Caffeine – the game
“The lights flicker as if somebody is toying with a fundamental binary code housed somewhere in the electrical circuit. But that would be impossible, wouldn’t it? The most reasonable answer would be to suggest that there’s an errant wire somewhere, but all logic has been lost a long time ago. Down the corridor, vaguely illuminated for a split-second before it plunges into darkness once more, there’s a note. The inscription on it can be barely made out. ‘Coffee this way,’ it reads.
“Coffee.
“Coffee!”
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After-hours coffee
Due to the prevalence of coffee shops on our nation’s high-street, the drink is typically associated with cappuccinos, lattes and, when the weather is nice, cold brews. However there is a trend that has been bubbling under the surface and that is the rise of the coffee cocktail.
At the moment the roles of the barista and the bartender have become intertwined somewhat. Due to the prominence of craft coffees, speciality beans and third-wave techniques, there’s now an added amount of theatre and ingenuity within the industry that, at one point, bartenders solely operated within. It’s only a matter of time before coffee cocktails are the go-to choice of drink after-hours.
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Coffee tourism – some ideas!
Summer may be drawing to close, but it is never too early to start planning your next trip away.
As a reader of this blog, the chances are high that you are a seriously coffee freak and so these suggestions will undoubtedly tickle your taste buds and inject a serious case of wanderlust into your central nervous system.
So without further ado here are four coffee cities that any coffee tourist simply has to visit: