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Give Espresso a Shot – at Coming Soon Coffee
Coming Soon Coffee, in conjunction with Londinium Espresso, held ‘Give Espresso a Shot’ at their coffee shop space inside Exhibit Gallery, 20 Goswell Road, Barbican (London) on Sat 24 March. This free all-day event was jointly put on by Hoi Chi Ng and Mattias of Coming Soon Coffee and Reiss Gunson of Londinium Espresso, to [...]
eightpointnine makes coffee blending accessible to the masses
This morning I am enjoying a lovely coffee roasted by eightpointnine – a new entrant to the UK coffee roasting scene. That in itself is not newsworthy, but what eightpointnine does differently is makes coffee blending accessible to the masses. A visit to their website opens up a range of taste possibilities, without having to [...]
Some tastes are not what they seem
On a recent trip to New Zealand I picked up a number of coffees for a friend that were roasted specially for him and as a thankyou I was invited to a cupping session this afternoon To make up numbers a ‘mystery coffee’ was purchased and added to the lineup Proper cupping protocol was followed [...]
Cupping – Best of Panama 2010
The 2010 Best of Panama awards were due to take place this weekend and in advance of the awards and auction on May 25th 2010 the sample coffees were sent to a number of juror’s worldwide. This is a twist from the normal cupping / grading and auction process where jurys are traditionally flown to [...]
Kopi Luwak not crap at all
We’ve all heard of Kopi Luwak coffee. It is as (in)famous as Jamaican Blue Mountain but still regarded by some as a novelty. I had tried the high street version in the past and was less than impressed, but now understand the reasons why this was the case. Like anything in life, you get out [...]
