Tuesday 12 December 2023
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Owens Coffee Unveils Perfect Waves Café
Perfect Waves Café is located just off the A38, adjacent to Endsleigh Garden Centre, offering an easily accessible pit stop for those passing by to indulge in a cup of sustainably sourced coffee, freshly roasted on-site, beautifully brewed tea and delicious local produce. Find Perfect Waves Café at The Roastery (Ivybridge, PL21 9JL), open from Monday to Saturday from 9am - 4pm. Four-legged friends are welcome inside the new café and in the existing outdoor seating area.
Lorraine Bridden, Managing Director of Owens Coffee, says: “We’ve opened Perfect Waves Café to give our passionate team the opportunity to showcase everything we do, from our organic and Fairtrade coffee to our expertly brewed teas and locally sourced produce.
“Our customers will have a choice of coffees, including a house blend or a single origin of the day, plus our organic Decaf. We’ve installed our Rancilio RS1 coffee machine for our professionally trained baristas. The machine is an extremely high-tech piece of kit, which is programmable so that we’re able to make consistent, precision-made coffees. Our teas, Devonshire Tea and Perfect Waves infusions are also a feature of the drinks menu.
“Customers visiting our new space can look forward to an all-round experience with top-quality produce brought to you by our friendly team of baristas.”
The new café is proud to serve Owens’ freshly roasted coffee beans, all of which are 100% certified organic and Fairtrade, having been expertly roasted on-site. Choose from a variety of brewing methods, served black or with Trewithen’s Barista Milk or plant-based alternatives.
The inspiration for the name, Perfect Waves infusions will also star on the menu, alongside hot chocolates and soft drinks, from local suppliers Luscombe Drinks, Gusto Fairtrade & Organic Drinks, Tarka Springs, Four Elms Apple Juice and Courtney’s Apple Juice.
The menu has been developed around showcasing locally sourced produce, where possible, featuring a selection of sandwiches, paninis, light bites, fresh cakes and pastries with organic and vegan options (subject to availability). Sourced from local producers and suppliers including Cakewhole, Tamar Fresh, Foxcombe Bakehouse Bars, Burts Crisps, Mr Filbert's snacks, Plough to Plate and Flapjackery.
The Roastery - a purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility designed to have a low environmental impact - has been home to Owens Coffee since 2018. This is where they clean-roast, package and distribute their organic and Fairtrade coffee across the UK, both to consumers and businesses. It also houses a shop, contemporary training facility and events space where visitors are welcomed, with tours and tastings for wholesale customers, and professional barista training. A range of coffee experiences and masterclasses can be enjoyed by coffee enthusiasts, including their Latte Art Essentials Workshop.
Owens’ range of freshly roasted coffee beans can be purchased from the shop alongside Perfect Waves infusions and a full range of brewing equipment; tried, tested and recommended by the team.
For more information about the new café and upcoming coffee experiences at The Roastery, please visit the website at owenscoffee.com, follow @owenscoffee_ on Instagram and Owens Coffee on Facebook and @PerfectWavesCafe on Instagram and Facebook.
Venison and Haggis Smash Burger in a Whisky Butter, Stout Steamed Brioche
Venison and haggis smash burger in a whisky butter, stout steamed brioche
Makes 1 burger
115g venison mince
70g haggis
40g minced pork fat
2 rashers smoked streaky bacon
One or two slices of Emmental
Softened 75g of butter
1 tbsp whisky
Brioche burger buns
Brown sauce
Splash of stout
Steele cloche (a metal saucepan will do)
Best cooked on a scorching hot flat griddle surface.
Mix all the meat together in a bowl, before loosely forming into two 4oz balls and set aside. Mix whisky and butter together. Add more to taste if you love a wee dram!
Butter your brioche generously and griddle for 10/15 seconds, being careful not to burn. Remove and set aside. Dollop brown sauce on the top half of the bun.
Griddle your bacon until crispy but not brittle. Set aside.
Now, it's time to smash those burgers - a broad, flat spatula is best. Place your haggis balls on the cooking surface, leaving ample space between the two. Then press down on each, flattening out. Make sure you oil your implement of choice so it doesn't stick. A good tip is to cut two, 10cm square pieces of greaseproof paper, placing them on top of the meat balls before smashing. Now don't touch them, you want a lovely crust to form. These won't take long to cook - maybe a minute.
If you see pools of moisture forming on top of each patty, it's time to flip. Once flipped, place your bacon on each, top with Emmental cheese and give it a moment to melt together. Still on the griddle, pop one of the patties on top of the other. Grab the stout and cloche or pan, splash a good glug at the base of the burger, cover with cloche and steam your burger for 20 seconds.
Remove smash burger tower and place on bottom half of brioche.
Eat immediately, knocking back a dram of your favourite scotch whisky during the eating.
Saturday 9 December 2023
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That's Nice News! Nice to Launch Canned Sparkling White Wine to Sainsbury's Nationally
The female-led team is innovating with formats, making wine more inclusive and less intimidating, and bringing a fresh outlook to the industry.
