month at Hotelympia. A not for profit organisation aimed at helping UK restaurants become global leaders in sustainability, it enables you to make educated decisions on where you choose to eat, and restaurants and chefs the guidance and support in looking to a more sustainable business through sourcing, the environment and society. Their view being that a more sustainable restaurant can save money on energy and waste as well as actively showing customers they are serious about what they do.

To achieve various levels of sustainability, optional audits are carried out and in return each resraurant is rewarded with a gold, silver or bronze certificate dependent on the results. Cool beans is what we say to that!

If you would like to become a friend of the SRA click here or if you would like to become an accredited restaurant member, click here.

Wrap your ears around this…

Words can’t really explain this group but here goes… a choir of powerful, outspoken ladies resulting in Gaggle. Have a watch and let us know what you think…

Mozzo at home!

And now for potentially one of the most exciting events happening in the world of Mozzo, we will whet your appetites as we put the final touches to the brand new Mozzo Market. Whoopee! Be sure to look out for April’s Bean Bulletin for more news…

Will you be her Valentine?

Before we start this month’s Bean Bulletin in all its glory, a VIN (very important notice) needs to be heard…

The beautiful Chloe, resident box shredder and

face licker at Mozzo World, is on the look out for a valentine.

A few months ago she had a disappointing rendezvous with this fine chap, Jake, along the river banks in Winchester. Chloe was a little on the keen side, resulting in a swift telling off from Jake and a poorly leg for the next 2 weeks.

More recently came the turn of Brinkley; a strapping young man who came to visit us the other day in Mozzo World. It seems Chloe’s enthusiasm doesn’t do her any favours as Brinkley turned a rather blind eye and left without a sniff.

We know there are only a couple of days left until the big day but despite Chloe’s misfortune we are all still optimistic. Any applicants will be scrutinised for approval first.

Hair Raising or Just Pure Thrill Seeking?

It’s no secret that the Mozzo Masters have proudly started 2010 with an impressive bang. Lots of people however get to February with some overwhelming winter blues and not much ‘get up and go’ so Mozzo’s Community Master, Rach, is on hand with some inspirational stories to gee you up with enthusiasm for the year ahead… there are no excuses people!

Anything and everything

Last year my very cool friend, Holly Budge, became the first woman to skydive Mount Everest at a drop of 29,500ft, falling at a speed of 140mph to then land on the world’s highest drop point of 12,350ft. On top of competing in the Mongol Derby (riding 1000km on horse back over 9 days) Holly also picked up a nice flashy gold award at the E-Learning Age 2009 Award for Excellence for her e-learning platform for skydivers. Feeling tired yet? Follow her progress here.

A big expedition

Next up is Amelia Russell, a girl I went to school with. After qualifying as a doctor in 2007 and generally being a very active bod for most of her life, Amelia has just left for Ward Hunt Island to start an unassisted expedition with her partner, Dan, to become the first British woman to walk to the North Pole. She will be the expedition medic, having spent a rather chilly time on a Polar Medicine Course in Alta, Norway last year.

The trip is 500 miles and planned to take 2 months; not the unexpected 4 years some of their predecessors took! They have been training since June 2008, pulling up to 5 tyres for 4 hours at a time whilst carrying 30kg all in an effort to build up their stamina for dragging heavy sleds through deep snow. In preparation for the cold they have taken trips to Norway and Greenland to experience the colder side of things and start acclimatising. Brr! Read all about their adventure at North Pole Challenge

Abseilling

Best friends from way back when, Ali Silk and I were probably more likely found building camps in the woods and jumping on beds, not jumping off BATTERSEA POWER STATION!!!! Ali will be taking her leap on 2^nd May in aid of MAG (Mines Advisory Group).

If you’re planning something very awesome this year, let us know and we’ll get you Mozzo’d up to set you on your way!

Secret Wars are Back!

Remember our Art on the Brand artist, Gustav Balderdash? He did incredibly well last year in the Secret Wars competition and is back again this year supporting their mission to go global. London, Lisbon, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin, and Amsterdam are already on board and Southampton will shortly be playing host to Paris. Follow Gustav and find out how you can get involved.

