Our Story

HOW THE COFFEE WANCHORS BEGAN

Yorkshire-born coffee snobs & cousins, we’re a complete pair of Coffee Wanchors who fecking love coffee. But only the best coffee. And it has to be executed well. Literally one of the most heinous crimes is when somebody serves a premium roast from a bab coffee machine. No need. Obsessed with our espresso machines & forever Googling ‘best coffee near me’, we’re constantly hunting for the best coffee. Espresso, cappuccino, latte or mocha…whatever flicks your bean.

Combining our passions for good coffee & our planet in 2019 – with our highly immature sense of humour –  out popped Coffee Wanchors, brewed with a latte love over many a sWANKY coffee. Some may be offended, but they’re clearly not our kinda people so….they just need to go FU COFFee! Alternatively, click here to buy the best coffee you’ve ever slurped!

WHY COFFEE IS SO IMPORTANT TO US

Wherever we roam, the priority of the day remains the same: coffee. Before we kill someone. Fire up the espresso machine & tamper down some of our grinds, stick the stove-top on the hob or hunt down the best coffee shop in town. There is something incredibly sacred about nursing a morning brew: the ritualistic, comforting warmth of the coffee cup clasped in your hands; that initial caffeine hit following the first slurp. Mind-altering coffee that makes you feel like Superman & mentally stimulates those wonderful, bat-shit-crazy ideas (like starting up a coffee company). It’s a drug and we’re totally & utterly addicted. Once a day anyway. Any more & Mel is bouncing off the walls like a gremlin in McDonald’s after midnight, & Jodie is squatting like the Incredible Hulk on gear. Coffee is hygge at its finest, offering comfort, warmth & moments of self-indulgence. A lifestyle choice that we Wanchors can’t live without.

WHY OUR COFFEE IS THE BEST COFFEE

Coffee Wanchors use only the top 5% of coffee beans IN THE WORLD. The best coffee beans. Our sWANKY ‘speciality coffee’ is of the finest quality, roasted to exquisite flavour, & our chief roaster is an official licenced taster of the SCA. A True coffee genius. All hail the bean conductor! See blog for serious SCA sNOBBERY.

Ransacking the Bean Belt in search of the finest single origin coffee (all Rainforest Alliance certified), our coffee beans boast distinctive character in the cup and deliver the ultimate sNOBBY cup o’Joe. Continually tasting & testing new coffee beans, like mad mixologists, we only emerge when we have nailed the ultimate Wanchor-worthy coffee blends with the most delectable tasting notes. And as a Brucey Bonus, we use 100% biodegradable bags that can be thrown on the compost heap, grinds & all. Reducing waste where we can.

WHO ARE THE COFFEE WANCHORS?

Melissa:  Wanderlust & hungry, I’m usually found roaming around some obscure corner of the earth with my other half, knee-deep in adventure & hunting for food & coffee. With a rucksack on my back or tootling around in my camper, I invariably follow my nose. And the surf. A complete & utter greedy bastard (& founder of @greedy_globetrotters) I scoff & sip my way around this wonderful world in search of the tastiest food & the finest coffee. And I’ve found it!

Jodie: Now a fully-fledged country wanchor, I can usually be found collecting fresh eggs from Rizzo, B Dogg & Betsy (my Burford hens), & admiring my prize lettuce (yes, I actually said that). I’m loving living the good life & also in the midst of renovating my Victorian farmhouse with my beloved. An absolute beast in the gym & former NABBA competitor, I’m an exercise machine & enjoy nothing more than escaping on my bike, once making it all the way to Paris for the Alzheimer’s Society. #sorearse