Whether you're after a perfectly portioned canned wine for the train, or boxed wine for your winter celebrations, they make it for whenever you want it. Because they're NICE like that!
Autumn 2023 saw NICE launch their first Sparkling Wine, available from the NICE website and Sainsbury's in 200ml cans, the dry, crisp and sparkly vegan-friendly white wine stands at an easy drinking 10% ABV (from £2.50).
Of consumers' top wine moments, 'celebration' leads the way, with sparkling wines the perfect pairing for this occasion. Furthermore, sparkling miniature cans have seen growth of +17% YoY vs. sparkling miniature bottles at just +8% YoY identifies the growing demand for this style of wine in this format.
“We're here to celebrate the wins in people's lives, no matter how big or small the occasion, so we created this sparkling white wine for a night out with a sparkly outfit, all the way through to celebrating on the sofa with a takeaway.” says Nice Co-Founder, Lucy Busk.
THE WINES
NEW Nice Sparkling White Wine (10% ABV)
Dry, Crisp and Sparkly: a Spanish Airén from La Mancha, Spain, with extra party appeal
Nice Sauvignon Blanc (11.5% ABV)
Dry, crisp, with a wink of peach: a classic French white from the Cotes de Gascogne region
Nice Pale Rosé (12% ABV)
A crisp, dry and proudly pale rosé from South of France, just outside Montpellier
Nice Malbec (13.5% ABV)
Juicy, darkly fruity and smoothly Argentinian, this medium bodied wine hails from Mendoza in the foothills of the Andes
NICE CANNED WINE – Available from Sainsburys, Amazon & Ocado
NICE put their favourite Sauvignon Blanc, Pale Rosé and Merlot in 187ml cans (RRP £3). It's wine without intimidation and pairs well with whatever. Each of the wines are vegan and the cans are light, fast-chilling and 100% recyclable, forever. Prefer to shop indie? NICE is the fastest growing canned wine brand in the UK and the largest independent brand in still canned wine, found at over 4000 outlets around the country.
NICE BOXED WINE – Available from Amazon & Ocado
Find the Nice trio in a new Boxed Wine format (RRP £21.50); equal to three bottles, nine cans, or 18 small glasses of wine, which lasts longer in a box (as it won't oxidise and go iffy) staying fresh for six weeks after opening. Just unleash the tap for your quick-one-wine, cosy-wine, whatever tickles your fancy wine. The box and bag are fully recyclable, so pop it in the recycling and give it the chance of a brand-new life.
Find NICE Sparkling White Wine at Sainsbury's stores nationwide and via the NICE website; on trade can order direct from Nice by contacting dmc@nice-drinks.co.uk. Find the NICE core range at Sainsbury's, Ocado, Amazon and WHSmith, as well as sports stadiums, music venues, airlines, theatres, cinemas and restaurants.
Sandford Orchards Relaunches Rib Tickler Cider With New Charity Partnership
Explains Chief Cider Maker, Barny Butterfield: “Rib Tickler began life as a collaboration between Sandford Orchards and the Rugby Players Association to encourage professional rugby players to gain experience outside of sport.
"Working with a group from the Exeter Chiefs, which included international players Sam Simmonds, Sam Skinner and Jonny Hill, the players harvested, pressed, blended and bottled the first few batches of this outstanding, fresh apple cider, with the aim of raising vital funds for charity.”
The legacy continues and now, following a rebranding of Rib Tickler, Sandford Orchards has confirmed its rugby charity partner, Wooden Spoon. Every bottle or pint of Rib Tickler sold will help support the incredible hard work of Wooden Spoon with £10 donated to them for every barrel sold, including all bottle sales.
Wooden Spoon is the children's charity of rugby. They're a grant-making charity and fund life-changing projects all across the UK and Ireland. In the last year, despite hard conditions, they raised and distributed £1M in grants to support 107 charitable projects helping over 1,113,000 vulnerable children and young people.
The first cheque for £3,900 has already been handed over and Sandford Orchards will be keeping in touch with the charity throughout the partnership to find out how their donation is helping vulnerable children. Barny adds: “This is our chance to give back as a business to a hugely impressive charity doing vital work. I'm looking forward to visiting some of the projects which we have helped to fund. It's a real pleasure to see the money go to work for children in areas that badly need the support.”
Rib Tickler Cider (ABV 5%) is a fabulous addition to the Sandford Orchards range with rich aromas of honey and baked apple, ripe and buttery on the palate, with a moreish apple skin flavour, balanced with a crisp, natural acidity. It is available in 500ml bottles, RRP £29.75 for 12 and a 20 litre Bag in Box, RRP £58.90 from www.sandfordorchards.co.uk as well as selected retail outlets.
Founded in 2002, independent, family-owned Sandford Orchards is based in Crediton, Mid Devon in the oldest working cider mill in the UK. Sandford Orchards takes a fresh, natural and low impact approach to producing cider. Combining tradition and innovation, Sandford Orchards produces an award-winning range of core session, traditional, fine and fruit ciders.
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