Wrap Your Ears Around This…

Herman Dune? They’re French. We’ll tell you that straight away as it seems confusion has been spreading! Never one to like the saying ‘easy listening’ (as it usually seems like a bit of a cop out) this really is some cool, laid back music. We thought it may be a good listen after getting down from a day on a mountain, rock climbing, base jumping, a marathon or triathlon…

Welcome to all!

Stop start conditions might have slowed a few things down in the past few weeks, however while some Mozzo Masters have needed to dig themselves out of snow drifts in the depths of the countryside, others seem to have found some better climates…

Before we move on though, check out the Latte Art creations coming out of Mozzo World recently- is it a bird, is it a plane???

The Blue Mountains of all places…

With the certain perks our man Stretch receives from a very nice lady (namely his wife, Jen) he found himself on a plane on Christmas morning heading out to Jamaica for a few days. We have to say, it takes some dedication to be such a coffee nut that you spend your Christmas doing more things coffee!

Stretch headed up to the Blue Mountains to find out what the Jamaican coffee farmers get up to…

They’re currently implementing reforestation with an aim to have all of their plants 100% shade grown. This will encourage a more natural habitat with greater organic matter being created, thus replacing the depleted nutrients in the soil with less need for chemicals.We like the sound of that.

Did you know that 85% of Blue Mountain Coffee is exported to Japan??

Wrap up warm!

By all accounts most people we’ve spoken too recently have either had power cuts or frozen pipes. Brrrrrr! Those beautiful espresso machines are probably enjoying it the least so remember to wrap them up in a nice big duvet when they’re not doing their thang. Frozen burst pipes might make great icicles outside but a frozen machine will be very unhappy when she gets turned on the next day.

Greening it up…

Power stations are working over time at the moment to keep toes warm and coffee brewing. We put our ears to the ground for some tips and heard a story about the ultimate energy savvy couple. Let’s call them Mr and Mrs Coffee Bean…

They run their bath of hot water and from their one bath, have a scrub first, wash the dog, then water the plants, do the washing up, wash the car and finally give the drive way a good scrub. We would not of course recommend driveway scrubbing this week- the water may turn to ice and you might slip over and hurt yourself.

Who can beat that for ingenuity?? Don’t be shy!

Wrap your ears around this…

Something slightly different for you music fans this month. Ólafur Arnalds is a modern classical musician with sounds that sit perfectly with the landscape at this time of year.

Download his 7 song series ‘found songs’ for free. Contemplative…

The Mozzo Masters Wish You a Fantastic Christmas!

The shelves are full and the beans are flying! Now all that’s left is to make sure St Nic has enough coffee to keep him going until Christmas Day.

We’re Dreaming of a Flat White Christmas

Being a little fed up with all those huge milky coffees, Flat Whites have come to save the day. Shorter and stronger than a latte it means the taste of the coffee shines through. Mmm…

While our Antipodean friends celebrate their usual hot hot Christmas, we shall be enjoying their smooth, silky Flat White creation. Thank you!

Too Cool for School?

When Marwood Studios opened their doors to the Brighton crew last month it didn’t take long at all for the word to get around. The word being that they are serving the best coffee for miles around. Hang on, re-phrase that, the best Mozzo Coffee for miles around. No doubt encouraged and enlivened by their very keen baristas going by the names of Ruth and Rob- self confessed coffee perverts. Both from New Zealand, they’re planning to show us a thing or two in the months that follow, so get your skates on and head down to Brighton!

Rounding it up…

2009 has bean and gone in a flash… just like an enjoyable espresso! I speak for all involved in Mozzo when I say it has been a challenging, rewarding and ultimately successful year. It would not have been possible without the support of our growing network of partners so from all of us here at Mozzo World, thank you. Your support is a source of inspiration and a tribute to the passion and commitment of team Mozzo. We are on a journey to share and create enjoyable coffee experiences while creating opportunities for emerging artistic talent… stay tuned to Mozzo World in 2010- it promises to be another year when the community hub of coffee and art continues to evolve.

