tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12418038517237773492024-03-05T02:48:38.712-08:00Damn Fine Joe - Coffee reviews and Cafe cultureDamn Fine Joe is an average guy tasting coffee to find out what to drink and where. The blog covers cafe and bean reviews as well as general coffee news and interviews. It is focused on but not exclusive to London and Brighton.Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-9621569984715723732012-11-22T05:59:00.001-08:002012-11-22T05:59:42.463-08:00Tanzania Ruvuma Mbinga, Small Batch Coffee Company, Brighton<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This single origin Tanzanian coffee comes from the Ruvuma project which is situated around the town of Mbinga, Ruvuma district, South Tanzania. Mbinga sits in a remote southern corner of the country and many people there are dependant on the coffee they grow as the primary source of income. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The soils the independent farmers and small holders work are rich in volcanic materials and the coffee's are noted for bringing an acidic fruity flavour to the table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tanzanian coffee has improved hugely in recent years thanks to projects like this. Processing here was poor in the past which resulted in lower quality coffee being produced. The Ruvuma project is sponsored by two coffee companies, Soochak Bush & co. Ltd. and Tropex ltd. They pay a premium for a higher quality of raw beans from the farmers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The other aspect of the project is that they have built a central facility for processing and grading who's services are included as part of the price that is paid. In the past the farmers would have had to do the processing themselves or pay for it. With this project the farmers make greater profits and the coffee buyers are ensured higher graded and well processed coffees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The premium the projects pays allows the farmers to concentrate on growing the best crop they can and not worrying about other aspects and costs of bringing the product to market.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The beans are light brown and graded AA. This is the 2nd size down from the top and the AA rated beans now make up 14% of the crops from Mbinga. They hold a sweet acidic scent and when ground down further fruity notes were released.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the Aeropress brew a good thick crema developed with even more fruit filling the air. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The taste wasn't disappointing, mirroring and enhancing the aromas that were spied back with the whole bean. A full bodied flavour carried a sweet creaminess which was struck through with a bright, light, citrus acidity. The acidity did not overpower the coffee and gave a zippy, cherry noted through line all the way to the finish. It was clean and well balanced leaving a sweet, fruit after taste to enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As it was single origin a tasting from a slow drip brew was also completed. A Hario V60-02 was used with boiled and then slightly cooled filtered water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This provided a more subtle and delicate taste experience but revealed more details. It was a little less acidic and the fruit flavour had more tones and depth to enjoy.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beans: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Arabica, Variety: 100% </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bourbon</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Certification: None - But from the Ruvuma Project</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Region: Ruvuma district, Southern Tanzania</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Altitude: 12,000-18,000</span></li>
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Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-78035802713849409252012-11-09T10:22:00.000-08:002012-11-09T10:22:01.936-08:00The Gantry, Brockley, South East London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Attending a birthday celebration in Brockley I got to sample one of the recently "done up" restaurants around there. The Gantry is broken up into a number of different spaces, bar, dinning room, conservatory and outside at both the front and the rear. The style of the place is generally modern but with nothing too striking to catch ones eye. The food on offer was quite wide ranging but centring in on what I would see as brunch. We were seated in the conservatory at the back and although nice and light I was bothered by a strange odour for most of my stay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After an enormous delay (and after some promoting) some good quality complimentary olives and bread arrived to stave off the hunger. A little later the ordered food arrived along with a few mistakes that needed to be ironed out. Despite these issues the quality of the food was good, the produce was top notch and it had been well prepared. Being with the family I managed to sample a wide range of what was available and thought each meal was a solid offering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sticking my nose in the bag and taking a big sniff out lifted a fruity acidity and a sweet licorice scent. The beans where a darkish brown with an almost golden green tinge caused by the oily iridescent surface. The blend had beans of all similar sizes and ground down nice and evenly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On brewing, a smooth light brown crema formed and a chocolate aroma clearly emerged. The taste was quite bitter at first, with a good bite to it, which then mellowed with coco infused sweetness. As the flavour developed there were iron like qualities to the subtle notes of stone fruit acidity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The blend was well balanced and low in acidity overall. It didn't make an overly heavy, broad espresso but one that was medium bodied with good sweetness and some playful notes. The finish was smooth and clean with some distant memories of lightly sharp, sweet fruits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Certification: None</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Region: Varied, see beans</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Altitude: Varied</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Roast: Medium to dark</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Process: Washed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beans: 3 bean blend -Brazil Capim Branco, India Bibi Plantation and Tanzania Ruvuma.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A superb blend that keeps things simple with the one-two of chocolate sweetness and sharper fruit notes. This coffee has plenty of flavour without being overpowering. </span><br />
