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:
There is something rare and beautiful about the weather that we have been experiencing for the past couple of days. The typically miserable summers that we are subjected to have been ditched, instead, they have been replaced by sun-drenched evenings and weekends that have lured people outside to enjoy a great British summer.
As we all know, as soon as the sun comes out so do the barbecues.
…continue reading BBQ Pork Ribs – Plum, coffee and chipotle.
If the gloriously hot weather hasn’t convinced you that we are in the midst of summer, then the sight of people walking around with iced coffees in their hands instead of lattes and flat whites should do the trick. With temperatures soaring, iced coffee becomes our favourite – and with good reason too.
Iced coffee isn’t your normally brewed cup or espresso casually poured over ice. The real iteration of the drink is cold brewed, which does make it sound like a somewhat fancy and technical third-wave technique sprouted by some moustache twiddling barista. But the good news is that it is ridiculously easy to make.
Summer is an absolutely wonderful time of year. It calls for evenings spent in beer gardens, money to be spent on sunglasses, shorts to become your normal attire and days out at the beach and the subsequent battle against the sand as it tries to claim your bag as its own.
It’s great time, we love it.
But, did you know that in the majority of circumstance grabbing a cold drink to stave off the sun’s rays is a bad move?
Just how much does the quality of water you use when making a coffee alter an espresso’s profile in regards to taste?
Well, the Astoria Plus4You was at the centre of an interesting experiment that looked into such factors, the results of which have recently been published in the latest edition of the Italian sensory magazine L’Assaggio.
…continue reading Astoria look into water quality with the Plus4You
If you have ever wondered why you cannot start the day without a cup of coffee, or why you simply need a freshly brewed espresso in the afternoon, then the answer could be genetic.
Depending on your point of view, that’s something to be celebrated – in our eyes at least!
Biscotti is the perfect accompaniment to a whole host of hot drinks. When a range of flavours are added to the twice baked biscuit, the nuances compliment coffee and teas in a homely and warm manner that’s too delightful to resist.
The Indian Coffee Board could soon be receiving praise from coffee farmers, companies and scientists the world over if recent reports from the Economic Times of India are to be believed.
In an article published earlier today, it has been announced that the coffee authority in India has been researching how to combat the problems posed by white stem borer attacks on plantations and they have recently reached had their own ‘eureka!’ moment.
It is the 4th July today so naturally we’ve dragged out the fireworks, stocked up on food and coffee in preparation of sitting down later on and enjoy Independence Day, arguably the best film of the mid-1990s.
But across the pond they’ll be celebrating their own alien-free Independence Day.
In the years since our American friends went their own way they have accomplished quite a bit, especially when it comes to coffee.
Perhaps – in our eyes at least – their biggest success story is the rise of the Americano.
With its weather battered coasts, ancient establishments that have been tormented by the wind, rain and sea, the Nordfriesland area of Germany has a long and often arduous relationship with the elements.
So, it is no surprise that the inhabitants of the towns and island that comprise this rural district also have a long association with coffee.
