How often have you found yourself sipping an extraordinary coffee while looking into the dungeon below watching the minions creating your next magical chocolate brownie. The only question lingering on your mind is whether to order a second coffee when those brownies are ready! If you’ve never had such an experiences then you are just […]
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I Love To Watch
I love watching old puck violently purged over the grounds bin and the basket refilled with a fresh mound of ground coffee. I love watching that twist of the of the wrist as the tamper is pressed then quickly withdrawn from a perfectly flat earthy brown disk. I love watching those mice tails of espresso […]
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A rush of water fills the basket then stops, silent for a moment. The gaps seems to last forever. Then it starts again, the pressure building, the hot water teasing out the oils with their precious flavors. Next a little trickle, chance deciding which side will appear first before becoming a wriggling pair of golden […]
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My good friend Simon likes coffee. I just did not realize how much he likes his coffee until last weekend when we visited him and his wife Emma in Canberra. “Would you like a coffee?” he offered as we were welcomed in. What a great way to kick off the afternoon I thought as he […]
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