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Cappuccino vs Latte: What’s the Real Difference?
Cappuccino vs Latte: What’s the Real Difference?
Discover the key differences between a cappuccino vs latte. From flavour and texture to caffeine and calories. Learn which coffee suits your taste best and how to make both at... Read more...
5 Benefits of Buying Coffee Beans in Bulk for Small Businesses
5 Benefits of Buying Coffee Beans in Bulk for Small Businesses
When running a café, restaurant, boutique hotel, or even an office with a strong coffee culture, one thing is certain: the quality of your coffee matters. And just as important... Read more...
Oat Milk Hot Chocolate: The Ultimate Plant Based Indulgence
Oat Milk Hot Chocolate: The Ultimate Plant Based Indulgence
Soft, creamy, and naturally dairy‑free, Oat Milk Hot Chocolate is quickly becoming a favourite comfort drink for those who love rich flavour without dairy. Whether you're vegan, lactose-intolerant, or simply... Read more...
Top 5 Mistakes You’re Making With Your Morning Coffee
Top 5 Mistakes You’re Making With Your Morning Coffee
For many of us, coffee is more than just a morning routine—it’s a ritual, a comfort, and a source of daily motivation. But even the most seasoned coffee lovers might... Read more...
Why Colombian Hot Chocolate Is So Special - What makes it Best?
Why Colombian Hot Chocolate Is So Special - What makes it Best?
Not all hot chocolate is created equal. While most commercial hot chocolates rely on sugary powders and artificial flavourings, Colombian hot chocolate stands apart. Known for its rich cocoa flavour, deep cultural... Read more...
How to Make Coffee Using a Cafetiere (French Press)
How to Make Coffee Using a Cafetiere (French Press)
The Cafetière—also known as the French press—is a timeless brewing method that coffee lovers swear by for its simplicity and ability to produce a rich, full-bodied cup. Unlike drip machines or... Read more...
cupsmyth to cupsmith
A New Name, The Same Heart: From Cupsmyth to Cupsmith
The name Cupsmith comes from the idea of a craftsman—someone who shapes, refines, and perfects something by hand. That’s how we see every product we make: carefully blended, roasted, flaked,... Read more...
Coffee & Food: Explore The Perfect Pairings
Coffee & Food: Explore The Perfect Pairings
At Cupsmith, we know that the right food pairing can take your coffee experience to a whole new level. There’s a special magic in the way flavours complement and enhance... Read more...
DIY Coffee Brewing Tips
DIY Coffee Brewing Tips - Home Barista Basics for Beginners
At Cupsmith, we believe that making coffee is more than a routine,it’s a craft, a moment of creativity, and a chance to treat yourself to something special. If you've dreamt... Read more...
Seasonal Coffee Trends You Should Not Miss - Cupsmith
Seasonal Coffee Trends You Should Not Miss - Cupsmith
There’s an excitement that comes with the changing seasons;the crisp air, cosy knitwear, and, of course, the delightful new flavor profiles that coffee has to offer! At Cupsmith, we’re always... Read more...
Hot chocolate
Creative Recipes Using Cupsmith’s Hot Chocolate - Desserts and Drinks
Here at Cupsmith, we believe there are few pleasures in life quite as comforting as a steaming mug of luxury hot chocolate. But did you know our indulgent hot chocolate... Read more...
Sustainability in Coffee Production
Sustainable Coffee Production - Ensuring Ethical Sourcing of Beans
At Cupsmith, we’ve spent the past decade perfecting the art of creating extraordinary coffee for you to enjoy at home. It’s a labor of love, care, and expertise, and every... Read more...
"My favourite hot chocolate"
We've just relaunched our Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate. We had so many people asking for us to bring it back, so we did! And it's delicious, even if we do say so ourselves. It's made with our classic dark hot chocolate and we add just a touch of salted caramel to bring that delicious sweetness. We make whole bars and flake it by hand so that it melts super easily in warm milk. It's brilliant made in a milk frother or velvetiser too and if you're a hot chocolate lover,... Read more...
Whoop whoop we won an award!
Whoop whoop we won an award!
We're chuffed to bits to have won an international award for our Bang-On Espresso! Winning gold in the Dubai International Taste Awards has put a real spring in our step... Read more...
What is green tea?
What is green tea?
  Green tea can be a little bit 'marmite' - some people love it, some people hate it. But we think it also depends on which green tea you drink.... Read more...
