{"id":3125,"date":"2020-10-19T14:04:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T14:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3125"},"modified":"2020-11-04T16:06:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T16:06:29","slug":"gordon-brings-new-zealand-coffee-culture-to-the-beautiful-scottish-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/gordon-brings-new-zealand-coffee-culture-to-the-beautiful-scottish-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Brings New Zealand Coffee Culture to the Beautiful Scottish Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gordon Smith was keen to bring the vibrant Kiwi Coffee Culture he had experienced for the last 38 years to his new cafe venture in the Scottish Borders, and decided that Blendly was the perfect coffee partner to work with to achieve his goals.<\/p>\n<p>Having returned to Scotland 2 years ago, after his many years in New Zealand, Gordon, known locally as Gordon the Grocer, set up his cafe which is part of the Melrose Cricket Club in the grounds of Borders General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Having found Blendly online, he asked company founder Mark Wilson and his team to create what he called a \u201cno bitterness\u201d coffee, as he felt that many UK coffee blends were too bitter for his liking.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3129\" style=\"width: 435px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3129\" src=\"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gordonspies-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gordonspies-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gordonspies-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gordonspies-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gordonspies-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gordonspies-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gordon also bakes delicious pies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>The resultant blend, called May All Your Balls Be Yonkers, is now an extremely popular blend, not just in Gordon\u2019s cafe, but with Blendly\u2019s online customers who can buy blends created by others to enjoy at home.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy customers sing the praises of this lovely blend,\u201d said Gordon. \u201cThey say it\u2019s one of the best coffees they have ever tasted, so that is praise indeed, and shows you that Mark and his team really knew what they were doing when they created this exclusively for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3138 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-2-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m starting to get a coffee culture here in my cafe, which is exactly what I wanted , I\u2019m really pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3010 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/COFFEECUP462541167-56a176865f9b58b7d0bf85bd-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/COFFEECUP462541167-56a176865f9b58b7d0bf85bd-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/COFFEECUP462541167-56a176865f9b58b7d0bf85bd-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/COFFEECUP462541167-56a176865f9b58b7d0bf85bd-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/COFFEECUP462541167-56a176865f9b58b7d0bf85bd-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/COFFEECUP462541167-56a176865f9b58b7d0bf85bd.jpg 1888w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gordon added that he had tried to create a cafe which offered customers a real quality experience, from the coffee, to the food, to the ambiance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are near the hospital so many people pop in who have been visiting and are looking for a calm oasis &#8211; it\u2019s very peaceful and quiet here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to continue to work with Blendly to refine my blend even more,\u201d said Gordon. \u201cI also want to continue to grow my customer base locally.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cBlendy certainly takes you on the very best coffee journey,\u201d finished Gordon. \u201cI\u2019m happy to recommend Blendly to any other cafe owners who want to create something really special to make your cafe stand out from the crowd!\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3139 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-3-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gordon-IMG-3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Coffee is certainly up there as one of Gordon\u2019s main passions, but the other is sport, namely rugby and cricket. He currently coaches players at Melrose Rugby Club and is involved in the development of cricket in the Borders, by working with Melrose Cricket Club.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3130\" style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3130\" src=\"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cricketballsLeague-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cricketballsLeague-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cricketballsLeague-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cricketballsLeague-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cricketballsLeague-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cricketballsLeague-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blendly.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cricketballsLeague-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gordon is also a cricket and rugby coach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A very busy man! 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