Sourcing quality botanicals during Covid-19
Sourcing quality botanicals during Covid-19 What a testing year it has been for all! We hope the worst is past us but unfortunately this [...]
English coriander seed harvest
English coriander seed harvest in Sussex. After a testing year across the globe, we were very pleased with the results of our latest English [...]
UK Juniper 2020
Whilst in Scotland in September 2020, Tommy did manage to find some Scottish Juniper. Unfortunately, very small quantities and very poor quality. [...]
UK Coriander 2020
UK Coriander 2020 Our UK Coriander has burst into life following the last few days of rain. We will hopefully harvest this [...]
Beacon Commodities on lockdown
Beacon Commodities on lockdown Some time has passed since our last Newsletter and we hope this finds you, your family and friends safe and [...]
Donating and the coronovirus
Donating and the coronovirus In these troubled times Beacon Commodities are supporting three fantastic charities by donating money every time they sell a kilo [...]
Sweet and Bitter Orange being peeled in Murcia, Spain
Sweet and bitter oranges being peeled in Murcia, Spain Tommy recently visted Spain to check the progress of the citrus harvest Tommy [...]
Orange peel processing in Spain Video
Video of oranges being peeled in Murcia, Spain A short video following Tommy's trip to Spain to check the processing of oranges - check [...]
Visiting a supplier of cinnamon in Sri Lanka
Visiting a supplier of cinnamon in Sri Lanka A very lucky Tommy was recently in Sri Lanka to visit a supplier of cinnamon. [...]
Processing of cinnamon in Sri Lanka video
Video of Processing of cinnamon in Sri Lanka the traditional way We put together a short video following our trip to Sri Lanka showing [...]
Coronovirus and botanical supplies
Coronavirus and botanical supplies The effects of Coronavirus are being felt worldwide and it is not yet under control. Therefore we should expect further [...]
New partnership with Australian Native Products
New partnership with Australian Native Products (ANP) Beacon Commodites (BCL) are very excited to announce a new partnership.. We have teamed up with [...]
Checking the Lemon Peel crop in Spain
Video of the Spanish lemon Peel crop 2019 We put together a short video following our trip to Spain to check the Lemon Peel [...]
Harvested English Coriander seed,
English Coriander seed harvest After many years of testing English weather conditions and difficulties in drying the English Coriander seed, we are pleased to [...]
English Angelica Harvest
English angelica harvest We are excited to report that our English Angelica has just been harvested after 15 months in the ground This is [...]
Brexit and botanical trading
Brexit again - and the future for botanical trading There is much uncertainty surrounding the details and what the outcome of Brexit might mean [...]
Inspecting this year’s Juniper crop
Inspecting this year’s Juniper crop Tommy has just returned from a recent trip to inspect this year’s Juniper crop and to discuss plans with [...]
Preparing to harvest this year’s Juniper crop
Preparing for the new crop of juniper to be harvested A short video of us checking this years great crop - check it out [...]
Progress of our UK Angelica crop
Inspecting progress of our UK Angelica crop We have recently been to inspect the progress of our UK Angelica crop which ‘celebrated’ its 12-month [...]
Planting new Coriander crop
Planting UK Corriander Good news! Our 2019 crop of UK Coriander was planted on Wednesday 24th April All fingers are now crossed at Beacon [...]
Checking on the Spanish Citrus
Checking the progress of the Spanish Citrus The processing of citrus fruit is underway, and Tommy went to check in on the progress in [...]
Checking the UK Angelica crop
Checking the UK Angelica crop We lifted a couple of our UK Angelica plants recently to check on the root structure. We [...]
Video of juniper harvesting in Macedonia
Video of the juniper being harvested in Macedonia 2018 We put together a short video following our trip to Macedonia this year - check [...]
Increased demand for juniper harvest
Increased demand for the 2018 juniper harvest Another year on and the ‘gin boom’ is in full flow. We now turn our attention to [...]
UK Angelica benefits from warm September weather
UK Angelica benefits from warm September weather Our UK Angelica is coming along nicely and has benefitted from the recent spurt of warm weather. [...]