In the meantime have a cracking Christmas and keep flying the flag in the campaign for good coffee; no bells and whistles, just coffee made with a little passion. The world needs more of it!

To help him on his way, why not share the coffee passion by leaving Santa an espresso and mince pie for when he drops down the chimney on Christmas Eve…?

Wrap your ears around this… you must you must!!!

XX by The XX along with the rest of their collection is a very good experience to be had. Find them on Spotify or check out the website.

Websastic!

For the regular online Mozzo visitors you will have noticed some changes recently. We’ve made it even easier to be nosy and find out about what we get up to. There are some geeky words on the magic Mozzo beans, Mozzo Art downloads and soon to come in the New Year- The Mozzo Market. Sweeeeeeet!

Hello Mozzo enthusiasts!

Is it worth noting that we are fast approaching the festive time of year? Probably not, but it does mean that all those difficult decisions of what to get the nearest and dearest arise. It’s a good job Mozzo is here to offer a VERY simple solution! What, we hear you ask? And we say, COFFEE! Yes, get in touch with the Mozzo Masters on the Beanline™ to purchase some magic Mozzo Coffee and we will send you a little parcel of magic to keep everyone happy and full of beans for the season.

Mozzo Art on the Brand™ series 09.04

Three months down the line and we’ve launched our next piece of Mozzo Art on the Brand™!

A Time For Change’ has been produced by Southampton based illustrator, Graham Longdin. We’ve been working with Graham for a few months now and have been so impressed by his work and inspiration that it’s bloomin’ awesome to give you all the opportunity to sample some of his creations.

You can read more about Graham on the Mozzo website…

The Great Mozzo Prize Draw!

We can’t help giving things away, all in the spirit of the magic Mozzo beans! To be eligible for the Great Mozzo Prize Draw it’s simple, just start drinking more coffee!!

At selected Mozzo venues you can pick up a very nice loyalty card, collect stamps towards a free Mozzo Coffee as well being in the possession of the coolest loyalty card that ever existed – a Mozzo Art on the Brand Loyalty Card- get collecting and flashing that card about!

Once your card is full of 10 stamps, fill in your email address and hand it back to your trusty barista. Every three months we will then collect all of your full cards for entry into The Great Mozzo Prize Draw. Simple!

Wrap your ears around this…

We’re going across the North Sea this month to Sweden. This is where we could drop in some Swedish lingo but words fail us. Oh Ok, we’ll try… ha en bra dag!

Anyway, this month the fantastic band we have come across is Fever Ray. Music written through daydreams and lots of imagination, it’s evocative stuff.

Last but not in the slightest least

The Mozzo Masters have been enjoying artwork from the Art on the Brand™ series on their Crackberry’s for a while now and we thought it would be a cracking idea if you could also do the same. So, if you would like our current art as wallpaper on your phone or if you would like to use it is as a screen saver on your computer then send us an email and we’ll flick it over to you!

Easy peasy

A Feastival For All!

Face painting, engine flooding, Bison burgers and Alpacas- all in a normal weekend for the Mozzo Masters. We had an AWESOME time at the Feastival down in Somerset at Kilver Court! A very foody event aimed at promoting a sustainable lifestyle and organic production. The TukTuk was on full steam with the wind turbine flying and coffees pouring from dawn ‘till dusk.
Here’s a little photo diary of what we got up to…

Tractor, Trailor and a TukTuk
		Can we call Gavin an officially trained Mozzo Master now?
Getting steamy. The boys doing what they know best- COFFEE!
		I’m sure there was a 10th piglet Jules?

Frisky Feel Good Food

So we’re reaching that time of year when everybody needs a little pick me up. Fear not! Some feel good food is at hand from our cool new partners at Friska Food. Set up by graduates, Ed Brown and Griff Holland, they’ve just launched their first venue in Bristol. Keen on food that’s local, delicious, fresh, fun and cultural they’ll be showing the fast food industry a thing or two about quality and ethics. Good luck guys!

