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10/10/2025

📍Alnwick Pumpkin Patch 11/12th + 25/26th October

01/07/2025

TOMORROW FROM 8AM

The Painted Cup Coffee Roastery trailer is popping up at Alnwick Tennis Club!

Swing by for locally roasted coffee, hot drinks, and sweet treats to kick-start your morning the right way.

📍 Prudhoe Street, Alnwick NE66 1UH
🕗 From 8am Wednesday

05/06/2025

the_painted_cup_roastery keep the caffeine and bacon roll levels on an even keel! ☕️🥓

03/05/2025

Brew-tiful things are happening! When you choose Painted Cup Coffee for your cafe, you not only get premium coffee but also an exclusive barista course and ongoing support from Joe.

📷 why not check out the bagel bar up in Berwick for a beautiful coffee and bagel

15/03/2025

A massive congratulations to the team on their official open day!

We are immensely proud to have our coffee being served here. Give them some love! Open Saturday to Sunday 10-4 Foster Court, Amble.

04/03/2025

Looking for the perfect gift? A Painted Cup coffee subscription is just what you need! 🎁☕

Treat someone special to a monthly delivery of freshly roasted coffee.

Cheers to great coffee !

10/02/2025

Our gorgeous typhoon roaster

But what is fluid bed roasting all about ?

Fluid bed coffee roasting is a method of roasting where the coffee beans are suspended on a bed of hot air currents which work to both agitate and heat the bed of coffee. It allows for the heat transfer to occur via convection rather than conduction. In a traditional coffee roaster the beans are “cooked,” by a heat source directly underneath a spinning drum. The hot metal of the spinning drum heats the air inside the drum and the beans which make contact with the side of the drum imparting thermal energy to the beans. A fluid bed roaster transfers heat evenly to the whole bean using the surrounding air and convection instead of through a point of contact with a hot surface. This makes for much more gentle heat transfer which is most pivotal for a phase of roasting called development time.

We refer to “cooking,” the inside of the bean as development. This happens after a point in the roast called first crack where the build up of oxygen inside the bean from the evaporation of the moisture overcomes the cellulose structure of the bean causing it to burst open. At this point the air can get inside the bean and this allows the inside to cook. We are then trying to get the inside of the bean to cook as much as we can before the outside starts to develop unpleasant charred or burning flavours. This is where the fluid bed roaster shines: the efficiency and evenness of the heat transfer allows the roaster to apply a more gentle heat and delay the onset of these negative flavours relative to the development of the inner bean.

So the fluid bed roaster was invented with one mission in mind: to allow for complete development of the inner bean whilst maintaining a lighter roast on the outside of the bean. What does this mean in practice? When you buy a coffee from a Roastery using fluid bed technology the coffee has the potential to be sweeter with cleaner origin characteristics whilst maintaining less bitterness or negative flavours that mask the incredible flavours of the coffee.

Interested? Why not try out a bag from our shop and see what we are all about!

06/02/2025

Kenyan single origin 🇰🇪
This coffee boasts flavours of blackcurrant , lime and caramel ! The perfect way to elevate your coffee game today



Available now on our website paintedcup.coffee

02/02/2025

Wake up and smell the coffee ☕️

Rise and grind with our freshly roasted coffee beans, guaranteed to give you the perfect start to your day.

✨ Sourced from the finest farms, each bean is packed with rich flavors and aromas that will elevate your coffee experience to a whole new level.

👉 Swipe to shop now and bring the café to your kitchen!

12/12/2024

Where can you grab a coffee from us this month ?
17th roastery open for takeaway
20-23rd we will be at Beadnell Christmas market
And remember final date for guarantee Christmas delivery is the 20th December !

10/12/2024

10/12/2024

With Christmas fast approaching the last day to order for guaranteed christmas delivery is the 20th December ! The perfect stocking filler gift for any coffee enthusiast.