28 May 2014
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I love coffee and I love steak so I was delighted by the recipe in the May 2014 edition of the Waitrose Kitchen magazine that put the two together. My parents cooked it when we visited them earlier in the … Continue reading
1 November 2013
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I love coffee made directly from ground beans but I think that boiling water has a tendency to scald them and a better flavour comes with a slightly lower temperature. Easily enough done but it seems a waste to take … Continue reading
10 November 2012
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I followed up yesterday’s experiment with a blind testing this morning. I set up two saucepans with the same amount of ground coffee in each. One was over gentle heat while the water boiled while the other was left cold. … Continue reading
9 November 2012
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I made coffee tonight after watching a bit of Heston Blumenthal’s latest series on Channel 4 (thanks to their 4OD service) so couldn’t resist doing some experimenting. The brew already had the headstart of fresh ground beans as I was … Continue reading
9 March 2012
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My favourite tea shop is so cosily antique that I cannot even find a website directly for it. The nearest I could get to the Wallingford Tea and Coffee Company was an entry in the TouchLocal directory. They do very … Continue reading
23 September 2008
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I love coffee in the mornings. As I mentioned on my blog last month, I now have a hand grinder and so am saving the world, one bean at a time (frequently producing fresh ground coffee without needing any electricity). … Continue reading