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Life’s too short to drink instant coffee

Tag: Coffee

  • Coffee shops, cafes and restaurants

    Coffee shops, cafes and restaurants

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    On the last night of our short break in Florence last year we had dinner in the hotel restaurant because it was a Sunday and options outside were limited. Fortunately it was a very good hotel with a ‘proper’ restaurant and we were expertly looked after by Markus. I grumbled when Markus came to take…

  • What’s happening to coffee shops?

    What’s happening to coffee shops?

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    There are more coffee shops these days and most of them serve good coffee. That’s good but there’s a trend and that worries me because it degrades the essential experience that you go to a coffee shop to enjoy. And that experience is the opportunity to just drop in when you want and get a…

  • today’s gratitude list.

    today’s gratitude list.

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    I came across this blog today: https://heardandfelt.wordpress.com/ It’s got some good thought provoking content but I feel I’m being short changed because the author doesn’t tell me much about him/herself. I sense it’s a woman, apologies if I’m wrong, and she introduces the concept of her ‘gratitude list’. Nothing deep or profound about this but…

  • Life’s too short to drink instant coffee

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    It’s not quite the same but I spotted this sign in Arequipa when I visited Peru in 2013. I liked the sign and it was one of the positives that day because it began with a bad case of the Big D during the night.

  • Brownlow Arms, Hough-on-the-Hill; 20 Feb 11

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    Not a lot of people know very much about Lincolnshire. It’s flat, it’s got a bit of a war-time history as a base for many bombing raids and it’s got a number of sea-side resorts which are known more for the sea breezes than the sunshine. It borders on Cambridgeshire to the north and I…

  • why do we make such a meal of coffee?

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    Nobody would argue that it’s much easier to get a decent cup of coffee today in the UK as compared with say 10 years ago. There’s a choice of coffee shops on the high street and most half way decent restaurants and pubs (gastro and otherwise) boast an Italian espresso machine. Perhaps this is what…