22 November 2024
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Just under 15 minutes into today’s “How to Cook That” video, there is an exploration of how to make a coffee foam. When you whisk egg whites or the ‘aqua faba’ out of a tin of beans, the proteins firm … Continue reading
17 February 2022
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I need to get round to doing some more homebrewing soon. What I’m thinking about with this title, though, is coffee. There are lots of ways to brew coffee. Unless you have unlimited funds, one of the critical restrictions is … Continue reading
16 October 2021
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Tonight, our church was host to an evening Darren Howie and some of his team from Sacred Bean Coffee in Derby. Darren had attended one of our virtual men’s breakfasts last year but it was even better to meet him … Continue reading
9 January 2021
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Okay, if I’m honest, it was a full English and coffee for breakfast. I normally go for something a bit lighter but today was a men’s breakfast event for the church (obviously still not at the church), which meant cook … Continue reading
22 April 2019
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For all that I like to take a fairly scientific approach to food and drink, I have to admit that my coffee making is quite haphazard. I use some ground coffee… This morning, I had the scales out for making … Continue reading
23 November 2018
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I have been taking advantage of now working in the centre of Oxford to sometimes pick up coffee beans from Cardews in the covered market. They have a decent selection on the Fair Trade side and their prices aren’t too … Continue reading
16 October 2018
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An advantage of now working down in the centre of Oxford is that a wealth of wonderful cultural repositories and shopping emporiums are now within a lunchtime stroll. Today’s outing was to Cardews, a tea and coffee shop in the … Continue reading
2 April 2017
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This evening I watched the documentary Black Gold (2006), which looks at the challenges faced by coffee growers in places like Ethiopia when their product is viewed as a commodity in world trade and they can’t get a living wage … Continue reading
6 February 2017
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I visited the library on Friday and got several books out, including one called Coffee Obsession. It is a Dorling Kindersley book and so well-illustrated, as you might expect from the publisher. Most of it seems taken up with maps … Continue reading
2 February 2017
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Concocting the title for this post reminded me of the Dr Feelgood song “Milk and Alcohol“. The irresistible urge to search for it online reminded me (a) that I love the boogie rock groove of the piece and (b) I … Continue reading