For the coffee ride

The cafe stop is the ride.

Fifty kays and four coffees before half ten, and nobody is apologising for it. Great Taste beans for the machine at home, coffee bags for the jersey pocket.

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Both hoppers, and the pocket

This year's winner, in the hopper

The South American Speciality Blend 1kg took a Great Taste award in 2025. That is what goes in the grinder before the club run.

A cafe stop in your jersey pocket

Pyramid coffee bags with a tag and string. Proper filter coffee for the summit, the feed stop or the drive home. Just add hot water.

The evening cup, sorted

For the second session or the night before an early start, the Swiss Water decaf still tastes like coffee.

The coffee ride

The cafe stop is not a break from the ride. It is the ride. A club run with a route, a pace, and a coffee halfway that everyone rode for.

The South American Speciality Blend took a Great Taste award in 2025, good enough to grind at home before you leave and good enough to hold its own at the cafe-stop standard. Fill one hopper with that and the other with the Swiss Water decaf, both Great Taste winners, and there is no need for two brands.

A cafe table with coffee, a cycling cap and mitts, a bike behind

A cafe stop that fits in a saddlebag

There is no machine on the bike, so the bags come too. Pyramid coffee bags, tag and string, filter-strength in a mug. Drop one in at the top of the climb, at the feed stop, or in the van at the finish. Same coffee, no kit to carry.

A cyclist pausing at a hilltop viewpoint with a mug of coffee

Fill the machine with something worth having

Speciality whole bean by the kilo, caffeinated and Swiss Water decaf, both Great Taste winners. The signature South American Speciality Blend took a Great Taste award in 2025. Two bags on rotation makes an easy subscription.

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Questions

Does decaf keep you awake?

There is too little caffeine in our Swiss Water decaf to matter for most people. We would rather show the numbers than make a claim, so they live on the blog: decaf coffee and sleep and how much caffeine is in a decaf.

What is the dual-hopper thing?

If your machine has two hoppers, fill one with the caffeinated South American blend and the other with the Swiss Water decaf. Both took Great Taste awards, so both sides are worth drinking, and you never need a second brand.

Are the coffee bags good enough if I am fussy about coffee?

Each bag holds 12g of coffee, the amount the Speciality Coffee Association recommends for a 220ml mug, so it brews to filter strength rather than dishwater. It is not a machine espresso, but it is an amazingly good cup of filter coffee when you get a moment to stop.

Can I subscribe?

Yes. Two bags on rotation, delivered when you need them, pause or skip whenever you like. It suits a dual-hopper household well.