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Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-47277540800921877382012-10-16T05:55:00.002-07:002012-10-16T05:55:58.400-07:00The Broca, Brockley, South East London, UK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Broca is one of two coffee shops just outside of Brockley station in charming South East London. Set up by Erin and Rob, The Broca has an admirable mission to be an ethically aware community focused cafe. They provide this by sourcing ethical products and using second hand and found furniture and equipment. As well as coffee the cafe has a range of things to eat but we did not sample any on this visit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The coffee shop is divided into two halves and has two doors, with the ordering and business end in one, seating in the other. With one side of the venue all windows, sun light streams in and fills the space well. The decor of truly mismatched and used furniture works well together but the graffiti and notice wall off set that homeliness to a more ascetic student vibration. However to counter my aesthetic critique the notice wall leads us directly back to the owners desire to create a venue focused on the community. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The coffee came in a tea mug and was shrouded with a light brown crema. On tasting it was unfortunately a huge disappointment, it was strong but overly bitter and muddy to the taste. It was a little watery and a little burnt, so much so it was hard to pull out any of the actual flavour specifics. It wasn't out and out terrible but one expects more from a modern day coffee shop. The old mugs it was served in continued the theme of the place and the hot chocolate also being served went down well (see below).</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Strong</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Medium size</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Muddied and a little burnt</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Machine: La Marazocco</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To be blunt not a great coffee but the cafe has some charm and an excellent location by the station.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.brocafoods.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">http://www.brocafoods.com/</span></a><br />
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Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.com04 Coulgate St, Brockley, London Borough of Lewisham, SE4, UK51.464508 -0.037076851.462035 -0.0420123 51.466981000000004 -0.0321413tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-55430256419586077252012-09-28T02:11:00.000-07:002012-09-28T02:11:36.116-07:00Giddy Up Floripa, Hackney, East London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After a fair old break I found myself back East and had the pleasure to
visit a stall I wanted to cover months ago. The Giddy up Hackney stall AKA Giddy Up Floripa (they have 3 other locations, Fortune Park, Islington and
Islington Memorial Green and Guild Yard, City of London.) is a stones throw
from Old Street round about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It sits at the corner of Great Eastern Street and Rivington
street under the canopy of the Brazilian bar and restaurant Floripa. Look out
for the Giddy Up rocking horse to help you find your way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is a stall but does benefits from the external seating of
Floripa. It also has a notable coffee machine; a Kees Van de Western, Mirage
Veloce, 3-group lever operated machine. To be honest I don't know much about machines but I read it was the only one of its type around (happy to be corrected). It is also incredibly sexy looking as you can see above.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was joined (in reality she sat near me) by the actress Vicky McCLure (Lol from This Is England) but through sheer gutlessness I didn't tell her how awesome she was in that role. The barista was friendly, quick and informative which is always a boon at any cafe and made me feel very welcome on this sunny but windy afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shortly after ordering the coffee arrived with a thick crema made of fine bubbles and a few different layers of colour. It was quite windy as I said so it was hard to get an aroma fix but on tasting it immediately and generously gave up a rich, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">golden</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> flavour. It was deep and earthy in tone, quite broad and had slight acidity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was however a little muted overall, the true spark of flavour was struggling to get out after the initial warming broadside was delivered. The barista did inform me that he was having some issues dialling it in and balancing brightness and bitterness so I assume this is what he meant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Further down the cup some strong cherry notes emerged with a little more clarity. It was generally sweet on the after notes and although a little too bitter it was still clean and not at all muddy. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Black Americano, drink in</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">£2.00</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Strong</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Small (short)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rich full flavour with earthy tones and cherry notes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thick crema</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beans: Square Mile Red Brick seasonal espresso blend</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Machine: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kees Van de Western, Mirage Veloce</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A very good coffee, professionally made and with very much going right for it but on this occasion it struggled to shine to its fullest potential. Despite this Giddy up is still hitting high and well worth a visit, enjoy.</span></div>
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Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.com193 Great Eastern St, Shoreditch, London, Greater London EC2A 3JD, UK51.5260698 -0.084488651.5235998 -0.089424099999999992 51.528539800000004 -0.0795531tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-30190757820860178222012-08-30T05:45:00.001-07:002012-08-30T05:45:48.432-07:00Redroaster espresso house blend, Red Roaster, Brighton<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Redroaster is a legendary coffee house and roasterie in Brighton, that has been producing gourmet coffee for well over a decade. Why are they called the Redroaster? Because they had a big old Red Roaster to start out with and continue the tradition with their latest machines.<br />
