Cherizena Coffee celebrates its 10th anniversary on the Leicestershire/Nottinghamshire border

Coffee specialist Cherizena is celebrating ten years since it became the first business to move onto the Wartnaby Estate on the Leicestershire/Nottinghamshire border. 

Kate Jones and husband Tom bought the business in 2004 from two Northamptonshire women who had launched it some years earlier. After running it in its existing premises for a few months, the couple moved the business to a converted cow shed on the Wartnaby Estate – becoming the first enterprise to move into what is now a small rural business hub. 

Since then, Cherizena has steadily grown and now supplies premium, speciality and flavoured coffees across the UK and abroad to both consumer and trade customers. 

“We were looking for somewhere to run the business from that was not too far from our home near Melton Mowbray so we asked Wartnaby Estate manager Geoff Johnson if there was a unit, barn or suitable space on the estate somewhere that we could rent,” said Kate. “It was agreed that we could move into a former cow shed. When we saw it the first time it still had straw on the floor and a trough in the corner. 

“The estate converted it into a unit, with an office and other facilities, and we were literally the first business to move onto the estate in January 2005. We used to have cattle and sheep looking out at us across the farm yard when we first moved in.” 

Cherizena sends out 6.5 tonnes of coffee from its premises every year. It specialises in flavouring its own coffees, and has more than 20 different flavours available ranging from salted caramel flavour, sticky gingerbread flavour coffee and its most recent blend, banoffee pie flavoured coffee. 

“There’s been a definite increase in demand for coffee over the years, both in premium and speciality coffee, and in flavoured coffees, which are particularly popular with the younger generation,” said Kate. “The British public has a real taste for coffee at the moment. 

“The amount we sell has steadily grown and we’re delighted with the way we’ve been able to expand from our home on the Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire border.” 

As well as specialising in flavoured coffees, Cherizena at times also supplies rare and unusual coffees from far flung places in the world, depending on availability. 

The company sells direct to customers via mail order, with regular customers all over the UK and further afield such as Australia, USA, Cyprus and EU countries. It also supplies to trade customers such as coffee shops, hotels, pubs, restaurants and farm shops and regularly sends to trade customers as far afield as Singapore and India. 

Cherizena is a regular at food and drink fairs across the country, as well as those closer to home such as Melton Mowbray Food and Drink Festival. 

As part of its 10^th anniversary celebrations, Cherizena is offering 10% off everything on its website including coffees and coffee equipment during January 2015. For more information visit www.cherizena.co.uk

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Cherizena launches Christmas coffee for 2014

Coffee specialist Cherizena has unveiled a Christmas cracker with the launch of its limited edition Christmas coffee and its Festive Favourites selection pack. 

Last year, Cherizena sold more Christmas coffee than ever before, as the popularity for flavoured coffees continues to rise. More than three quarters of a tonne of its specially blended coffee was consumed. 

Created by flavouring the Colombian Excelsior medium bean with a tasty combination of rum, hazelnut, cinnamon, vanilla, orange and pecan nut flavours, the coffee has an aroma reminiscent of plum pudding and a delicious spicy, warming taste. 

This year’s recipe has been enhanced slightly with the addition of a little more vanilla. 

Available as beans or ground, regular or decaffeinated, the Christmas coffee is on sale via the internet at Cherizena’s webshop www.cherizena.co.uk and delivered direct to the door via mail order. 

It makes a perfect stocking filler for coffee lovers, fills the home with a festive aroma at coffee time, and is the ideal accompaniment to any festive gathering or a fitting finale to a Christmas meal. 

Priced at £3.25 for a 115g pack, the Christmas coffee is one of a host of around 20 different flavoured coffees created by Leicestershire-based family-run firm Cherizena. Just like all of the coffees in Cherizena’s flavoured range, the Christmas Coffee flavour contains no syrups or coatings.

 The company, which is a specialist supplier of premium, speciality and flavoured coffees, also offers up to 30 single origin coffees and blends – all available by mail order.

The Christmas coffee features in Cherizena’s Festive Favourites selection box, priced at £7. Each presentation box contains three 60g packs of selected coffees - one pack each of Christmas, Irish Whiskey Cream & Italian Roast coffees....a great little gift for a coffee lover. 

For more information or to order visit www.cherizena.co.uk

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Online coffee specialist Cherizena backs Macmillan Cancer Support

East Midlands-based coffee specialist Cherizena has launched a special blend of coffee to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. 

All profits from the sale of the full-flavoured coffee blend will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support and will be used to help cancer patients and their families in the region. 

“We have all been touched by cancer and know from first-hand what a wonderful job Macmillan Cancer Support do, so we are hoping our customers will help us to help them,” said Kate Jones, who runs Cherizena Coffee, which is based at Wartnaby on the Leicestershire/Nottinghamshire border. 

“All profits from the sale of this coffee will be donated directly to Macmillan to help their invaluable work.” 

The Macmillan coffee is a special blend from Central American and African coffees, resulting in a smooth and refreshing coffee that’s perfect for all-day drinking. 

Cherizena Coffee, which sells premium, speciality and flavoured coffee online and via mail order, is a family run business which supplies to trade customers as well as consumers. Its agents are a familiar sight at events and markets across the country. 

Jo Anne Wilson, fundraising manager at Leicestershire & Rutland Macmillan Cancer Support said: “More than one in three of us will get cancer. For most of us it will be the toughest fight we ever face. And the feelings of isolation and loneliness that so many people experience make it even harder. 

“But you don’t have to go through it alone. The Macmillan team is with you every step of the way. We are very grateful that Cherizena is supporting us by launching a special coffee, and we would like to thank the team and their customers for their generous help.” 

Every day 910 people are diagnosed with cancer, 42 of them in the East Midlands. 

In the last couple of years, Macmillan Cancer Support has invested in Leicestershire with the opening of the new information centre based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in the Osbourne building. The expansion of the centre has meant a more welcoming and open environment for people to seek information and support face to face, with cancer information specialists on hand to talk to about any concerns that patients may have. More than 6,000 people have benefited from this facility since the doors opened in 2012. 

In 2013, Macmillan supported many Leicestershire families who were struggling with the cost of cancer. More than £111,000 was given out to families in the county to help with things like heating costs and everyday items that make life a little easier, for instance a new washing machine to cope with the extra loads that might be needed. 

“Macmillan rely on support from the public to fund their services to make sure no-one should face cancer alone and Cherizena customers will be helping us to achieve that,” said Jo Anne Wilson. “By supporting the Cherizena Macmillan Brand coffee all profits will be donated, helping Macmillan support our communities.” 

The Cherizena Macmillan Cancer Support blend is available via www.cherizena.co.uk and costs £3 for a 115g pack. Customers can choose either beans or ground coffee, with the option of fine, medium or coarse grind – depending on the equipment used to make coffee.   

For more information or to order visit www.cherizena.co.uk

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