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We have decided to republish this article directly from the FT in full, as it says the same as what we have been saying ad nauseum. That is to say, Starbucks is not about espresso. We have placed the key…

we’ve said it before, we’ll say it again, most cafes buy the least expensive coffee they can find, and anything from italy must be good right, because everyone knows the best coffee comes from italy, right? er, no, not necessarily…

Yes, another decaf coffee Why? because a customer demanded a decaf, but it HAD to be organic & fairtrade All we could find right at the moment that fitted the criteria was this or a single origin Sumatran We decided…

and we will answer it here for you.

Despite the dire predictions of the newspapers, it isn’t all doom and gloom out there. I’m not a pushy marketing man with an axe to grind, I’m not about to tell you that houses are gaining value and the world…

Cooking food at high temperatures, for example grilling or barbecuing meats, can lead to the formation of minute quantities of many potent carcinogens that are comparable to those found in cigarette smoke (i.e., benzopyrene). Charring of food resembles coking and…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijIq_-8HJo8&feature=PlayList&p=81E5B2E8DCE45882&index=3 i enjoyed this

In an effort to help you enjoy your Londinium coffee in the way we envisaged we now use Volvic water for all our taste tests. This isn’t a plug for Volvic or that Volvic is better than any other water,…

….then you probably won’t like Londinium Espresso We believe that coffee should be all about the ‘terrior’, similar to wine. The concept of terroir developed through centuries of French wine making based on observation of what made wines from different…

The Turkish coffee maker, called “cezve”, “jezve”, “briki”, “mbiki”, “toorka” or “ibrik”, has a wide bottom, a narrow neck, and a long handle. The traditional copper or brass design is preferred. It works best to use a pot to its…