Win a £100 gift card to spend at Black Insomnia Coffee Company

Black Insomnia Coffee Company products

The Black Insomnia Coffee Company produces the world’s strongest coffee, packing a minimum of 1105mg of caffeine in each 12 fl oz cup. That’s over four times the average strength of other typical high-street brands.

Are you curious to sample it? Well you’re in luck! We’ve teamed up with them for this month’s competition to offer one of our buzz-loving readers a £100 gift card to spend in their web-shop.

Black Insomnia Coffee Company Nespresso© compatible coffee capsules

You can choose bags of roasted beans or tins of ready ground. If you prefer your coffee to come in capsules, Insomnia does those too. Their pods work with Nespresso© machines and are completely compostible – being made from 100% cornstarch. When they’ve been used, simply dispose of them on your compost heap or put them in your food waste recycling caddy.

In business since 1932, Black Insomnia small-batch roast their beans using a traditional Italian method. They describe their coffee – a blend of the finest Robusta and Arabica beans – as having:

Caramel, hazelnut, and macadamia aromas, on top of a luxurious dark chocolate flavour.

They’ve recently added drip bag coffee to their range; all the rage in China and Japan, pour-over coffee is gaining in popularity over here. Because of their eco-ethos, their bags are made from paper, so are biodegradable and easy to recycle.

Black Insomnia Coffee Company pour-over coffee drip bag in a glass mug

As well as fine, real coffee in all its forms, Black Insomnia sells giftware including branded coffee mugs, hoodies and t-shirts for super-strong coffee fanatics.

Black Insomnia Coffee Company branded mug

To win the £100 gift card, tell us in the comments section below how you like your coffee best. Me, it’s a soya flat white alongside a fresh, buttery croissant. Good luck!

£100 gift card to spend at Black Insomnia Coffee Company

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The perfect brew from Coffee & Kin

Coffee & Kin business card with espresso and chocolate | H is for Home

Happy May everyone! We’re delighted to be working with Coffee & Kin on this month’s competition. They’re a small, family-run business whose environmental ethos we back 100%. The company was set up by sisters Ruth & Kathryn and their husbands, Aussies, Mark & Chris (who also happen to be best friends) hence, the Kin. We’ve teamed up with them to offer one of our readers a month’s supply of coffee beans, pods or loose leaf tea.

Coffee & Kin founders - Ruth, Kathryn, Mark and Chris

Coffee & Kin supply 100% Arabica beans and Nespresso® compatible pods as well as a selection of whole leaf teas. Their coffee pods are compostable and the tea comes in biodegradable pyramids.

Pouches of Coffee & Kin coffee beans | H is for Home

Coffee & Kin has established a Foundation to provide support to people & organisations in the communities where their coffee is grown. For each coffee pod they sell, they invest a penny into the foundation. For every bag of beans, it’s 10p. In their own words…

One of our values is to be honest and ethical in everything that we do. We care about our coffee farmers and the communities in which they live and work. Every Coffee & Kin coffee can be traced back to ensure that each stage of the growing and sales process is fair as well as socially and environmentally sustainable.

Pouch of Coffee & Kin Peru coffee beans, antique wooden coffee grinder and espresso mugs | H is for Home

They’re based up in Alnwick, in beautiful Northumberland, and their single-origin coffee is roasted on the nearby Holy Island of Lindesfarne. We’ve tried out two different types of their beans; Peru and Rwanda. Both being Arabica, the roasts are mellow and contains less caffeine than the cheaper, more bitter counterpart, Robusta.

We tested the Rwandan beans first; the flavour is complex and creamy, with a touch of smoky sweetness. The Peruvian brew is well-rounded, intense and dry on the palate. Both are smooth and nicely acidic without being bitter. We liked them both very much. However, for our preference, the Rwandan just pipped the Peruvian in the taste stakes.

Pouch of Coffee & Kin Peru coffee beans, antique wooden coffee grinder and espresso mugs | H is for Home

Fancy your chances of winning? Leave a comment telling us which Coffee & Kin coffee or tea product you’d choose.

Good luck!

A month’s supply of coffee beans, pods or leaf tea from Coffee & Kin

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