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I may have some niggles with their Americano (<a href="http://damnfinejoe.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/red-roaster-brighton-uk.html">review here</a>) but I do have a fondness for their beans and would often purchase a few grams on my cycle to work. The fine people at Redroaster kindly sent me a small sample of their espresso to try out and here is that review. Their espresso changes seasonally, the beans are individually roasted and then blended to make a consistent smooth tasting brew.<br />
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The beans arrive in a sealed foil envelope with roast date and over information clearly covered on the label. On opening I was greeted with a lovely rich honeyed aroma, there was a clear sweetness to the beans scent with just a slight pinch of acidity.<br />
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The medium roasted beans were smallish and a dulled bronze, Their finish gave them the impression of weathered, dried out armour, shielding the roasted goodness within. They ground down well and released more of the pleasant honeyed notes as I got to work with the Kyocera.<br />
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As I applied the water the coffee bloomed nicely and a little stir produced a good level of light brown crema and a good nose full of sweet caffeine heaven.<br />
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<o:p>To the lips with it and what do we find? A great full rounded flavour that cloaks the mouth like a velvet muffler. It then reveals itself with light, tart cherry notes that can be clearly picked out and are felt right down to the back of the palette. </o:p><br />
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<o:p>The honeyed sweetness remained strong along with some hints of spice and a gentle backing of dry tannin tones. The after taste was creamy, smooth and with a light zestyness. </o:p><br />
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Roast: Medium - dark<o:p></o:p></div>
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Roaster: IR-24 (ie 24kg) Diedrich (a red one!)</div>
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Price: 125g £2.50<br />
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Region: <o:p></o:p>Sul de Minas region</div>
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Farm: <o:p></o:p>Henrique Dias Cambraia</div>
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Process: Pulped natural and patio dried</div>
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Altitude: 1,200m (unconfirmed)<br />
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Variety: Bourbon/ Cactuai</div>
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Region: Chiquimulilla/Guazacapan (Fraijanes) region</div>
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Farm: San Francisco Tecuamburro owned by<b> </b>Sergio Barillas Escamilla</div>
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Process: Fully washed and sun dried</div>
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Variety: 100% Red Bourbon</div>
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Region: Santa Ana region</div>
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Farm: <o:p></o:p>La Reforma and El Cerro by the Alvarez family</div>
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Process: Washed and sun dried</div>
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Altitude: 1,300-1,500m (unconfirmed)</div>
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A well balanced espresso blend of a rich sweetness with little sharp stone fruit highlights. A good drink for breakfast, lunch or dinner. </div>
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Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-24213588762623045192012-07-24T05:58:00.001-07:002012-07-24T05:58:37.357-07:00Fee & Brown, Beckenham, South London, UK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Moving back to Beckenham I was hugely disappointed to find not one decent real coffee house. A bounty of cafes and a few of the big chains but no one here was making the effort. To be fair most of these establishments offer a nice environment and good food but where things crash is the coffee. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A few weeks back I spied a review on <a href="http://www.faerietalefoodie.com/fee-and-brown">The Faerietale Foodie blog</a> that things had changed and finally someone had opened a place serving proper coffee here in the high street where Ziggie Stardust was conceived (true) and Bob Monkhouse started his little book (this last bit is conjecturer).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I popped in on a Sunday afternoon to see if it really was the answer to my prayers. Situated opposite St.Georges church at the nicer end of Beckenham it is in easy reach of Beckenham Junction station and Beckenham green for commuters and sun worshipers respectively.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A single modern bench sits outside the modest exterior and inside we are greeted with a large open counter groaning with good but naughty things. The walls are white, the ceiling high and the light fittings many and modern. Wood benches and matching light pine tables fill the front of the cafe and a rear area is taken up by a single long seated area, good for a large group. It is clean and modern and airy, I like my cafes a bit more ramshackle and earthy than this but it is nice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Out the back is ample space for a future large additional outside space, my only bone of contention with the décor was the menus on silver gilded mirrors but each to their own. After taking our order we were kindly offered a seat and I cast around what else Fee & Brown had to consume. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Artisan sandwiches which looked the part, freshly made fruit and veg juices and the aforementioned cakes and pastries. They also had free and tasty lemon water on hand to refresh the pallet, the perfect coffee accompaniment (bar pastries).