The history of tea
The history of tea
  Tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world and has a rich history that spans thousands of years. Here's our brief overview of the history of... Read more...
Mini escapes with Cupsmith
Mini escapes with Cupsmith
Take a flask of hot chocolate if you're out and about and enjoy a well-deserved mini escape from our all-too busy lives. Read more...
We've got the keys to our new factory!
We've got the keys to our new factory!
FINALLY, after a very long and frustrating 6 months we've got the keys to our new factory. We never thought it would be this hard to move - who knew... Read more...
Coffee and dogs
Coffee and dogs
Just because we love both. A lot. x Read more...
More cocoa, less sugar and fats
More cocoa, less sugar and fats
Someone recently moaned to us 'your dark hot chocolate isn't sweet enough for me'. The key point here was 'for me'. It's not that it's not sweet enough, it's that... Read more...
How to make a brilliant cup of coffee using your cafetiere
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Spotted our newly-named Espresso?
Spotted our newly-named Espresso?
Have you spotted our newly-named espresso? Same amazing speciality coffee and blend, but we've renamed it Bang-On Espresso because...well, because it's just that, BANG ON! It really is our pride... Read more...
It's all change at Cupsmith!
It's all change at Cupsmith!
We're really, really happy to be launching our new brand and new products. After 6 years of creating and making our range of coffees, hot chocolates and teas we knew... Read more...
There's something brewing at Cupsmith!
There's something brewing at Cupsmith!
For the last few months we've been very, very, very busy brewing some big changes at Cupsmith. More soon! Read more...
Getting the most from your green tea
Getting the most from your green tea
  We've really been banging the drum for green tea recently. The ongoing research results into its health benefits that are being published regularly are seriously compelling. It seems adding a few cups... Read more...
The beauty of green tea, other than tasting delicious
The beauty of green tea, other than tasting delicious
  All types of tea - black, white or green - are made from the camellia sinensis plant. One of our favourites is green tea, a beautiful pale green coloured tea... Read more...
New year, fresh start, drink more water
New year, fresh start, drink more water
Like everyone, we're tentatively hoping that this year will see us all moving on from days dominated by lateral flow testing, weeks fixated on covid stats and months of gloomy... Read more...
Our tea journey from terrible mugfuls to daily deliciousness!
Our tea journey from terrible mugfuls to daily deliciousness!
Fifteen years ago we drank really bad tea. We drank mugfuls of cheap, commercial stuff that we thought tasted really good! Fast forward to now and we're really, really picky... Read more...
Autumn garden days and Chelsea Flower Show
Autumn garden days and Chelsea Flower Show
These Autumn days of warm sunshine and beautiful colours are a real bonus after such a wet and cool summer, aren't they? We're trying to get outside as much as... Read more...
Our adventures in chocolate - the highs, the lows!
When we started Cupsmith we wanted to bring customers the very BEST drinks to enjoy at their kitchen table every day, no matter what their favourite mugful was. We started with just coffee but our next natural step was to master the craft of chocolate making, so that we could launch a really superior cup of hot chocolate. This had to be a world away from the cheap, commercial hot chocolate powders that are mostly sugar, milk powder and fillers. So 5 years ago we started learning all about the... Read more...
The story of Guatemalan coffee
  We use speciality-grade Guatemalan coffee in our Mr Crawford's Coffee, to help achieve a lighter, brighter coffee with delicious sweet and fruity notes. But what of the history of this South American coffee? Why not sit down with a cuppa and read our (coffee) potted history! It's believed that coffee first came to Guatemala in the mid 1700s when some Jesuit missionaries brought coffee trees into the country to use as decoration. And it remained under the radar for over 100 years. During this time the country had an extremely... Read more...
Why we think organic tea is the best
Why we think organic tea is the best
This month is Organic September - #organicseptember - a month-long campaign to raise awareness of the many benefits of organic food and farming. We're huge believers in the importance of organic... Read more...
Autumn is in the air
Autumn is in the air
It definitely feels as if Autumn is gently, slowly falling on the woods and hedges. The first blackberries at Cupsmith HQ are turning from green and pink to deep purple.... Read more...
The Story of Chocolate - part I
The Story of Chocolate - part I
  The origins of chocolate can be traced back to the ancient Olmecs of southern Mexico. Chocolate was nothing like the beautifully wrapped sweets or chocolate bars of today, in... Read more...
