Coffee journey experience

The smell is what hits you first, followed by the feeling of steam against your lips and cheeks. And then, ever so slowly, your taste buds come alive with an abundance of flavour complexity. 

Join us for a fun and informative, hands-on coffee making and tasting experience that explores what makes speciality coffee special, at one of the UK’s very few highest-quality artisan roasters. A unique coffee experience for all, where you’ll use all your senses to discover how to fully enjoy a world of ‘gems’. 

After an introductory welcome cup of coffee, we’ll look at green beans and explore how varietals, altitude, soil, post harvesting processing methods and style of roasting affect the coffee flavour profile. 

Guests will discover how we create different profiles for the perfect espresso or filter roast. Then it’s time to grind the beans and “cup” the coffees; going through a coffee journey identifying and exploring unique flavours to find your coffee taste preferences.

A minimum of three coffees will be brewed during the experience, and small snacks will be provided to soak up the caffeine! Warm clothing and comfortable shoes are advisable.

Coffee journey experience

Regular price £55.00
Sale price £55.00 Regular price

Location: Unit C11, Bumpers Way, Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6LH

Session Length: The experience lasts for about 2.5 hours and it runs Saturdays from 12:30pm to 3:00pm

Maximum guests per session: 8

Telephone: 07511 207973

Email: hello@coffeegems.co.uk


  • Arrive Early: Please aim to arrive 15 minutes before the start time to settle in and make the most of your experience.
  • Come Curious: Whether you're a coffee enthusiast or just getting started, bring your questions and an open mind, we love great conversations over great coffee.
  • Scent-Free Zone: Strong perfumes or colognes can interfere with tasting notes, so we recommend keeping it light.
  • Bring a Notebook: If you’d like to jot down tasting impressions, coffee facts, or brewing tips, feel free to bring a notepad.
  • Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel or reschedule, please let us know at least 24 hours in advance by emailing hello@coffeegems.co.uk.
  • Our coffee experiences require a minimum of three participants. If fewer than three bookings are made, we’ll be in touch to reschedule. This is rare, but we’ll always make sure to find a solution that works for you. (Does not apply for "Espresso masterclass experience".

ABOUT YOUR HOST: OWNER AND COFFEE WHISPERER, RICARDO

Ricardo’s love for coffee started where coffee grows, in a remote Colombian region named Huila. He grew up on his grandparents’ estate and fondly remembers the coffee plantations blooming, dressed in white, with scents of jasmine and his grandmother using a copper pot to roast.

Today in the United Kingdom and with more than 15 years of speciality coffee experience under his belt, his passion and mastery is to cure the best green coffee beans in the market, roast them to bring out the most prominent flavours of each origin and delight the British public and far beyond with these exceptional beans.

COFFEE JOURNEY: WHAT’S INCLUDED

- Enjoy a sensory coffee tasting experience at Coffee Gems Artisan Roastery where our events are built around bringing people together over coffee
- Experience coffee through exploring key aromas and flavour profiles
- Understand the bean to cup journey and how the industry evaluates coffee based on the quality
- Discover different cupping techniques
- Take a complimentary 20% off in any coffee of our collections