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The young staff were constantly buzzing around to attend to people's needs, they were fast, polite, attractive and lent the place a positive vibrant energy but were perhaps a little too keen to tidy up which verged on rushing. By the till they keep a manifesto of sorts bemoaning bad coffee, so the question was whether they would keep to their principles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were soon joined by the coffee in neat sky blue cups, old teaspoons and the milk in a cute mini bottle. The babychino came with a large chocolate button and got the cheeky grin of approval. The americano looked good, thick dark cream shrouded a short drink. There was not much aroma to pull out from this shot but what was there smelt right. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The initial burst of flavour and strength gave me a bit of a shove out the aeroplane of taste but I was soon free falling in joyful imbibment. It was strong and the flavour full, bitter but utterly clean and crisp. As I acclimatised a gentle sour cherry acidity emerged that lifted and lightened the mood. Overall it was full and rounded in flavour with the lighter notes offsetting the deeper bitter tones. The finish was clean and creamy lending me a pleasant after taste all the way home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Full rounded flavour with cherry notes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thick brown crema</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Machine: La Marzocco</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beans: <a href="http://www.caravancoffee.com/">Caravan Coffee</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Really good coffee, strong and flavoursome, made and served well. Beckenham has a cafe saviour and it is Fee & Brown.</span><br />
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Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.com350 High St, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1AY, UK51.4091052 -0.025281751.4066292 -0.0302172 51.4115812 -0.020346200000000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-73720656697789298292012-07-18T05:56:00.000-07:002012-07-18T05:56:04.872-07:00Bambino (Volcano), Crystal Palace, South East London, UK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Situated on the Crystal Palace triangle Bambino is one of
and possibly the best long serving curiosity and vintage stores in the area. Many moons ago
I bought a massive mortar from here and another time a side board, both still
in my possession. Relatively recently they gained a miniature café and brew bar
manned by Volcano Coffee Works.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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get an ever changing and interesting view inside as well as some cool furniture
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so this was truly a local brew. As well as the expresso based drinks they were
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The pricing structure is the most simple I’ve seen and I liked
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good thick layer of Crema and my compadre Jeff opted for a flat white. The
barista pointed out that they weren’t serving a blend but their Honduras
Especiale SHG and what a good coffee bean it was. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was strong espresso, and I could choose how short I would have it with my own water on the side. The initial taste showed of a well rounded full flavour and a medium body. Starting bright and fresh this coffee soon gave way to sweetness and a warming Hazelnut flavour. </span></div>
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was a slight lack of clarity on the finish and after taste but not enough to
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">External shots: <a href="http://www.jeffmetal.com/">Jeff Metal</a></span></div>
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Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.com132 Church Rd, Thornton Heath, London Borough of Croydon, London SE19 2ET, UK51.4190531 -0.079586151.4165776 -0.0845216 51.4215286 -0.074650600000000011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-60966051063840964092012-07-08T06:30:00.002-07:002012-07-08T06:30:56.916-07:00Special offer: Get a double for the price of a single at Cafe Coho<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To celebrate the <a href="http://www.developconference.com/page.cfm/NewSection=Yes/GoSection=0">Develop Conference</a> coming to Brighton, Cafe Coho and Damn Fine Joe have teamed up to give all the guests coming to the city and anyone else for that matter a special promotional offer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Starting on <b>Monday the 9th July</b> you will be
able to get <b>any double shot from the price of a single. </b>Anyone
can take advantage of this offer, all you have to do is say the phrase that
pays:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>"I would like some Damn fine Joe"</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or if you will be attending Develop then you can just <b>show
your delegate pass.</b></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Develop is the UK industry event for video game developers and alongside a wide ranging conference hosts the Develop Awards. This event is for the developers of games to meet, network and get inspired. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For visitors to the city, Cafe Coho is one of Brightons finest and award winning coffee shops. A perfect place to slip away from the hubbub of the Hilton and have a quiet meeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Offer runs:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Monday 9th July 2012 - End of July 2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://damnfinejoe.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/cafe-coho-brighton-uk.html">Here is the Damn Fine Joe Review</a>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Cafecoho</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.cafecoho.co.uk/">http://www.cafecoho.co.uk/</a>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/cafecoho"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">@cafecoho</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Develop</b></span><br />
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<br /></div>Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-8787432477673391682012-07-06T05:06:00.000-07:002012-07-06T05:07:50.942-07:00Profile: Callum Hale Thomson, Barista<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the London Coffee festival I found a not too quiet stair well and grabbed some time with Callum Hale Thomson AKA Young Barista, a future star of the coffee scene. I say future as due to a rule change he is actually too young too compete (after previously doing so) at the UKBCs. On meeting Callum I way enthused by his clear love for coffee. From the way he spoke about the subject with such passion, energy and knowledge it was great to talk. This is what was said.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hello. Who are you?
