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Barista Skills in Schools

Barista Skills in Schools

Machina and Musselburgh Grammar: Developing a winning partnership in coffee education.

At Machina, we have always been passionate about developing strong links with our local community and accessible, real world routes into coffee for young people

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Sourcing from Origin

Sourcing from Origin

As of September 2022, we now plan to source the majority of the coffees we roast at Machina, direct from origin.

Making this decision has been the result of a lot of careful planning and consideration, which culminated in our first ever sourcing trip to Brazil in July. This blog is the first in a series of blogs on this subject, which looks at the reasons that drove this decision.

Read our thoughts here

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