Dear Eve, Les & Jo 
Thank you once again for choosing Sightsavers as a beneficiary of your Annual Golf Day. We really appreciate your support which will have a transformative impact on the lives of our beneficiaries. 
Your support can help to restore the sight of more people like Muslima (pictured opposite). Muslima had suffered with cataract in both eyes since she was a baby. She could only see a few feet in front of her and couldn't stand bright light. When she read, she held the book right up to her face to see the words . 

Muslima was just one of many people to receive sight restoring cataract surgery earlier this year. At home the day after her operation, she could already see more clearly. 

Muslima's vision will improve still further with her second operation, opening up new horizons for both her and her family. 
Thank you once again for your support - it is greatly appreciated. If you would like any further information about our work, please do not hesitate to contact us. I will be delighted to hear from you.

Rob King 
Corporate Relationships Executive 

Dear Eve,
I write to thank you and Masteroast for your wonderful donation of £1,030.00. The generosity of the players at your golf day is very much appreciated and has meant that we continue to raise much needed funds for our Rwandan projects. 
We will of course keep in close contact with the Masteroast team and continue to update on the various projects we showed Alicia and Marie Anne in the spring. 

With very grateful thanks once again 
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Yours  Sincerely, 

Charles Trace
Chairman

​In the headlines these last few days there has been a scientific breakthrough on the ability to test a coffee’s type, whether that be Robusta or Arabica and the percentage of each type. (See attached article from Food Manufacture Magazine).
 
Until now it has been a difficult exercise to scientifically compare like for like coffees based on bean quality. Although laboratory testing can distinguish Robusta from Arabica coffees, it has been a lengthy, time consuming and expensive process. While there is a place in the market for both types of coffee, what is not acceptable or honest is to describe a coffee as 100% Arabica when, in fact, the blend contains a percentage of cheaper Robusta coffees.  ​

​The standard technique detects the fingerprint chemical 16-OMC, which is only found in Robusta coffee.The new method takes only 30 minutes and is sensitive enough to detect just 1% Robusta in a blended coffee, enabling simplified and inexpensive testing of the authenticity of coffees.

Lead scientist Dr Kate Kemsley, from the Quadram Institute, formerly known as the Institute of Food Research, said: "This is an important milestone for detecting fraud in coffee, as 1% is the generally accepted cut-off between trace contamination, which might be accidental, and more deliberate adulteration for economic gain."
 
Masteroast customers have always been confident that whatever blend has been agreed, that is exactly what they will receive. They can with confidence, reveal the blend composition and percentages of any of their products knowing that their blends will stand up to any scrutiny. These new testing facilities, however, may not only discover that some competitors’ products contain cheaper Robustas, contrary to the descriptions on their packaging, but may also explain how, at times, a competitor’s pricing for a “like for like” coffee offering appears to be unrealistically priced!  

Our 2nd ever Macmillan Coffee Morning, this year held in the Masteroast Training Room. Trained members of staff were on hand to make cappuccinos, lattes, espressos and Americanos to order which proved incredibly popular. Once again the Masteroast team of bakers didn’t disappoint and there was a wealth of delicious homemade cakes and savoury treats on offer.
We are extremely grateful to everyone that came and supported us – Masteroast staff and local businesses including Toolfix, Buckles Solicitors, Lindum, Plantation Coffee, Marlow Gardner & Cooke, Carters Garage – and thanks to their generosity we were able to raise £417.20, a really fantastic amount.

Thank you! 
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