Monsoon Estates Coffee Company

A happy accident called Monsoon Estates Coffee Company Monsoon Estates is a traditional craft coffee roastery based near Stratford upon Avon, hand roasting small batches of coffee in a relentless quest to find the perfect cup of coffee. “We know it's not possible of course, but it's a journey of discovery and we're always getting closer”. In search of a good cup of coffee Chris, my other half (or Mr Monsoon as he is affectionately known) and I developed our love of good coffee whilst living in Europe and later Australia. On our return to the UK we did struggle to find a good cup. We ploughed through all the supermarket stuff and then onto speciality coffee suppliers (the high street kind of shops) and then on line where we found some better coffees. We then actually started roasting our own coffee beans. It was strange really how we first started as a little business. Our dear friend Shelley asked us if we would attend a charity sale she was organising and bring some of our coffee. We had such an enthusiastic reception that we thought maybe we could do this as a business. One of the people who bought coffee from us that day still buys from us now and it is only fitting that he get a mention here as he was our first real customer. Steve M thanks for buying your Malabar from Monsoon Estates. Chris then went to Turkey to buy our first Toper roasting machine and off we went. Working from home and selling our coffee at local markets was a great way to get started. We attended lots of charity functions and fairs during our first year but as we've grown there isn't much time for those any more. We also hosted a few coffee tasting events; great fun and a wonderful way of getting our product in front of new people. Our local MP Nadhim Zahawi kindly arranged to deliver some coffee to David Cameron for us. That was a bit of fun and great publicity. It was such a bonus to receive a letter of thanks from David himself. I must frame it one of these days. It wasn't long be...