Follow their tweets at Friska or even better, drop in and see them at The Paragon in Bristol.

Grant says…There’s never a better time.

Making use of the easiest loan you will ever get from the UK government.

Student life, what does it mean? If you asked me in my first year of being a student I would have said it means I have no time to do anything and I certainly did not have the money to do anything. Who was I kidding?

Upon reflection, being a student is a period in one’s life when, if like me, your student days require a student loan on top of a part time job to support a ‘ripped jeans, worn out trainers’ lifestyle. You will never again (or at least for a few years of bloody hard work, and luck) be so time or cash rich.

It might sound bonkers, especially given this year’s mess up when it came to the actual administration and provision of loans, but a student loan is without doubt the simplest, most straightforward (and more importantly) cheapest business loan available in the UK today.

During year 1 of university life this was not something I recognised. However, during year 2 when I started to (albeit somewhat unsuccessfully) put my business ideas to the test in the real world (rather than the classroom) I soon discovered that my student loan provided a source of funds that was cheaper or more convenient than any loan I could get from the bank- or any other organisation that gives a little to gain a lot.

Take for example the student that wants to open a cafe to become the community hub of coffee and art and asked by the local business bank manager,; “what security can you give me for this £25k loan? Do you own a house?”

Now some of my student friends did own a house, indeed a couple were smart enough to buy a house with their student loans; however, I didn’t and so was promptly refused the loan I needed to open my café.

It is worth bearing in mind that this was back in 2003/2004 when apparently for some, loan giving organisations grew money on trees, and still I could not get a loan.

Not once did the government ask such a question when it came to a student loan. I think the only questions are name, address, university number and other details that if you can’t remember, Mum or Dad certainly will.

Not only is the money relatively easy to get, the repayment terms are in a word, generous. Try asking the bank for a loan, then saying that you don’t want to begin repaying it for a minimum period of 3 years. Impossible. Or if not impossible please call and you are welcome to join Team Mozzo instantly.

While this may seem a long way from coffee, Rachael, our Marketing Master at Mozzo, asked me to put pen to paper this month in regard to student loans, due to the fact that I used a little of my loans in order to start Mozzo.

Looking back, university life was rich in time, ideas, inspiration and cash. Relatively speaking, as a student, one has a lot of cash free for a disposable income. This is not a political debate on the rights or wrongs of student loans; I will leave that to the people who write the cheques to decide. It is more of an observation that as a student, an opportunity in terms of free time and accessible/cheap money doesn’t presents itself very often. Especially in regard to giving starting a business a real good crack! I certainly discovered that you learn more through trying ideas out in the real world than it is possible to ever learn in the classroom…

Wrap your ears around this…

Getting a little funky this month with the Funk Junkies. No longer shall you sit still in your seats but wriggle and wiggle to some groovy sounds. They’ve got a huge line up of gigs so what are you waiting for???

What we’ve been up to…

Well Bean Bulletin readers, we expect at least some of you to have had a bit of a break over the season of sunshine! The verdicts of kite surfing, hiking, swimming or generally moseying about in the garden have all been very encouraging! However, if like us you still feel slightly deprived by the lack of water sports, check out Wild Swimming. Wriggle yourselves into a wet suit and get exploring- you could keep going all winter!

Stretch had a very successful sprint triathlon in Seaford a few weeks ago and Rach is up next with the Great Capital Run in Regents Park on the weekend. Go go go!

Coffee Talk – Miranda’s neighbourly visit!

On the weekend I was invited for a cup of coffee at my neighbour’s- Turkish coffee. I have had what I thought was Turkish coffee before and didn’t enjoy it very much. I was left with a mouth full of thick grounds and an unpleasant burnt flavour in my mouth. However my neighbour is Turkish and what a difference a knowledgeable neighbour can make!

I patiently waited while she measured two healthy teaspoons of Turkish coffee and a teaspoon of sugar to a small traditional brewing pot called an Ibrik. Then using one of the small Turkish cups from which we would drink our coffee, she measured two cups of cold water onto the mixture.

