Reposted by helen anne smithJessica Mason @drinksmaven.bsky.social · 30/03/2026As craft cider grows, networking gathers pace @teamdb.bsky.socialthedrinksbusiness.comAs craft cider grows, networking gathers pace“Craft cider is continuing to grow in popularity,” according to the Three Counties Cider and Perry Association (TCCPA) which noted a rise in attendees to its conference this month. 0113
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 30/11/2025This is the last week you can pre-order our Burum x Heedayah Lockman t shirts, sales end on the 6th of December! 011
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 17/11/2025BURUM X HEEDAYAH LOCKMAN ‼️✨ We’ve got two new teeas available to pre-order; both designed by the insanely talented Heedayah Lockman who we are thrilled to be working with again. A perfect gift for yourself or maybe you have a friend who thinks we’re kinda neat 🩷 www.burumcollective.com/store 064
Reposted by helen anne smithrachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · 03/11/2025I sent out my last ever j'adore le plonk on Friday. In memoriam I've turned it into a zine with the help of my friends @helenannesmith.bsky.social Otto Taylor-Rickard and @gergemanson.bsky.social I think we've made something very beautiful - pre order's are now live! www.burumcollective.com/jlpburumcollective.comJ'adore Le Plonk — BURUM COLLECTIVE 1810
Reposted by helen anne smithThree Counties Cider & Perry Association @3ccpa.bsky.social · 27/10/2025The TCCPA announce their Perry is Alive campaign in response to Westons recent declaration that perry is "dead" Imagery: @helenannesmith.bsky.social tccpa.co.uk/perry-is-ali... 01611
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 19/09/2025#FaceItTogether is a movement led by The Drinks Trust focused on creating actual change for those in the drinks and hospitality sectors who are experiencing hardship. The goal is to ensure that no one in our community feels alone in their hour of need. Donations 👇 www.justgiving.com/campaign/fac... 021
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 19/09/2025In our next piece, Rosemary Richings talks to a variety of people within the disability community about what they want to see from hospitality venues when it comes to making customers feel welcome Words by Rosemary Richings Illustration by Helen Anne Smith www.burumcollective.com/posts/trueme... 032
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Our first online piece from The Usual is by the community publican of The Trafalgar in Wimbledon, providing us their perspective on pubs, building community, and what it means to have regulars 🍻🤝 Words by Oli Carter-Esdale Illustration by Helen Anne Smith www.burumcollective.com/posts/solace 084
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 03/04/2025We managed to hit our pre-orders target on day one! Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy so far 🩷💫 261
Reposted by helen anne smithrachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · 03/04/2025we've turned our latest project into a physical zine cos a) i hate the internet, b) i think it makes a great companion piece to Service, Please! & c) it's really fun making art with your best mate The Usual is such a good exploration of the rough/smooth of the customer service dynamic. Order it! 2123
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Pre-orders for our latest zine; The Usual are now live! A collection of written and visual work around the dynamics between being a regular, and having a local, from the perspective of both customers and service staff. Zines will be sent out WC 5th of May! www.burumcollective.com/store/p/theu... 21711
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Rumour has it there are only FIVE CraftCon tickets left, and only 36 hours to get them. It's one of our favourite events of the year, so much so that we're now both on the 3CCPA Committee, and are really looking forward to being able to attend once more 💕 074
Reposted by helen anne smithThree Counties Cider & Perry Association @3ccpa.bsky.social · 12/03/2025You can also book in for Cider Club at @rosscider.bsky.social on Saturday 29th March! £15 gets you a welcome cider, a selection of ciders from this months cider maker, Floribunda from Italy, and a buffet! A real feast! rosscider.com/ciderclub/rosscider.comCider Club – Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry Company 052
Reposted by helen anne smithMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Workers at multiple Starbucks locations across the country went on strike yesterday, walking out in protest of management's refusal to negotiate a fair union contract with @SBWorkersUnited. In some cases, the police were called and striking workers were arrested. 491873545
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Quick reminder that diversity and inclusion doesn't start or end with white women 022
