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New! NE Fife ADHD Adult Group

When? Starting 2nd December, 6-8pm in Zest Café, St Andrews! As most folk are aware, many of our team at the café are neurodivergent. Through …

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Experience coffee with Guest Espresso!

Rainy days may be quieter….but they also mean we have more time to chat coffee with our customers – and we’ve had some brilliant chats …

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How mandatory work placements for the ‘economically inactive’ risk failing

Jeremy Hunt has just announced his new “Back to Work Plan” “to help up to 1.1m people with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or long-term unemployment …

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My Experience as a Zest Intern

This summer, Zest welcomed interns from the University of St Andrews as part the University’s new employability scheme, ‘Your Future, Start Now’. Our blog this …

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Vegan Coffee and Cake

One of the most frequent questions we get at the till is if our cakes and coffee are dairy-free, vegan, or can be made with …

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Responsible Sourcing

This week, our focus for eco-Wednesday is responsible sourcing. This involves sourcing as much as possible from local suppliers, in turn reducing the carbon footprint …

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Zest Training Coffee Social Enterprise Barista Hustle

Barista Hustle Training

A note on the power of investing in our people: We Are Zest is a social enterprise committed to solving employment barriers and providing work …

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Rose & Thistle Market

We had our second foray this weekend at the St. Andrews Rose & Thistle Makers Market, which is on every 2nd Saturday of the month. …

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Speciality Coffee Great Coffee

Retail Coffee

At We Are Zest, we are passionate about getting that perfect cuppa into your mug and our own. Looking at specialty coffee can be an …

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Outdoor Space

The Coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed the ways in which businesses operate and how individuals go about their daily lives. Operation of coffee and food …

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Covid and the Workplace

Covid-19 has brought a daily sense of uncertainty—not knowing when statistics, cases, or vaccine rates might jump or dip has left us all expecting the …

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Working with Fibromyalgia

Everyone has personal struggles and barriers they face, whether in employment, education-access, physical ability, et al. I happen to be lucky enough to both attend …

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Zest Culture

2020 has been a hard year for everyone, especially those working in the service sector who cannot work at home from their laptop, like our …

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St Andrews café reopening with more inclusive welcome & facilities for all, including ‘Long Covid’ sufferers

Award-winning St Andrews social enterprise café Zest is reopening for takeaway on Thursday (April 15) with an even more inclusive welcome thanks to its latest …

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Zest Disability Training

With August already here, 2016 is no longer new. Here in Zest we hit the ground running with our refit & rebrand in January, and …

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Mental health 1st aid and suicide prevention awareness month

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness month which aims to promote awareness around the issues of suicide prevention, how you can help others, and how to …

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An introduction to loose leaf tea

A special thank you to the St. Andrews’ In Focus magazine for publishing the following article written by Zest manager, Lindsay Harger. An Introduction to …

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9 interesting facts all serious tea and coffee drinkers should know

If you love drinking teas and coffees, then I hope you will learn something new from our list of 9 interesting facts all serious tea and …

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An introduction to artisan coffee

A special thank you to the St. Andrews’ In Focus magazine for publishing the following article written by Zest owner, Lisa Cathro. Artisan coffee The …

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Two Zest staff complete training at the Leopold Coffee School

The intense 10 day coffee course in Holland is coming to an end for Johny and Lisa. It has been 10 days of study, stress, …

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The Zest team takes part in sign language workshop

In October, the Zest team was excited to take part in a sign language workshop led by the lovely, David J Johnston who came to us from …

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A HUGE Thank You

Not everybody knows, but Zest has a very different approach to employment. Inclusiveness is the key word in a philosophy which seeks give opportunity to …

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Zest Employee shares about her Fife Youth Job Contract

Lynsey Mitchell is a smart and hard working young woman from Fife and Zest has benefited immensely from her thanks to the Fife Youth Job …

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Zest staff completes disability awareness training

How do you define disability? This was the opening question at the Disability Awareness Training for the Zest staff on 25 June, 2014. The training …

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A vegan’s guide to essential nutrients

If vegans don’t eat animal products, how do they get all of the essential nutrients that are typically found in animal products? With a little …

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Zest helps the Bethany Christian Trust homeless charity at the big sleepout

It was a gloomy and rainy Friday in April and five of us Zest staff were gearing up to sleep outside. Zest had committed to …

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The best coffee in St. Andrews

With a plethora of coffee shops in St. Andrews, it may be difficult to choose where to go to get good coffee. There are local …

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Zest receives an Investors in Young People Accreditation

Did you know, in Scotland we have 53,000 Young People, not in work, education or training. Did you know, 50% of school leavers don’t go …

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