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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBlack Barn Butchers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The team over at Black Burn Butchers<\/a> very quickly became perfect neighbours and the kind of alliance we dream of when we moved into Secrett\u2019s Farm Shop <\/a>back in 2023. What started off as trips over to their counter to deliver six Hot Chocolates on a winter\u2019s day has turned into very early morning deliveries of the bulk of our breakfast menu at our Secrett\u2019s Coffee Shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When we first opened our doors, we were sourcing our sausage rolls from elsewhere, but then one day\u2026 Gareth joined the team. Gareth is the STAR of our coffee shop kitchen, and his weekly specials constantly blow us away (whilst keeping us fed at lunch time, cheers Gaz). Fairly early on in his time with us, Gareth asked why we weren\u2019t making the sausage rolls ourselves, and without skipping a beat headed over to Black Barn Butchers to get the sausage meat to show us all how he\u2019d make them. Instantly, we were hooked \u2013 they were absolutely delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So nowadays we depend on Black Barn Butchers more so than ever. Our sausage rolls come with us to all van events<\/a>, and we sell them over at our Bourne Pavilion<\/a> takeout counter to\u2026 it\u2019s safe to say Gareth is kept busy meeting demand! But we couldn\u2019t bake them in house without the butchers to hand, constantly working to our spontaneous requests for top-ups of sausage meat, or fillings for our brunch menu.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapel Farm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We want to be able to offer our customers food that is good for them and good for our environment – miles travelled by our suppliers are something we really do consider when we assess the sustainability of our business. So, when it comes to brunch, we wanted to make sure we were offering free range eggs which are laid by happy chickens, and not being transported across the country to reach us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapel Farm<\/a> is based in Normandy (just outside of Guildford) and supplies free range eggs to our Secrett\u2019s cafe<\/a>. With over 45 years in the business, the team there knows how to keep those chickens happy! They have been fantastic to us in the setting up of the Secrett\u2019s cafe because we really weren\u2019t sure how many eggs we\u2019d be needing at first.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s the serious pro about working alongside small businesses – they understand that we don\u2019t always know exactly what stock is going to be needed, and they are more than happy to work with irregular ordering schedules! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cupsmith\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alright we\u2019re going to say it right now to finally dull all those rumours \u2013 Cupsmith hot chocolate flakes are the reason our hot chocolate is so infamous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Although Cupsmith<\/a> now feels like a huge name in the coffee industry (and rightly so, you\u2019ll see their roasted coffee in all the big-name supermarkets), they actually started out in our hometown of Farnham. We sampled their hot chocolates regularly at the local cafes before we set up The Coffee Can, and we just knew that a piece of their \u2018first sip bliss\u2019 in our coffee shop offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n George and Emma have built a superb business, built upon a shared focus on creating delicious pockets of joy in the everyday through hot drinks. Sounds familiar right? It\u2019s something we try to elicit with every drink we serve across the board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dylan\u2019s Ice Cream<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Back in the day, we\u2019d look forward to our van events<\/a> in the summer in the Farnham area because chances were that Ben, owner of Dylan\u2019s Ice Cream<\/a> would be a neighbour of ours. A fellow mobile business, the ice cream cart had queues for miles in the sunshine. The homemade ice cream was some of the best we\u2019d ever had (and we weren\u2019t just thinking that because it was a hot sunny day spent next to the gas-powered coffee machine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n So again, when Secrett\u2019s approached us to take over their caf\u00e9, it was a no brainer that we wanted to finally have an ice cream cabinet FULL of Dylan\u2019s Ice Cream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dylan\u2019s Ice Cream is based down in Haslemere, with a second outlet in Petersfield now. Both are open seven days a week if you want to try some of the phenomenal flavour ice cream the team makes beyond our go-to staples!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hello Bakehouse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ellie at Hello Bakehouse<\/a> needs no introduction for anyone who has stepped up to a Coffee Can counter. She is an absolute baking whizz, and provides all the cakes for our Bourne Pavilion Caf\u00e9<\/a>, Secrett\u2019s Farm Shop caf\u00e9<\/a>, and all van events.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n For years now Ellie has produced some of the best seasonal cakes from her at-home kitchen. Any request, she can somehow magically make work (no matter how last minute we seem to be!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n All this is even more phenomenal given the fact that this year Ellie had her first daughter! We genuinely cannot even begin to imagine the back and forth baking schedule she now works on, but we are extremely thankful that she\u2019s already back to baking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jessica\u2019s Jellies\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes the little ones don\u2019t quite need an entire cake to themselves, but you\u2019ve got to admit that there is something special about having an uninterrupted coffee in the morning that doesn\u2019t get left to go cold.