Reposted by helen anne smithThree Counties Cider & Perry Association @3ccpa.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Thrilled to say that this years CraftCon has sold so well we've had to add extra tickets! These really are the last ones now so please register now if you've been meaning to! craftcon.co.uk/product/craf...craftcon.co.ukCraftCon 2025 Ticket 172
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Had a v nice time co-hosting a @wildernessbrew.bsky.social beer and cheese tasting for Sheffield beer week at The Old Shoe yesterday! Sheffield is always a vibe, and v kind to us 💫 181
Reposted by helen anne smithStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 07/03/2025Chilean Starbucks workers continue their historic strike today after negotiations between their union and the company broke down this week. Bianca, an SBWU member from Los Angeles, is right alongside them in Chile to tell Starbucks - workers EVERYWHERE deserve better! 113626
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 08/03/2025At the end of the month we're hosting a beer school for hospitality staff! An intro to the beer styles you almost certainly get asked about, and crash course on ingredients, brewing, and tasting. Bring your notepad and pen! 📖🍻 6pm | 31.03.25 | £5 Bacareto, CDF www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/burum-basi... 012
Reposted by helen anne smithStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 07/03/2025Starbucks baristas in Chile have just gone on STRIKE!!! Chilean congressman & former President of the Starbucks Workers Union of Chile, Andres Giordano, is with Bianca, a union barista from Los Angeles! Together, they're sending Starbucks workers everywhere international solidarity 🇨🇱🤝🇺🇸 214132
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 07/03/2025As we roll up to our 5th(!) year of running Burum Collective we are thrilled to say our inboxes are open again for commissions! This year we’ve chosen cider as our theme, specifically: The Future of Cider Read more on the theme, how to pitch, rates, and more www.burumcollective.com/pitching-2025 0135
Reposted by helen anne smithApoorva Sripathi @apoorvasripathi.bsky.social · 01/03/2025for a few months now, i've been dealing with a plagiarist, a clever one at that, going through my newsletters and mining ideas and words and reproducing them as their own changing up the sources and presenting it as their brainwave. no credits, no acknowledgment, no attribution. 294
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Hello 👋 currently working for a super lovely brewery 4 days a week, doing sales & marketing, but I'm looking to pick up one extra day of work a week I'm based around Newport & Cardiff, but can obvs work remotely. Can be administrative, and doesn't need to be in the drinks field. Any leads lmk! 🍎🍻🍴 000
Reposted by helen anne smithWilderness @wildernessbrew.bsky.social · 25/02/2025•*•.• 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 •.•*•. Our latest release is a saison dry hopped with a blend of Centennial, Saaz and Harlequin. Light spice, grapefruit, juicy 🍊🥤 Available now via our website and Sellar trade store! Label designs by the wonderful Sophie Potter as per 💕 www.wildernessbrew.co.uk/shop 021
Reposted by helen anne smithrachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · 19/02/2025CraftCon is the best industry event of the year, imo. And the team are working so hard to put something really special together. A fantastic opportunity to connect with, learn from and taste alongside some of the best in the game and it would be lovely to see some of you there! 153
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Burum 2025, fashionably late but we're finally here! This means that all of the pieces from Service, Please! are now online, it means that The Usual is just around the corner, and it also means that the pitching guide for our next project is now live 🎉🍎 www.burumcollective.com/about/sixty-... 053
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 17/02/2025after a three year hiatus honk is back. you can either thank, or curse my wife depending on your feelings about it 🪿 anyway I wrote about a year in jam mailchi.mp/0808ae2d14a3... 051
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Our latest By the Glass tasting in Cardiff is a session on variety blends, looking at the flavour combinations of pairs of apples, and pairs of pears 💕 February 18th @ Bacareto Pouring starts 7pm Five drinks £20pp Hosted by @helenannesmith.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cider-and-... 021
Reposted by helen anne smithJay C. Williams @shotofinsolence.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Knives Out but it's Benoit Blanc trying to solve the Luka-AD trade 132
Reposted by helen anne smithTodd 'Papi' Carlos @thetoddwilliams.bsky.social · 29/01/2025[blind date] HER: I'm a big country fan. ME {trying to impress her}: China is very large. 631966
