We're starting 2024 as we mean to go on with a new True North coffee from the Chilcon Family in Peru. Over the past few years the coffees we've sourced from Peru have been uniformly excellent. We love this example from the San Jose De Lourdes...
The mystical island of Rum has captured the imagination of visitors for many years. Hung out on the horizon with a jagged crown of mountain peaks, it is known in Gaelic as the ‘Isle of the Ridge’ and boasts Scotland's oldest known stone age settlement....
Earlier this month Glen Lyon Coffee’s Jamie travelled to Brazil to visit our biggest direct trade partners the Foresti family and their farm Fazenda do Lobo in Minas Gerais. This is the fourth harvest in a row that we have bought coffee from Lobo and...
This May we were thrilled to support the Scottish speciality coffee scene by running a Glen Lyon stall at the Glasgow Coffee Fest. We have been a few times over the years so thought that this time around we would offer something completely different. Using our...
One of the perks of being a coffee roaster in the Scottish Highlands is that there is no end to the number of scenic walks, hikes, climbs, rambles and strolls available when we feel the need to get outside. As the weather warms up (in between...
Last month we looked back on 2022 and some of the sustainability goals we achieved over the preceding twelve months. Now, as a new year begins and the days start to lengthen, it feels like the perfect time to consider some of the things we’re...
It has been another busy but happy year for us here at Glen Lyon Coffee and we have continued to strive to be a great business rather than a big one. Here are 12 highlights of how we have been doing our best to put people...
It’s been a while since we’ve had a coffee from Costa Rica come into the Glen Lyon roastery, so we’re very excited to launch this natural processed San Isidro from Volcan Azul. This is our first direct relationship coffee with Volcan Azul, so we caught...
One of the founding motivations of Glen Lyon Coffee Roasters has been to support and engage with our local community. We do this in many ways, from hosting events to working with local partners and planting trees to help regenerate the Highland landscape. Last year we...
By Jamie Grant This summer Glen Lyon Coffee’s Jamie travelled to Svalbard in the Arctic to crew on the sail training boat Ocean Spirit. Coffee and adventure have never been far apart, so it seemed fitting that he took along a kilo of our Las Brisas...