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hi Callum Hale Thomson and I am currently studying, working
and competing in coffee in my spare time, in and around London.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Go to school, study, revise for my GCSE exams (at the time of posting now complete) and then go make
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In my family we have always had a tradition of drinking
coffee in the mornings. As soon as I was old enough to use the mocha pot in the
house I jumped at it and started buying my own coffee. I mean really bad coffee
but it was exciting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My dad’s friend was an investor in <a href="http://www.flatwhitecafe.com/">Flat White</a> in Soho, one
of the founding coffee shops in London. Through them I managed to have a lesson
on the espresso machine and learn how to make proper speciality coffee. I was
about 13 and it was an amazing experience, really exciting, fascinating. From
there, my dad opened up a gallery (he’s an artist) and I had the opportunity to
make coffee there. So I contacted <a href="http://shop.squaremilecoffee.com/">Square Mile</a> who were just round the corner
from the gallery and they helped me, they let me buy a bit of coffee from them.
I was still very much in the early stages taking in everything and going to
events.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then I started in my spare time; when the gallery closed I
started to get part time jobs in speciality coffee cafes around London and
really just trying to absorb everything. And then I decided to compete. Last
year I competed for the 1<sup>st</sup> time
and I did again this year in Norwich. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I came 3<sup>rd</sup> in the London heat and this year for
the Norwich heat I took part but because of a rule change I can no longer place (due to age).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I started out working in <a href="http://webcoffeeshop.co.uk/">Climpson and Sons</a> in Broadway
Market and I’ve done stints at <a href="http://www.tappedandpacked.co.uk/">Tapped & Packed</a> and freelanced for <a href="http://www.ristretto.com/">Ristretto</a>
in places around London. Now I work semi regularly for <a href="http://www.prufrockcoffee.com/">Prufrock </a>on Sundays. It
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You have the opportunity to take something from a farmer who
has looked after the crop and who has processed it well and has taken
consideration at every step. Then a roaster who has taken care of roasting it
and making sure it is packaged properly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You have all these stages where people have done their job incredibly well
and you have found this coffee and it is your job to do it justice. You have so
many ways of doing that, there are so many variables. It is so easy to pull an
awful shot of coffee or an awful brewed coffee. It is the challenge of pursuing that
perfect cup and to present it to someone, to really change their perception of
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What can I say? I like to think the most important thing is
the espresso shot and I like to think that when I feel confident that part is
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The biggest thing for me is hygiene. If someone is working
in a clean environment, and you can see that they are noticing everything and
everything has its place and its not all over the place. That being said you can
still have excellent shots from people who are slightly messy. It is more if
you have a machine that has been cleaned daily, or back flushed every hour, and
everything is spotless, then the coffee that comes out of it gives you the
opportunity to make the best shots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I go into a new place I try to go in with a really open
mind and not look at the barista and not look at how they are doing it. I just
try an espresso and see how it is. I don’t like to be judgmental about places,
I like to give it a shot and go back a couple of times and see how it goes.</span></div>
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everything was all over the place and that the machine was really dirty and the
person that was doing it didn’t have the passion for what they were doing and
it just seemed like an every day job to them, then I think that would be a
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If making coffee at home then brewed coffee is the way to
go. Making espresso is such a finicky method and although you can get great
machines at home, even if you buy the most expensive machine at a couple of
thousand pounds if you want a coffee in the morning you won’t have the time to
dial through 6 shots and then keep the machine in spotless condition and clean
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So definitely</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">brewed coffee. I would say the biggest thing is
to maintain your brew ratios. My family initially would put a couple of scoops
in and it would change day to day but if you want consistently really tasty
extractions then you need to maintain
your variables. The amount of coffee you put in and the water weight and
use scales for this, then you will be able to slowly find out what really works for you
and you will be able to consistently brew much better coffee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are the main UK roasters, <a href="http://shop.squaremilecoffee.com/">Square Mile</a>, <a href="http://www.jamesgourmetcoffee.com/">James Gourmet</a>,
<a href="http://hasbean.co.uk/">Has Bean</a>, they all have fantastic offerings and pretty much anything from them
is going to be great. So I would say if you can’t ask someone for a
recommendation just order something random, that sounds interesting or you have
found rave reviews for. Put it through your brew ratios, try it, taste it,
maybe try a cupping at home and have a bit of fun. It takes me a while to dial
in a brewed coffee but it should be fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I try to stay quite open because I mostly now working in
places and I serve what has been ordered by the café. At home I have a
subscription to Has Bean <a href="http://www.inmymug.com/">in my mug</a> which
is fantastic as every week I get a random coffee that has been chosen by Steve
(Leighton). It is great to have what he thinks is great. I like the idea that someone
else with experience is choosing the best and you get to enjoy that. Its like
when I walk into a coffee shop its nice when the barista there will
make me something I will like and use there professional expertise to judge
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you have good coffee and have got a decent grinder, a
