Tomorrow, October 1, the Beverage Standards Association publishes the new issue of its trade-news Bulletin. Believe me, it's worth reading!

October issue of Beverage Standards Bulletin now live - stories on milk wastage in cafes, the cashless coffee-houses, all-robusta coffee, and modern-day slavery in Britain and its connection to our coffee trade. In PDF form here: boughtonscoffeehouse.wordpress.com

I have moved the BSA Bulletin to a new site: you can see the latest one at boughtonsblog.wordpress.com

Is it practical to run a cash-free café? Interesting topic in the Beverage Standards Bulletin - online here boughtonsblog.wordpress.com

Brazil’s top grower of the type of coffee favored by Starbucks says it’s run out of beans for new orders bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

The BSA chairman considers the recent debates about baristas' mental health and well-being in the latest BSA Bulletin - you can read it at boughtonsblog.wordpress.com

It isn't that BS link, of of course - nothing to do with sandwiches, it's the Beverage Standards Bulletin and we're glad the author liked our review. You can read it at boughtonsblog.wordpress.com

Seriously... what did the Queen say when one of her corgis broke wind? Find out in a good feature on dogs in cafes in the Bev Beverage Standards Bulletin: it's here - boughtonsblog.wordpress.com

Why is the issue of mental health among café staff currently in debate? The Beverage Standards chairman considers the matter in the BSA Bulletin : boughtonsblog.wordpress.com

Why and how did Miko recreate a coffee farm in Honduras? It's in the latest BSA Bulletin - boughtonsblog.wordpress.com

It's a pretty good read.

Believe it or not, the BSA's online Bulletin is pretty entertaining bit of work! Among this month's good reads are the matter of the gingerbread latte which 'smells like window cleaner'... there's a link here: boughtonsblog.wordpress.com

Blast, I forgot to mention that the new Beverage Standards Bulletin is out - and honest, it's worth reading. Decent news coverage, issues, and several good laughs! It's here : beveragestandardsassociation.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

I am now seriously coming to the opinion that the BSA's little monthly online Bulletin is the most newsy and entertaining in the coffee and tea trades... now online at beveragestandardsassociation.co.uk

BSA June 2020 Bulletin - mailchi.mp/cd6031ce218c/p… Steve Slark, Chairman quotes 'Constant change is here to stay...if you can’t accept that, perhaps you should not be in business...' A remark made to him by a very respected small-town businessman, on the morning after lockdown.

Amid all the opinionated waffle of the crisis, the BSA Bulletin mixes humour with straightforward language - and may have been the first to draw attention to the dangers of leaving a coffee machine unattended and unused, during lockdown. beveragestandardsassociation.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

Quite uniquely, the BSA has produced a super book of inspirational thoughts and quotations to encourage us through the dark days. “Ya Ain’t a Loser Till Ya Quits Tryin’!” is available as a free PDF download from the BSA website. beveragestandardsassociation.co.uk/ya-aint-a-lose…

For dog lovers, the first of our Little Dog stories is available for free read and PDF download on the top dog website, the Barking Bugle: thebarkingbugle.co.uk/little-fella-a… A warning story about dogs in hot cars, supposed to be for kids aged 7-10... but we hear that adults like it too!

For those who have young kids or young relatives, the latest in our Little Dog stories for 7-10 year olds is now out on Amazon Kindle: amazon.co.uk/Little-Fella-S…

For those of you who like our Little Dog children's stories, and who read them to kids, there's a new one: ianfboughton.wixsite.com/website