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Sustainability at Three Llamas
Here at Three Llamas, we pride ourselves on our ongoing efforts to increase our sustainability. We are a small business that understands the impact we have. We have taken significant measures to reduce our waste in both our retail and wholesale space. Just four years ago we undertook several measures including switching nearly all our wholesale customers from bagged coffee to re-usable buckets or containers. Coffee bags are currently not recyclable and over the last four years we estimate we have saved over 20,000 bags from landfill. Within the roastery... Read more...
Celebrating 600 roasts!
Celebrating 600 roasts!
The very first batch of coffee we sold was back in 2013 into the Peruvian market and we labelled it LOT 001. Nine years later, with our weekly coffee roasts,... Read more...
MEET OUR ROASTER'S CHOICE... INCA GOLD
MEET OUR ROASTER'S CHOICE... INCA GOLD
We are very excited to introduce our newest addition to the Three Llamas Gourmet Coffee collection. Our Roaster and Three Llamas Founder Richard created Inca Gold to showcase the very... Read more...
Common Mistakes When Storing Coffee...
Common Mistakes When Storing Coffee...
How and where you store you freshly purchased coffee beans has a huge impact on how long it will stay fresh for. Get it wrong, and you can make your beans... Read more...
What's Special About Specialty Coffee?
What's Special About Specialty Coffee?
Cupping scores are a reliable measure of the quality of coffee, an internationally recognised measure by the SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America). The system, based on a 100-point scale allows... Read more...
RHS Little Llama Cafe
RHS Little Llama Cafe
Three Llamas is very excited to be supporting Rangiora High School's student-led pop-up cafe initiative 'Little Llama'. The first semester level three hospitality course have been learning about theory behind the origins of... Read more...
What's the fuss about single origin coffee?
What's the fuss about single origin coffee?
Here at Three Llamas, we only offer Peruvian single-origin coffee. We don't do blends, we don't do confusion. We believe that simplicity is best when producing an exceptional cup of coffee.  ... Read more...
Brewing the Ultimate Organic Dark Roast
Brewing the Ultimate Organic Dark Roast
Whilst you can pretty much produce a decent cup of coffee with any brew method, some methods are more suitable for enhancing the flavour profile within a particular style of... Read more...
After a strong, yet flavourful coffee? Try our Organic Dark Roast.
After a strong, yet flavourful coffee? Try our Organic Dark Roast.
The taste and aroma of your favourite Three Llamas Coffee beverage is majorly impacted by the degree of roast of the coffee beans (i.e how light or dark roasted bean... Read more...
Home Espresso coffee: why it never tastes as good and how to make it better
Home Espresso coffee: why it never tastes as good and how to make it better
We need coffee. Coffee can bring us that little moment of happiness, giving us the boost/nudge/strength to face the day and challenges ahead. So why then does that latte from... Read more...
Coffee cherry, Three Llamas Coffee
From bush to bean: what is behind your coffee Part 2
September 15, Richard Jackman, Founder and Coffee Roaster The journey from the humble coffee plant to your steaming hot morning brew is a long and complex one. In my post... Read more...
Cold Brew Concentrate Fudge
Cold Brew Concentrate Fudge
Anna Scott, 12th June 2020 Well, I have to say I had a very PROUD moment this week. As a newbie to the fudge making world, it was pretty delicious.... Read more...