The roast profile of Zero Zero builds on the natural characteristics of the coffee to give a wonderfully balanced classic espresso flavour with a slight edge: notes of milk chocolate make up the body of the flavour, with a marmalade sweetness and a light savoury roast almond finish.

Picture - Raw Material/Red Associations team during a coffee cupping in Colombia. Credit - Raw Material

Twenty three producers from the Risaralda region of Colombia have contributed so far to Zero Zero. They received on average 59% above market price for their beans.

Our two-year commitment to buy 7 tonnes (around 300,000 coffees) means we are able to support coffee growers in the Risaralda region for two years. Through Volcano Coffee Works, Raw Material and Red Associations we’re guaranteeing that farmers who supply us will be able to sell their coffee at a good price next year.

Picture - Risaralda, Colombia. Credit - Raw Material

Zero Zero highlights the idea of a “reset,” and marks the beginning of a wonderful partnership with Raw Material and the Red Associations through our existing friends at Volcano Coffee Works.

Picture - An association farm in Risaralda, Colombia. Credit - Raw Material

What we loved most about the idea of working with the Red Associations, is that they invest in the long-term future of smallholder coffee-farming communities. With their three areas of focus being, creating consistency in large lots to promote stability in community incomes, shifting the power dynamic for women, and reducing environmental damage from agricultural practices.


All of this means we get the best quality coffee, and the farmers get a sustainable livelihood

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Introducing our new house espresso - a delicious, single origin bean that’s helping break the cycle of poverty for smallholder farmers in Colombia.

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60% of coffee is produced on ~12.5 million smallholder farms

44% of those farmers live in impoverished conditions

22% of those farmers live in extreme poverty

The best solution to this is to provide a system where farmers are able to consistently sell their coffee for a fair rate, and this is exactly what Red Associations does.

Their primary focus is creating systems to ensure consistency of large lots at a community level. This in turn enables reliable, stable and improved household incomes for smallholder farmers. There are many factors which contribute to this, but some of the key projects initiatives Red Associations has undertaken in Colombia are:

Setting up cupping labs, and focusing training towards women in the community

Building and joining community associations, as well as investing in infrastructure and training to improve quality.

Placing QC staff and equipment at parchment buying points to improve consistency.

Consulting wet mill operators and producers in-person on best practices.

All of these things are essential in order to be able to make the best use of the most important resource which Red Associations provides; a place for producers to consistently sell coffee and with prices based on what coffee costs to produce and what roasters are willing to pay. Without this coffee producers are often stuck with no option other than to sell their crop below the cost of production, which can lead to an unbreakable cycle of debt.

By continuing to invest in, and returning to communities year after year, Red Associations offers a way for smallholder farmers to get the best possible return for their crop, break out of a difficult situation and operate sustainable and successful coffee farms.

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Introduction to V60

What you'll need

Setup the V60

Adding the coffee

Brewing the coffee

Serving the coffee

The V60 is a classic pour over method of brewing coffee. The V60’s name describes the shape of the device - an inverted cone where the V-shaped walls meet at 60 degrees. The V60 has rapidly become one of the most popular brewing devices in the coffee industry for competitors and home-brew beginners alike.

How to Brew V60

Dickon White and Jason Perks co-founded Perks & White in 2013 from a love of coffee, and a desire to build a business and brand that lives it’s ethos. At the heart of everything we do is sustainability. We strive for great relationships with our customers, suppliers, our team, our community and always look to minimise our impact on the environment. Jason brings 25 years of expertise advising businesses on sustainability to his work at Perks & White, and has been enjoying putting into practice what he preaches to others.

“For me a sustainable business must look after people and the planet, while making a profit. That means thinking about our impacts and relationships in everything we do. For example we seek local suppliers that we can work with for the long term, and pay them fairly and promptly. And we’ve always tried to reduce our footprint where we can. We were early adopters of 100% compostable cups made from sugar cane waste and we recycle all our coffee grinds - cycling it up to the Rosendale Allotments or giving it to UpCirlce © where it is recycled into beauty products that we sell. 

We’re small and can always do better, so our work will never be done, but I’m really proud that after a year of planning we got Zero Zero into your cup of coffee“ Dickon loves all things coffee, and visits all sites daily to get his fix - most days more than once. He has an incredible story to tell about why he got into coffee, and he’s working on sharing it with you all in the near future.

We’re big advocates for investing time into the personal development of the people who work with us. We’ve recently revamped our in-house training, which means our team has the opportunity to refine their skills, and progress through the stages from Trainee Barista right up to a Cafe Manager. The training currently running ranges from full technical coffee making, through to customer service, and management, and marketing courses. 

Picture - Training with the Perks & White team at Volcano Coffee

By providing both external, and in-house training we’re able to offer an engaged workplace that’s built on the concept of learning more and earning more which leads to a strong team that feel empowered and look out for each other, and give our customers the best experience.

Having founders that have lived in the area for over 20 years means that we’re part of the community, with a focus on sourcing from, and maintaining long-standing relationships with local suppliers, such as Flippin’ Nells found at the Sunday City Country Farmers Market in Herne Hill, and Bread Bread - just down the road in Half Moon Lane. We’re also currently a collection hub for Herne Hill Forums Computers for Schools initiative that recycle laptops.

Our existing team are people who live, and/or have grown up in the community and we often choose to recruit people who are local to the area - this draws a nice parallel as we’re able to share common ground with our customers who are only a short walk away themselves.

However, we can’t forget that it’s in this very community that Perks & White started through our incredible long-term relationship with Kurt (Founder), and the whole team at Volcano Coffee Works! Eight years and counting...

Zero Zero builds on this ethos, by working with our local supplier Volcano to benefit smallholder suppliers and their communities in Colombia.

When you buy a cup of coffee from us we want you to know it’s contributed to a better outcome for the environment, our team, our suppliers and our community.

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