April 26th, 2021 How to brew super strength coffee at home. Let’s get one thing straight first. Are we talking about strong coffee, or ‘Hooo boy that’s strong coffee!’? Because they’re different things. When we talk about ‘strength’, you need to understand that we’re always talking about caffeine content and NOT strength of flavour. Here at Black Insomnia, our ultimate...

March 29th, 2021 Why you should carve out a few extra minutes in your day to brew yourself a real cup of coffee. Most of the time, we’re all short on time. That’s life. But personally, we don’t think that should mean restricting yourself to lower quality, ‘convenience’ products just to possibly save yourself a precious few seconds. Honestly, your...

March 17th, 2021 Our epic Irish coffee recipe, to keep you rockin' out with your shamrock out this St Patrick's Day. Just because we’re still in lockdown mode doesn’t mean we can’t get a wee bit merry and celebrate this St Paddy’s Day with your family/rocking out in your own company. So go on, don those green garbs, sharpie a...

March 15th, 2021 How + Why Coffee Beans Are Roasted. Why do we roast coffee? In a nutshell, we roast coffee beans because nobody in their right mind wants to drink a brew made from raw coffee beans. It’s undrinkable. Fresh off the plant, once the beans have been de-shelled from the sherry fruit surrounding them, those lil’ seeds (which...

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