burr grinder then you can make pretty great coffee. The machine itself is not going
to make an incredible difference. The difference will be if you are using 3
month old blackened coffee or if you are using fresh medium roasted artisan
coffee, that will make the big difference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can’t extract something amazing if you have an amazing
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That’s very difficult. The big thing is, the important thing
that I have realised that Everyone plays such a massive role. I can’t say.
There are so many things that could go wrong. If the farmer picks the cherries
too early or too late. If they pick unripe cherries and process them it is
going to be a problem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">During processing If they are being naturally processed and
left out too long they ferment, they start to taste alcohol and
vinegary. If it is transported in the wrong way, if it is kept at a dock
the beans might change or if the roaster roasts it wrong. I think every person
has such a big role. Sometimes that really isn't appreciated. The
coffee’s that we have in good coffee shops are the work of everyone doing it
perfectly, it is not just chance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If I’m making it for the whole family then I will make a
Chemex. I have my pouring kettle and my filtered water. When my filtered water runs out and
I have to use tap water it is just horrible. If I am making it for myself then I normally just use a V60 or an Aeropress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not as many as people would think. Those are my main three.
I have a wood neck but I don’t really use it because of the filter. It’s a bit
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of the big things that has helped me get into coffee is
the amazing industry in London. I’ve been to New York and the States and there
is definitely a coffee scene over there but In London the community is so
brought together by coffee. In many instances there is no competion. There are
very few people bad mouthing other people’s shops. Its kind of like as
speciality shop we are all in it together and instead of fighting against each
other we are fighting against bad coffee. That’s one of the nice things about
coffee in London</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you want to get a coffee from Callum then you can find him at <a href="http://www.prufrockcoffee.com/">Prufrock</a>. Keep your eyes peeled for this enthusiastic and talented barista on his way up.</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">UKBC photos credited to <a href="http://lizbishopphotography.co.uk/">Liz Bishop Photography</a></span></span></o:p></div>
</div>Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-85716667434834506212012-06-29T06:40:00.000-07:002012-06-29T06:40:06.107-07:00St. David Coffee House, Forest Hill, South London, UK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nearly a year ago I attempted to go to this café in Forest
Hill, South London and found they were off on holiday. I was sad as I had heard
great things and I vowed to return but was it worth the wait?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The sun was pouring through into the front of the café, it contained a
small but light and open seated area here. The café becomes more dense as you made
your way to the back with a great ramshackle collection of furniture and
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offer alongside the coffee as one would expect. The friendly staff attended to me right away and
soon I was back outside in the sunshine with my coffee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My initial sip disappointed a little as it came across as quite
watery but a few gulps later things had markedly improved. Although still lacking in explosive strength some lovely distinct flavours asserted themselves.</span></div>
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nuttiness filling out the middle tones. The acidity and natural sweetness gave it an almost sweet
and sour sensation. Clean and crisp on the finish it left a pleasant cherry
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Black
Americano, take away<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">£2.00<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Low
strength<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Small
size<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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little citrus, a little nuttiness<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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of fine crema<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beans:
Square mile<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Machine:
RancilioClasse 10 S<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Anfim</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A great looking little coffee house with friendly service. A
very nice coffee with light fruit sweet and citric flavours. Could be a little
stronger.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After visiting the excellent <a href="http://damnfinejoe.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/vagabond-finsbury-park-north-london.html">Vagabond</a> in
the morning, on the way back I spied Boulangerie Bon Matin. A traditional French
style patisserie. The cakes in the window and the attractive sign had me quite
excited, this could be the taste of France; delicate pastries with expertly
brewed coffee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think I’m starting to gain a sixth sense on whether a
place will be good or bad and as soon as I walked through the door my spider
sense was tingling. Something about the atmosphere gave me a warning, the air
didn't have enough coffee in it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The decor was nice enough, white tiles, bare brick work,
industrial style lighting, wood floors and a good amount of art all felt right
but a little cold perhaps. The cakes had me drooling, just look at those lovelies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I watched the barista rather absently make the coffee I
knew it would be poor. It was a big old take away cup which for a regular
coffee I knew was going to weaken things so when I received my truly American
cup of joe I was not surprised with the taste.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sweetness and a dry tannin finish. I've read a few other reviews
which praised the coffee so perhaps I was just unlucky this time and got a large over espressed serving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In their favour the cakes did look great and had I not been
