20 best spots for a Coffee Date in London
Going for a coffee date is very popular in London, It’s the first choice for a couple. If you do not want to fail on your first date you should continue reading below. Do not worry, I’ll get you covered with the best spots for a coffee date in London so that you cannot miss…
19 Best reusable coffee cups in 2020
Updated – September 2020 This is my review of the best reusable coffee cups on the UK market, sustainable and eco-friendly. In the UK, there is a disposable of 3 billion coffee cups each year, and less than 1% are recycled. It inevitably harms our environment. Most of the cups lined with polythene are extremely…
UK Coffee Trends in 2020 to Watch Out
Updated – August 2020 The coffee industry is one of the leading sectors in the United Kingdom economy, with the sector experiencing rapid trends. Every year there are new developments which boost the growth of the sector to higher scales. For instance, in April 2019, during the UK Coffee Leader’s Summit, the leaders were able…
Bialetti Moka Express Stovetop home coffee maker Review
Updated – August 2020 With over 105 million Mokas sold, who don’t know the Italian stovetop coffee maker Bialetti? As an Italian, I have owned several Bialetti stovetop coffee makers of any sizes and models. The company Bialetti is well known among Italians and worldwide for this kind of home coffee makers. In the last…
What involves being a barista in 2020?
Updated August 2020 Definition of barista “A barista is a person, usually a coffeehouse employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks”. That’s what Wikipedia says about being a barista. Well, that’s just purely a simplistic view. When I meet new people so many time it happens that they ask me about my job and…
Speciality Coffee: what’s behind all this in 2020?
Updated August 2020 I used to drink coffee just as a fuel so it wasn’t a good relationship at all. I used to make it with a Moka pot adding sugar (hard to hear in the speciality coffee contest) after brewed it to cover the unpleasant experience. Just after many years, I realised what I…
Best coffee shops in Central London in 2020
Updated August 2020 For obvious reasons, Central London is the busiest area of the city. Businessmen, workers and tourists roam daily in its streets, offices and museums. For their breaks, they stop by into coffee shops, which are various and of good quality. Let’s have a look at the best coffee shops in Central London….
The Cup of Excellence
The Cup of Excellence is an annual competition that gathers all the best coffees of a coffee-producing country with. But just before looking at how it works, let’s have a look at the history of the competition and why it has been set up. The Alliance for Coffee Excellence First of all, the Cup of…
Best UK/US Speciality Coffee Blogs and Coffee Influencers in 2020 – Part One
There are different types of coffee blogs dominating the country where viewers can access the content and make the best-informed decision about the coffee. Some blogs have been ranked as the best with great traffic and, therefore, are more reliable. There are millions of people who love coffee and coffee blogs are out there to…
Kombucha Coffee: what is it, exactly?
Another day, another trend. Today we talk about kombucha coffee, what exactly is, why it’s so healthy and why it’s become so famous. The origin of kombucha coffee It’s not clear where kombucha coffee comes from. Some say it comes from Northeast China around 250 BC during Qin dynasty and from there on it would…
Robusta coffee at risk – and a coffee myth
Today we are talking about robusta coffee, its myth and how to debunk them. When talking about robusta coffee we may think we know everything. In fact, there’s a kind of coffee myth around it. Most of us, including myself, have always believed that robusta coffee was invincible to any disease, unlike arabica coffee. I…
Dalgona coffee – how to enjoy this 2020 trend
Year by year we are surrounded by trends. Sometimes a trend becomes ordinary (such as the case of the oat milk), sometimes it will last for the warmest months of the year, especially for those drinks that it’s better to enjoy during those periods. And that’s exactly the case of Dalgona coffee, a new trend…
The Baratza Virtuoso plus coffee grinder review
It’s about time to introduce Baratza Virtuoso Plus, one of Baratza’s grinders, as it’s something that I was missing on my website. Baratza was founded in 1999 by Kyle Anderson and Kyra Kennedy with the only purpose of produce quality coffee grinders for the speciality coffee industry. They also make grinders for home use, like…
Is CBD coffee worth it?
Recent years have brought to the coffee industry new trends. We cannot forget for example all the dairies milk that are now available in any coffee shops such as the oat milk. But also, the nitro coffee, or the coffee mixed with the beer to make extraordinary sour coffee beer. So, today we are talking…
The Engaging History of London Coffee Houses
Today it’s time to talk about the history of London coffee houses, from the very beginning to how coffee has evolved until it’s reached the third wave coffee and beyond. The London speciality coffee wouldn’t be the same of today without all that happened since the 16th century. Before getting through today’s coffee industry, we…