How sustainable is compostable?
They give us grief, these cups. They show a pretty leaf and they say 'compostable‘ or 'biodegradable‘. Nothing to worry about, right?
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The Blog
Plastic attack
Today our three year old came up to me with his plastic doll, stating that he would want to slice her open. Slightly surprised by these plans I enquired about his reasoning for such undertaking. Answer:’ Wanna see if there...
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Octoberfest in Auckland
Our small team headed up to Auckland a couple of weekends ago in order to cater for smart RV’s Octoberfest, which doubles up as their open day. These guys sell the best European motorhomes you can find in NZ, and...
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Bread under extinction
In Germany we have a saying - not a very charming one, I admit - it goes : “ As dumb as bread “ and obviously refers to the lack of neurological activity in bread. It does not take into...
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Because it's worth it
I have been asked this question some times now and I believe it needs clarification… “So why does your bread cost so much?” - “That’s because it’s worth so much!” It actually is as simple as this.
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We like it slow
We appreciate fast and efficient workers, so please don’t get the wrong idea. We strongly believe though that we need to dial back to SLOW in many other ways. Here is to what we have written on our awesome freeset...
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Tell me why I do like Mondays
Our four year old daughter is learning the days of the week and she is putting them into the right order for one reason only: she wants to know how many sleeps until next Monday.
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Auswandern easy peasy
Immer wieder ueberrollt mich die Fragenflut: "Und wie lange seid ihr schon hier? Warum denn gerade Waihi? Und wie ging das mit dem Einwandern? Kann man einfach so eine Baeckerei eroeffnen?"
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freeset Tees in Waihi
our new Tees have arrived from Kolkata, India. Women, who once were trapped in the Sex trade have been given the chance to change their destiny around and towards freedom. They are working for freeset, producing jute bags and T-shirts from...
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Baking with Rose petals
Oh yummm!! Everyone who has spent some time in Germany around the Christmas season surely would have tasted it, the traditional Christmas Stollen. The British have their Christmas Fruit cake, the Portuguese their Bolo Rei and we make Stollen.
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The Sausage Revolution
Last week on Monday, WHO's department for cancer research stated in their latest press release: "Processed meat was classified as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), based on sufficient evidence in humans that the consumption of processed meat causes colorectal cancer."...
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We have made it!
In our first few weeks of trading people were ringing the Surfshop next door to us trying to get hold of us to order bread or make a lunch booking - no internet presence whatsoever from our side. I guess...
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