Field notes.
Despatches from the farm, the roastery, and the café. Harvest reports, brew guides, processing logs, and the occasional argument about whether 2.5 grams matters. Written by the people doing the work.
Green beanery: Australian-grown unroasted coffee beans
There's something quietly satisfying about sourcing your green beans from a proper green beanery — a place where the focus is on raw, unroasted coffee and the people who know it best. But not...
The definitive guide to Australian-grown coffee
Most of the coffee you've drunk came from the other side of the planet — Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam. It travelled for weeks, sometimes...
Australian coffee varietals: what we grow, and why it matters
When people think about what makes coffee taste the way it does, they usually think about roasting. Or brewing. But the varietal — the...
How we grow and process coffee at Jack Murat
We started planting in 2014. The trees in the ground today were nurtured from seedlings in our on-site nursery — Red and Yellow Catuai...
Australian coffee: where the industry stands in 2026
Australia grows less than 1% of what it drinks. That single fact tells you almost everything you need to know about where the industry...
The 2025 Jack Murat harvest: season report
Harvest has a way of revealing what the year was really about. Everything that happened in the paddocks since October — the dry stress,...
Lactic fermentation in coffee: what it is and why we use it
If you've tasted a coffee described as creamy, smooth, or yoghurt-like — with a softness in the acidity and a rounded texture that sits...
The Mareeba coffee trail — farms, tours & tastings
Just an hour west of Cairns, Mareeba is the heart of Australian coffee country. With warm days, cool nights, and rich volcanic soils, the...
What to Expect on the Jack Murat Coffee Farm Tour
The Jack Murat coffee farm tour is a walk through a working Australian coffee farm in Mareeba, Far North Queensland. It's not a display...