Dreambeans Coffee

If they were forced to give a mission statement, they would have to say that Dreambeans Coffee’s mission is to make life a little bit better, one cup of coffee at a time. They really believe that it’s the little things that make life exquisite, little centres of joy and happiness, that can stop you in your tracks and brighten up your day.

Great coffee can do that. It does it for them anyway. Really great coffee is enough to make your day better. And that’s a good thing for any business to be able to say: - “we make people’s day better”. They love meeting customers, because they always have a smile on their face when they talk about Dreambeans coffee! That’s a good thing too.

A simple cup of coffee can become something extraordinary when you find the very best beans and treat them with the care and attention that they deserve in every stage of the roasting, cooling, blending and packaging. They all know that caffeine gives you a kick, but it’s more than that. Much more. Even their decaf is extraordinary.

They are the only coffee roaster that they know of, who roasts first and then blends. To them, it is blindingly obvious that this is the right thing to do and they can never understand why other coffee roasters blend their beans first and then roast them all together at the same temperature, and for the same length of time. Every variety of bean is unique, and each one has a different sweet spot for temperature and duration.

Hand roasting is as much an art, as it is a science. You use all your senses roasting coffee. Your nose gauges the pivotal change in the air as the temperature rises, and the aroma turns from a wheatish, oaty smell, to a richer, malty coffee smell, filling your nose with warm loveliness. Your ears listen for the first crack of the beans in the roaster, as they absorb the heat and the pressure on the internal gas in the bean makes it expand and crack. They judge the roast level with their eyes, watching for exactly the right colour note for each bean.

The skills of their roasters and their attention is what sets Dreambeans Coffee apart. They never skimp on time, effort or attention. They buy the very best coffee available, and treat it like the treasure it is. It’s a simple formula, and they can never understand why everyone else doesn’t do the same.

You can buy these beans and have them delivered to your door. If you take advantage of their four for three offer, they cost the same as everyday supermarket coffee, like Illy or Lavazza, but believe me, this is a different product entirely.

Their Torero blend is Ireland’s most distinguished coffee. It is one of only two coffee blends ever to win three stars in the Great Taste Awards, the most prestigious foodie awards. It is the ONLY Irish coffee ever to be nominated for the Great Taste Golden Fork award. Out of 14,500 food products, 33 three star winners were nominated for the Golden Fork award. Torero was one of them. Their Dreambeans All-stars Gift Pack is a great introduction to Dreambeans. It has four of their Great Taste Award winners in a nicely presented gift pack. A good starting point.