Just too late to make my birthday wish-list – but probably 100 times too expensive for it as well – comes the TopBrewer under-the-counter coffee and drinks brewing and delivery system ...
Serious #envy!
After using an Aeropress for several years now, I've never head of different ways of using it. Until now: For all the details see Scott Marquadt's article. But it turns out this is just the start. There's a whole World Aeropress Championships, and...
I've just had a great day off: started with full English breakfast with Mike in town, then doing some techy work on the video display system in church, then going to see Jo + John in Birmingham, seeing their new office, and then having lunch at go...
Reading the Fairtrade Foundation's newsletter, I noticed All espresso-based drinks sold in Starbucks in the UK are Ireland are now Fairtrade. Good news! I can now relax my boycott of Starbucks ... though I still will prefer to find independent cof...
First night we ate at Pad Thai, which was without frills, and had good soup and a hot green curry. A few steps beyond it is the Ram's Head Tavern, a micro-brewery, with a restaurant as well. Our meals there were good to excellent, and their Copper...
We took it easy in Toronto, spending some time just reading and people watching in Queens Park: sitting around in the warmth in shirtsleeves just makes us feel good. Other good finds include Tim Horton's (a chain of very good value coffee shops wh...
Interesting views from Tony Turnbull in the Times Magazine (25 Feb 08) on our coffee habits: Don't you think it's one of the great myths of our time that we British bave become a nation of coffee aficionados? Yes our high streets may be blanketed ...