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n We wanted to offer some sort of sweets for the younger visitors to our coffee counters, but didn\u2019t want to just head off to C*stco to bulk buy chocolate bars when all other areas of our business have been so local. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meet Jessica<\/a>: our wonderful sweet maker who creates our small pick and mix pouches which go down an absolute storm every time we head out with them. A fellow local face at the markets we pop up at, Jessica is your go-to for any time you might need party favours, corporate gift bag additions, or quite frankly just a treat for yourself.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lichen studios\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes your business neighbour is also quite literally your neighbour at home, and that\u2019s the case with Caitlin from Lichen Studios <\/a>who does all the Coffee Can signage. With a background in illustration, we asked Caitlin if she\u2019d be interested in creating some coffee-themed artwork to have around our cafes too, so quite honestly when it comes to the Coffee Can visuals, Caitlin does it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The observant folk amongst you all will see that each area of our business has a slight variation in logo, which we think really helps create small Coffee Can community hubs in different contexts. Caitlin helped us create that brand image fantastically \u2013 it is always great when your neighbour shares the same vision as you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nowadays, Caitlin runs Lichen Studios whilst also working full-time in a different industry, but she\u2019s always about for chats about wedding stationery and other signage should you ever be in need. She also makes a mean flat white, and can sometimes be found pulling an \u2018SOS PLEASE HELP\u2019 shift at one of our coffee shops when the rota doesn\u2019t quite work out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Maz the Candle Maker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This entire list is ordered alphabetically, so what are the chances that our two literal neighbours come one after the other\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meet Maz, our fantastic neighbour who happens to be an absolute dab hand at making candles. Born out of the obvious pun of Coffee CAN-dles, our signature coffee scent has quickly become a sought-after desk addition after our friend Maz began to make them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why wouldn\u2019t you want to bring that sweet caffeine scent into your home? Of course some of you have the scent of coffee beans from your actual at-home coffee bars, but that doesn\u2019t mean that the only way to achieve that freshly brewed scent is buy forking out for a whole coffee set up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n River Coffee\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n River Coffee <\/a>needs no introduction. Our relationship with Will and the team at his roastery go way back. A great tasting coffee comes down to the roaster who has taken the green coffee and brought out the fantastic flavour notes we know and love through their roasting process – as much as you can complement \u2018The Coffee Can coffee\u2019, it\u2019s the work undertaken by the roastery team which is really to thank.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n River Coffee is based over in Alresford – you might have seen that we had a team training evening over there a few months ago, which you can read all about here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We use the Flow blend as our house coffee, and that is the coffee you have all come to know and love across our mobile coffee vans and coffee shops. We wanted to find a house blend which worked well across an entire drinks menu. As great as it would be to offer different origins for espresso, that just isn\u2019t a practical option in a mobile coffee van! So, we worked with River to ensure that americanos and flat whites would all taste delicious with one house blend recipe being used for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u00d8DT bakery <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n A slice of Denmark arrives in Petworth – Sodt<\/a> bakery is all about the hygge feeling that baked goods bring to a morning, and that\u2019s exactly what we want to offer the customers who drop by our coffee shops for a pastry. That cosy feeling, a hot drink in hand; name a better combo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their pastries are available at both of our coffee shops, and at Secrett\u2019s we use their bread for our brunch and lunch menus too. We really want to play our part to minimise food waste in the hospitality (something that is a difficult balance to achieve in our sector), so one of the ways we do this is by working with a smaller local bakery who can adjust their baking schedule according to our demand with ease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Quacksnacks<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are animal people through and through. When we moved into Secrett\u2019s, we were told that there was a devoted crowd of regulars who come to feed the ducks at the ponds, and immediately we were hatching ways to help ensure those ducks were getting some good food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A lot of people know but nowadays, feeding ducks crumbs of bread isn\u2019t the best way to go around looking after our webbed feet friends. We found the small team at Quacksnacks <\/a>and immediately knew we had to stock their duck feed. Pre-portioned and plastic free, the duck feed is formulated with vitamins and minerals to benefit the ducklings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Look out for their portions of feed at our till counter, grab a hot chocolate for the road and head out to the ponds. It\u2019s a great little afternoon activity, and you can feel smug that you\u2019ve given those ducks the best feed in the biz! <\/p>\n\n\n\n