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Down the Docks, Up the Bay: The Colour Bar Our final piece from Service, Please! is by Cardiff local Yasmin Begum on the colour bar in hospitality. Looking at her, and her family's experience of working in hospitality, and the docks history of Cardiff Bay. www.burumcollective.com/posts/downth... 021
Reposted by helen anne smithJRR Jokien (joshcarlosjosh) @www.jrrjokien.com · 11/01/2025me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing: 2492222849
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 24/01/2025also people should be watching traitors US to support bob the drag queen tbqh 000
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 24/01/2025For Service, Please! Camille Smithwick created this amazing piece of work that tells multiple stories in one, truly illustrating the highs and lows of working in hospitality. The whole piece is available to look at on our website so click the link below 👇 www.burumcollective.com/posts/steps 133
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 23/01/2025finally started watching VPR season 6 this week, I finished season 5 back in august of last year, but I just think it's really important to remember that we're only human, and there are only so many hours in the day 000
Reposted by helen anne smithSooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 21/01/2025This is resistance. Not memes and calling him "Drumpf". 161128177
Reposted by helen anne smithBurum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Blwyddyn Newydd Dda | Happy New Year ✨ It's very very cold in Cardiff, and Sheffield at the moment, so we've got a piece to warm you up from 2023s Service, Please 🔥🫂 Air by Ariane Parry explores the textures of steamed milk, espresso, and wool 🧶☕ www.burumcollective.com/posts/air 032
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 05/01/2025January is basically all about Twin Peaks, Ethel Cain, and trying to remember what it is I'm supposed to be doing 030
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 02/01/2025was even more delighted to be in laura's presence while she drank it ☺️ 110
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 30/12/2024does anyone have any recommendations for places to drink in buxton? aside from the @redwillowbrewery.bsky.social pub ofc 💐 531
Reposted by helen anne smithWilderness @wildernessbrew.bsky.social · 27/12/2024The lights might still be off in the brewery, but we have a bunch of new festive offers for you on our webstore! Pre-order some treats from us from today, and through the weekend, and we'll make sure they're out for delivery on the 3rd of January 📦🌸 www.wildernessbrew.co.uk/shop 011
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 20/12/2024had a very nice evening a few weeks ago arguing with my friends about apples and pears, somewhat cleverly they recorded it and it's now a podcast episode thank u @cidervoice.bsky.social for having me & RH on your Christmas special, was very fun, & ridiculous 🍏🍎🍐❤️ now on all good podcasting etcetc 040
Reposted by helen anne smithrachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · 19/12/2024!!!! v good exploration of the social expectations & responsibilities of hospitality work & how that fractures around the boundaries & withdrawals of christmas opening times 094
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 13/12/2024okay #food or even #drinks bluesky people, looking for the best book or possibly articles on cooking steaks, and also maybe something on types of steaks etc 🤝🙏 #foodwriting #foodwriter #steakbabyyy 020
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 12/12/2024now that I have a mostly desk based job which has a totally different pacing to all previous jobs; I am having to unpack a lot of historical workplace trauma I'm still pretty cruel to myself at times, but one of the ways I look after myself is by taking a lunch break, and at least getting fresh air 250
Reposted by helen anne smithBobby Finger @bobbyfinger.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Hot Frosty has a very confusing understanding of both temperature and Christmas. 2331
helen anne smith @helenannesmith.bsky.social · 11/12/2024someone really needs to take a look at the golden globe categories. filing heretic under comedy / musical ??? having a category called comedy / musical ???? 010
Reposted by helen anne smithrachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · 10/12/2024for @burumcollective.bsky.social i wrote about the murky reality of solidarity, why hospitality workers getting a pay rise gets people so cross & what asking for better conditions in out industries should really mean www.burumcollective.com/posts/solida...burumcollective.comSolidarity — BURUM COLLECTIVEPret A Manger has announced it will pay up to £14.10 per hour , the advertisement read. A Junior Doctor makes just £14.09. Thanks to this Government you can make more serving coffee than saving patie... 1144