The alternative 'beach' reads for Summer 2021
The alternative 'beach' reads for Summer 2021
Dreaming of lying on a sun-drenched beach in Greece, but actually having a cuppa at your kitchen table?! Us too! This summer is a strange one but it doesn't mean... Read more...
Yellow chinoiserie teapot
Teapots of the world
  Just as we all have favourite mugs, here at Cupsmith we also have our favourite teapots. Even though we pack our tea in biodegradable tea pyramids, we quite often... Read more...
A cup of tea and my favourite online creative courses!
The kitchen table is our favourite place in the house, and nothing beats sitting down there with a cup of tea or coffee and spending time doing something we love. For lots of us that's doing something creative and if Covid times have had any silver linings, one of the biggest for me has been the explosion in amazing online creative courses. Whatever creative pastime you love or try, there's a zoom course for it. That's pretty brilliant isn't it? Here are my favourite creative online courses that I've done.... Read more...
Cooling drinks for hot days - Cupsmith's Iced Tea
Cooling drinks for hot days - Cupsmith's Iced Tea
We're sure you're loving these summer days as much as we are, and we're certainly loving switching from hot drinks to long, cold drinks. So we're going to share our... Read more...
The perfect coffee and cup of tea moment
The perfect coffee and cup of tea moment
Nothing beats that first cup of coffee in the morning at the kitchen table...except maybe that first cup of tea in the afternoon. Both are favourite moments of our day,... Read more...
The Cupsmith guide to making great coffee
The Cupsmith guide to making great coffee
Nothing beats that first cup of coffee in the morning, so we want to help you make sure it's the very best it can be! Here's our simple guide to... Read more...
Never run out of great cuppas! Subscribe and save
Never run out of great cuppas! Subscribe and save
We're delighted to launch our new subscription service. Keep your kitchen cupboards topped up with a regular order of our coffee, tea or hot chocolate and you'll also save 10% on... Read more...
Launching 'Cupsmith Creates'!
Launching 'Cupsmith Creates'!
We're delighted to launch a new series of lovely online tutorials called 'Cupsmith Creates'. Each free tutorial focuses on something you can do at your kitchen table, with a cup... Read more...
Favourite fireside reads (with a mug of hot chocolate)
Favourite fireside reads (with a mug of hot chocolate)
With the cold, wet days and lockdown continuing, we're finding some solace in curling up with a good book and a warming mug of hot chocolate. This is the time... Read more...
Cupsmith's new hot chocolate!
Cupsmith's new hot chocolate!
We're really pleased to launch our new and very delicious, single origin hot chocolate, our Truly Magnificent Milk Hot Chocolate! This time we're bringing a milk hot chocolate to your... Read more...
Books on our kitchen table this Autumn
Books on our kitchen table this Autumn
Now that Autumn seems to have settled down into a pattern of dodging the rain and blowy walks, it feels like just the time to sit down with a Cupsmith... Read more...
Why Christmas has to come early for independents....
I’ve started to see a few festive rumblings on social media. Retailers are tentatively suggesting stocking fillers and gift ideas and Emma Bridgewater was the first to hit my email inbox with a light-touch Christmas missive. Yet as the leaves are only just turning and many of us are enjoying the softer autumn days and dusting off our jumpers, people’s reaction to these rumblings is perhaps understandably grumpy. We don’t feel ready for Christmas, we don’t want to skip Autumn. We haven’t even done Halloween and Bonfire night yet. With... Read more...
A truly Cupsmith Christmas...
A truly Cupsmith Christmas...
We've just launched our new Cupsmith Christmas range and first up is our hot chocolate - a lovely stocking filler or foodie gift (and importantly all in eco packaging)! We've... Read more...
Our new packaging...
Our new packaging...
Hello. If you don't know me already, I'm Emma and I set up Cupsmith with my husband George. We are very much a family-run, hands-on business and if you place... Read more...
Buy tea, we'll give you coffee for free!
Buy tea, we'll give you coffee for free!
Hello and welcome to our little special offer! Here's what is up for grabs: If you buy any box of our organic tea, we'll give you a bag of our... Read more...
Our new packaging!
Our new packaging!
We're delighted to have launched our new, eco-friendly packaging! You'll see that each of our box designs is based on a different house or place to spend time. Cupsmith is all... Read more...