Continually stirring the fine reddish brown grounds over a low heat until it slowly reached its boiling point, she then removed the Ibrik from the heat and poured a small amount in each of our cups. The Ibrik was then placed back on the heat to reach its boiling point a second time, and poured into our cups to finish off our drink.

The flavour was so different to anything I have classified as Turkish coffee before! The grounds had settled at the bottom of the cup allowing me to enjoy the full bodied, smooth sweet taste of a REAL Turkish coffee. Apparently you can bring the mixture to its boiling point a third or even fourth time depending on individual taste. This ensures thorough blending of coffee and sugar and a good roundness of flavour.

This has now become a pretty favourite alternative to an after dinner beverage!

Cheers neighbour!

From interiors to coffee?? Yes indeed.

Nadine Gilbert recently made the big decision to change the shop of her furniture company into a café. Not something you hear every day but it’s definitely working! And we’re not talking normal cafés here. With a background in interiors Nadine has most certainly created the most stylish café in town. Whether you’re on your way to the races at Goodwood or just fancy a road trip, you’ll find Russell’s on the North end of Haslemere High Street in Surrey.

Get those cogs moving…

As the temperature drops it’s pretty tempting to reach for that thermostat and get the heat kicking. Well the Mozzo Masters figured they would set you a challenge!

We want thinking caps on and heads pulled together to come up with your best energy saving eco ideas. Start thinking, we want some proper light bulb moments. In true Mozzo style, the sky’s your limit so let your imagination run wild!

Things have already got underway at 10:10 so if you’re lacking in ideas you can still make use of other people’s!

Send all your ideas into the Beanline™ by 30th September and the Mozzo Masters shall adjudicate for a winner.

Wrap your ears around this

For a change this month we thought we’d do a bit of a podcast special. For those of you after something light (and don’t ask how we found her!) Brigitte Dale is an alternative way to sit down enjoy your Mozzo coffee. The latest podcast for the Los Angeles Cupcake Playoffs should be watched with great interest!

On the more informative side, TED Talks have an amazing line up of speakers ranging from Gordon Brown (and yes it could be considered as thought provoking!) to Alain de Botton along with more interesting conversation from our friends at the RSA. Most certainly worth a listen.

Is It August Already?

Well apparently yes it is! Apparently it’s also scientifically proven that time speeds up at this time of year. Well it must do- all those BBQ’s, trips to the beach, road trips, triathlons et al really make the time fly!

The Camden Society

For the past few months we have been building strong relationships with everyone involved at The Camden Society. An organisation managed by a voluntary executive committee they work jolly hard to give vulnerable people the opportunities to improve the quality of their lives. It goes without saying that we’re very proud to be working with these guys and girls

So you’re wondering where does Mozzo get involved in all of this? Well, The Camden Society has a group of cafes in Clapham, Greenwich and lots of places in between giving vocational training and employment in community businesses. Stretch and Miranda have been passing on the Mozzo knowledge with training sessions throughout with Café 311, New Horizons and Platform One ready to roll next week so get yourselves down there to see what’s happening!

It’s arrived!

The next piece of art to feature on our Art on the Brand™- Doodle Art is alive and kicking and ready to go! Look out for it appearing on coffee bags, postcards, loyalty cards and anything else Mozzo in the next few days.

Green Ideas

The internet happens to be a great place for inspiration on green ideas for us all at Mozzo World. So when doing some research the other day we quite literally stumbled over this blog that made our mouths curve into bemused smiles. Not exactly green but…

Anyway, have a little read of On Camber Sands… or have a long read of the whole blog at Green Ideas.

Wrap your ears around this… Bobby McGee’s

Friends living in funky places are always handy to have, so thanks Chris for this suggestion! Please be aware that Chris received a banjo for his birthday- hence the enthusiasm.

The Bobby McGees seem to have a fair bit of buzz about them at the moment. Wonderfully eccentric – banjos, beards and generally bloomin’ marvelous. They also hand out sweets during their gigs. What more could you want?

