The new ER near Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children employs some unorthodox methods for treating its patients: The nutrient drip comes from a La Marzocco espresso machine, not an IV apparatus. The restorative substance, C8H10N4O2, is contained in coffee beans...
Rather than violate the civil liberties of a law-abiding British citizen I would prefer that Gwilym Davies voluntarily strap a GPS tracking bracelet to his ankle. But if the 2009 World Barista Champion refuses to help us trace his movements via GPS or constant twitter...
When travelling across nations or neighborhoods I revel in the long detour for the indelible delight. My willingness to wreck itineraries and rile companions for a nibble of potentially life-changing apple strudel partly explains my reputation amongst those who know...
Since Londoner Gwilym Davies was crowned 2009 World Barista Champion my inbox has been clogged with the same two questions: Where can I find him pulling shots and why wasn't he included in my roundup of the top 10 coffee shops in London? Gwilym does not work at a...
Antipodean know-how and joviality invigorate the landscape for the top 10 coffee shops in London. Baristas from New Zealand and Australia transform waves of rich espresso and smoothly textured steamed milk into lattes so velvety you can barely see a bubble. Two Kiwi...
Whenever in London you can congratulate 2009 British and now World Barista Champion Gwilym Davies in person – and have a great coffee while you're at it. Gwilym pulls his award-winning shots from an espresso cart parked at the Whitecross Street Market on weekdays...
10:20 am, April 10, Nude Espresso, Hanbury St., London: A fellow cafenatic admires the proportions of his flat white (what New Zealanders and Australians call their less-milky latte). He laments that lattes back home in Eastern Europe are whipped-cream-topped...
As you can see from this enticing sign outside its Shoreditch (London) location, apostrophe, the UK café, which, according to its website, "fuses authentic boulangerie-patisserie food with a strong café culture and a modern, cosmopolitan environment," now makes its...
Could you fall for a coffee that's shorter than a latte but taller than a macchiato (an espresso "marked" with a spoonful of milk foam)? Many of us have, more of us will. In Milan, the caffè marocchino – essentially a mini-cappuccino dusted with cocoa– has risen to...
Before returning to London from New York I sent this Tweet from El Beit coffee bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (map): If there's any doubt the character of a Ethiopia Sidamo can cut through milk, El Beit's blueberry muffin of a cappuccino ends it. A few minutes later I...
Caffe Luxxe pulls some of LA's best espresso shots and, situated amid the casual-chic shops of Santa Monica's moneyed Montana Ave, it also pulls in a sizable share of holistic mommies and bohemian millionaires. There were in fact no empty tables for my brother Roy,...
The coffee craze and the ensuing demand for coffee ice creams, brandies and sodas have caught the attention of International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), the fragrance house which developed the scents for such perfumes as Prada, Lancôme Trésor and Calvin Klein...
Starbucks was not seeking to buy indie cred, nor was it trying to undermine the bragging rights of small artisan coffee roasters when it acquired the manufacturer of their $11,000 dream machine. I suspect CEO Howard Schultz viewed the Clover single-cup brewer, which...
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