a good boy I would have sampled one and let you know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Black Americano, take away<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">£2.50<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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bitter with some sweetness.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not a good coffee, it tasted like a chain cup. Stick to the
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At this years London Coffee
Festival I had a chance to catch up with Lauren Morris the programme manager
for UK Coffee Week to discuss the event and what it was all in aid of.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Lauren:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"> Hi, I’m Lauren Morris the programme manager for <a href="http://www.ukcoffeeweek.com/">UKCoffee Week</a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>which is managed by
the <a href="http://www.allegrafoundation.com/">Allegra Foundation</a>.</span> <span style="color: #222222;">UK Coffee Week is an annual national week long
celebration of coffee, uniting coffee lovers and the coffee industry to raise
money for <a href="http://www.ukcoffeeweek.com/Project-Waterfall.aspx">Project Waterfall</a> which funds clean water projects in African
coffee-producing countries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Lauren:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">The London Coffee Festival is UK Coffee Week’s flagship
event. The Growing Community area within the is festival is run by the Allegra
Foundation. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Here we want to raise awareness of Project Waterfall and the need
for water in coffee-growing countries. We are also we doing some fundraising
and have lots of fantastic raffle prizes and demonstrations, cuppings and
interesting talks. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #500050;">Joe: During UK Coffee Week
what else has been going on?</span></b><span style="color: #500050;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Lauren:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">So throughout the week, the main mechanism is inviting
coffee chains and independents to ask their customers to donate just five pence
from every cup of coffee that they buy throughout the week. So many people in
the UK love coffee – there is an enormous audience that we can reach out
to and raise money for the cause.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Often it’s the</span> <span style="color: #222222;">coffee growing countries that don’t have access to clean
water</span><span style="color: #1f497d;">.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">We are working with </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="http://www.wateraid.org/uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">WaterAid</span></a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">to deliver a project in the coffee-growing country of
Tanzania, which WaterAid identified as having one of the greatest needs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">We’ve had</span> <span style="color: #222222;">fundraising events throughout the week, held by</span> <span style="color: #222222;">coffee shops</span> <span style="color: #222222;">across
the country.</span> <span style="color: #222222;">Cuppings, music events,
and coffee talks are raising money and awareness, and then</span> <span style="color: #222222;">to complete the week there is the London Coffee
Festival.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">We launched a new
fundraiser this year, called</span> <span style="color: #222222;">“Coffee at
Work”. This brings UK Coffee Week in workplaces. A lot of people
drink coffee and tea at work</span> <span style="color: #222222;">which fuels
their</span> <span style="color: #222222;">days – we wanted to expand our
reach to his audience and give the opportunity for people to give back to those
coffee communities that don’t have such luxuries. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">We also had a sponsored
walk that took place on</span> <span style="color: #222222;">15th</span> <span style="color: #222222;">April for Project Waterfall.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="http://www.ukcoffeeweek.com/News-Events/Events.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">The Big Challenge</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1f497d;">is </span><span style="color: #222222;">a</span> <span style="color: #222222;">10K sponsored walk along the River Thames. It started off
outside the Mayor’s office and is a big loop. Half way along the walk</span> <span style="color: #222222;">participants</span> <span style="color: #222222;">had
to pick up, up to 10 litres of water and then carry it to the finish
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daily task of fetching water in the area we are raising money for, in Tanzania.</span> <span style="color: #222222;"> Fetching water is predominately done by</span> <span style="color: #222222;">women and children who have to travel for up to two
hours a day carrying up to twenty litres- double the amount we were
carrying -</span> <span style="color: #222222;">and they may have to do
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Lauren:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">Project Waterfall is raising money for clean water
projects in coffee growing countries and it is a moveable feast. At the moment
it is funding a 3 year project in Tanzania in partnership with our service
delivery partner WaterAid</span> <span style="color: #222222;">which</span> <span style="color: #222222;">is now in the second year.</span> <span style="color: #222222;">100% of consumer donations go to Project Waterfall which
goes directly to Tanzania.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #500050;">Joe: Is this a world wide
initiative?</span></b><span style="color: #500050;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Lauren:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">For<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #1f497d;">t</span><span style="color: #222222;">his first 3 years<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>we are funding a clean water project
in Tanzania but once we have fulfilled this agreement we will find another worthy
project.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #500050;">Joe: Why is it important?</span></b><span style="color: #500050;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Lauren:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">Water is the most basic human necessity. Without
clean water, people get ill, can die and miss out on school or work.
