Creating our Sustainable Christmas Window: The starting points for our ‘Winter Wonderland’ Christmas window this year were, ‘plastic-free’ and ‘reduce, re-use, recycle.’ As a business promoting sustainability we wanted to highlight the waste we create during the Christmas season. We resolved to buy nothing new, make decorations from our recycle and reuse decorations from…
Which Reusable Cup Should You Buy? The awareness of the impact that single-use plastic has on our planet has, in the last few years become widely acknowledged. With individuals and businesses looking to reduce the amount of disposable plastic that they are responsible for there has been a rise in the availability of alternatives with…
Olfactory Coffee Training Our three newest team members had the opportunity to complete their coffee training at Olfactory Coffee Roasters last week. Learning barista skills from the experts and understanding why the coffee we serve is so good is a really key element of our approach at The Coffee Lounge. Elsey, Sophie, and Edith had…
Why Choose an Independent Coffee Shop? If you’re out for the day and looking for a caffeine fix, it’s so easy to follow the familiar logos to one of the many chain coffee branches. Here are five reasons to look a little further and try an independent coffee shop. Customer service and local connections. At…
How we can be more sustainable in 2019 How we can be more sustainable in 2019 as a business and individual. In The Coffee Lounge, we are always striving to reduce our carbon footprint and look after the beautiful environment in which we work. Last year we set ourselves a goal of reducing what we…
The Green Tourism Award At The Coffee Lounge, we have always been conscious of our environmental responsibility. We were recently awarded the bronze level Green Tourism Award and are committed to working towards greater sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint. We are working towards a #plasticfreestives in several ways. We use plastic alternatives that are…
Olfactory Coffee Roastery Visit The Coffee Lounge team made an Olfactory Coffee Roastery visit to Penryn this weekend to find out what makes our coffee so good and get an upgrade of our barista skills. As soon as we arrived we felt at home with a familiar tea towel being put to good use! In…
Iced Coffee in St Ives The temperature is rising, we’ve seen some sunshine and the schools break up soon. We’re hoping it may just be too hot for a cappuccino! The best way to cool off and get your favourite Olfactory coffee is a delicious iced coffee from the Coffee Lounge in St Ives. The…
Coffee Lounge Refit In the last year we have studied our customers habits and decided that a refit was in order in The Coffee Lounge. Anyone walking down Tregenna Hill in St Ives in the last few days will have noticed these changes taking place in the Coffee Lounge. We wanted to update our layout…
Summer in Cornwall We are so enjoying the summer in Cornwall, reports are suggesting that there may be record amounts of visitors this year. These visitors showing that they are discovering what we already know; rain or shine and anytime of year, there’s simply nowhere better than Cornwall. With plenty of gorgeous beaches, beautiful coastal…
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