P.S. …

It’s probably a good idea to be prepared for these guys in advance- especially if you’re a big fan! Gifford’s Circus have just released news on their new 2010 Show- ‘Yasmine- A Musical’

For those of you not aware of this magic, Giffords Circus are an amazing collective of talented performers that travel through the summer months to bring a taste of something very special to all who see them. Check out ‘We Love Giffords Circus’ for more info.

Good Day Bean Bulletin™ Readers!

Where are you going?

It seems the best trips this summer aren’t that far from home. Some of our Mozzo friends have already had a sunny trip to Durdle Dor in Dorset, a bit of kayaking on the River Wye in Hereford and a pootle across to the Isle of Wight in a little boat. Any grander plans, we suggest the following…

Mozzo Flying High

If you’re drinking Mozzo Coffee, it’s fair to say that you can expect your surroundings to be as enjoyable as the magic in your cup. We’re also pretty aware that with that busy time of year (AKA holidays!!!!!!!) looming, things need to be as comfortable as possible- work or play.

Lucky for you that we’ve just teamed up with Air France KLM to bring you one of our best Mozzo experiences so far- the Air France Executive Lounge at Manchester Airport. Nice!

Grant Says…

If you’re a Mozzo Coffee Master it usually means that you have loads to talk about. We got Grant’s opinion on where he sees the UK coffee market going in the current market.

‘Coffee culture has gone from relatively zero to a very competitive market in the last 15 to 20 years, within the UK. Increased competition means it’s getting harder to win; coffee companies and coffee shops alike have to work smarter in order to find those points of difference and succeed.’
If you’d like to read on, please do!

First came the rise of quality and espresso based drinks. For a period of time this was what led the growth trend of the coffee market (both in food service and in retail). Then five years ago ethics were introduced, in the form of Fairtrade, Organic and other ethical movement labels. In turn ethics became a significant tool for coffee companies and shops to differentiate their offering to consumers.

Now in 2009 the market is moving again, and while quality and ethics remain fundamental, customer service and value for money are becoming the key factors when it comes to succeeding in an increasingly competitive industry in which margins are being squeezed.

Focusing on delivering leading Customer Service is helping coffee shops and companies to build long term relationships with customers and consumers. Relationships that are based on knowledge add real value to the coffee experience of a customer, and in times when consumers might be going from two coffee experiences a day to one, ensuring that they choose your coffee shop is key to survival and growth.

Drip by drip filter coffee is making a come back. It is a great way for a coffee shop to deliver real value for money to its customers, without compromising on quality or ethics.

Mozzo Coffee is being built to thrive in these times and others. Our products (Mozzo Espresso Coffee and Mozzo Filter Coffee) are a combination of the highest quality (100% Arabica) and the highest ethical coffee (100% Fairtrade and 100% Organic). As a business, Mozzo Coffee is aimed at delivering innovative, market leading customer service support to its customers (cafes, hotels, restaurants and offices), in a way that adds real value to the coffee they serve and ultimately the coffee experiences enjoyed by their customers.

Watch Out- New Mozzo Art!

You would have seen in last month’s Bean Bulletin™ that we were talking about the goings on down at Doodle Bar in Battersea. Well, we’ve been very excited by the concept and figured it was a fantastic opportunity to feature a collaboration of artists. For us it has been the ultimate in getting people working together and creating a very cool result. Thanks to Jules, Jasmin and Ollie at Squint Opera for their support! Here’s a sneaky peak of what to expect…

Coconut?

Last month we brought you the oh so smooth and cool Mozzo Iced Latte.

Since then our informers tell us that not only are these flying out the door but you guys are coming up with some weird and wonderful variations. The most popular being made are with our Davinci Syrups but ever considered subbing the milk for coconut milk??? That’s what Delicio are up to. Or how about a chocolate coffee pavlova shake? A bit of a mouthful (quite literally) but hey, don’t knock it ‘till you’ve tried it!

Get your ears around this…

We’re pretty spoiled for choice at this time of year for music to choose from. This month’s musicians don’t have any problems setting themselves aside from the norm and come in the form of Psapp.

We recommend taking yourself off somewhere groovy and having a listen