Posts Tagged: Coffee

Espresso, Intelligentsia

Beautifully shot video about making the perfect espresso. Nespresso this is not.

Suspended Espresso

I’ve just discovered a wonderful tradition, the caffè sospeso, or suspended espresso. In Naples when a customer is particularly happy with their espresso they will pay for two, the second being the ‘suspended espresso’. Then when somebody who is homeless, or down on their luck comes to the cafe they can ask if there areContinue Reading ›

What Has Happened to Coffee?

I love the fact that there are coffee shops on every high street in the UK now and that we can at last buy a decent cup of coffee wherever we are. I stopped to buy an Americano on the way in this morning and overheard the person in front of me ordering a decafContinue Reading ›