Since Nestlé lost its patent on the design of the capsules that go into its Nespresso® machines, smaller companies have started to spring up, offering their own coffee pods - with Cambridge’s Big Cup Little Cup at the forefront of the contenders.
The key to Big Cup Little Cup’s coffee is putting passion into a premium brand without trying to make it a snobby, exclusive coffee club; it’s about making a range of blends that suit every taste. Where Nespresso® has traditionally been about continental-style espressos, here you’ll also find coffees that have been designed specifically for UK tastes to work as a long Americano or milky latte - hence the name, Big Cup Little Cup.
Better still the coffee couldn’t be easier to order: everything is available direct (even from a smartphone) at bigcuplittlecup.com in quantities as small as one 10-capsule box, while orders over £50 include free delivery. Plus, there’s a 100 per cent money back guarantee if you’re not completely happy with both the coffee and the capsules.
Big Cup Little Cup blends the website experience of Cambridge’s Genie Ventures (Broadband Genie, Kopi, Office Genie, Crowdstorm) and the coffee expertise of master blender John Thompson and entrepreneurs Philip Wilkinson (Kopi) and Peter Grainger (CafePod).
The company’s luxurious coffee collection has been created by a team led by renowned master blender John Thompson. They’ve refined the roast and grind processes to get the blends just right for capsules, while tasting extensively with milk to create a fantastic nine-coffee launch range. And one of these blends, ‘Millers Yard Espresso’, draws its name from Cambridge itself.
“Our part of the collaboration originated from our office in Millers Yard, Mill Lane. We felt we needed to pay homage to the city which has inspired this exciting coffee concept, so named our punchiest espresso Millers Yard,” said co-founder Ciaron Dunne. “Big Cup Little Cup is all about giving consumers choice in a previously monopolised market: choice of coffee, choice of brand, and choice of price.”
Big Cup Little Cup product manager Saisha Moran added: “Millers Yard is where all the creative ideas and passion for coffee have collided and filtered into one focused idea, Big Cup Little Cup. Strong espressos got us through those late night brainstorming sessions, so it’s only right ‘Millers Yard’ should be a bold, full bodied coffee that creates an exhilarating espresso.”
Big Cup Little Cup understands everyone's tastes are different when it comes to coffee: it’s not ‘one size fits all’. But people also want more than just choice; they want to understand where their coffee comes from and how it’s grown. So every box from Big Cup Little Cup comes with tasting notes to guide customers on their coffee journey.
Visit Big Cup Little Cup at www.bigcuplittlecup.com
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