A place we love is &Union on Bree Street. Why do we love it? Well, there are a host of reasons. It could be because of the super cool interior and the people that fill it. Perhaps it is the selection of cured meats, grilled sausages and Prego rolls. It could be the array of [...]
1. Your eyes stay open when you sneeze. 2. Your child’s name is Yirgacheffe. 3. You don’t sweat, you percolate. 4. You’ve built a mini Colosseum out of little plastic stirrers. 5. You’re offended when people use the word “brew” to refer to beer. 6. You have a picture of your coffee mug on your [...]
1. If tea was that cool why did they not call it a Tea Table? 2. In Marlon Brando’s screen test for The Godfather he shadowed his eyes, stuffed his cheeks with tissues and sat eating fruit and drinking an espresso. Think he would have got the part had it been scones and tea instead? [...]
Contrary to belief, acidity in coffee is a good thing. It refers to the pleasant bitterness of coffee and is characterized by a feeling of dryness at the back and sides of the mouth.
If it wasn’t for the aroma of freshly brewed coffee that smacks you as you pass by you could easily mistake Anthony’s Golden Cup for a flag retailer. He tells me that the flags were put up as a part of the World Cup fever and that he hasn’t got round to taking them down. [...]