Without water, communities cannot develop and improve. More people die
from water diseases than malaria, HIV and TB combined and something can be done
to improve the situation. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">The water is there, it just needs to be extracted,
which is where the wells and pumps come in. UK Coffee Week is a way of
raising awareness and asking people for a small donation to give something back
and allows people to make a big difference.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #500050;">Joe: What is the practical
aid? What does the money go towards?</span></b><span style="color: #500050;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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going to Nbulu District</span> <span style="color: #222222;">which is
in Northern Tanzania. There we work with WaterAid who</span> <span style="color: #222222;">are our service delivery partner. So far we</span> <span style="color: #222222;">have helped over 3,638</span> <span style="color: #222222;">people</span> <span style="color: #222222;">through building
wells and water pumps and training the villagers on how to use and
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we keep the website updated with news and send regular newsletters, so
supporters can see how their donations are being spent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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day and came across UK Coffee Week and thought it was a great idea. I
got in touch with the Allegra Foundation to see if there were any positions
available and here we are.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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like a variety of coffee and I do love the little independent coffee shops and
London has plenty of those. I went recently to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://caravanonexmouth.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Caravan</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and their coffee is out of this world.
Having brunch at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.workshopcoffee.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">St
Ali</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(Now Workshop
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of coffee experts recently and doing a lot of cuppings and found the serious
coffee drinkers have it black but I’m a little way off from that now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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as 50% of the ticket sales go to Project Waterfall.</span> <span style="color: #222222;">Other ways to support the cause are to donate, either </span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://mydonate.bt.com/charities/ukcoffeeweek" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">online</span></a> </span><span style="color: #222222;">or
via text and visit a coffee shop participating in UK Coffee Week. Many
people have suggested their local coffee shop to get involved this year, some
getting them signed up on our behalf which is a fantastic way to support
us. </span></span></div>
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fundraising for the cause and well worth a visit. The best way to
find out more is to sign up to our newsletter via the website. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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talking to the industry<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>on
how they can be involved. We<span style="color: #222222;"> are going to start
working on putting on a variety of new events to keep the momentum going into
year 3.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thanks to Lauren for taking the time to speak on such a busy
day. If you think Project Waterfall is a worthwhile cause and next year you
would like to get involved then please support UK Coffee Week. Check out the
links below for more information about the project and affiliates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next week I will be reviewing a Tanzanian single origin
coffee from the <a href="http://smallbatchcoffee.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=80">Small
Batch Coffee Company</a>. If you want to see why Tanzania is important for
coffee you can buy a little and have a taste.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.ukcoffeeweek.com/News-Events/Events.aspx">UK
Coffee week</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mellow one could appreciate a little more complexity in the flavour, citrus
fruit remained but supported with some richer, deeper tones. The natural sweet
fruit flavours stuck cleanly on till the finish.</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Variety: Arabica</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Minas state
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Process: Ripe cherries, hand picked, depulped, sun dried for days</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Elevation: 800-900</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Vera
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Elevation: 800-1000</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">North Sumatra, west of lake Toba</span></li>
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I don't really venture North that much but today I had a photo shoot at the London School of Capoeira in Finsbury Park. Having left early and bereft of coffee I was on the hunt for some joe and stumbled upon Vagabond along the route.<br />
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On stepping inside the cosy and warmly lit interior the fantastic smell of fresh coffee (brewed and just ground) hits you. The cafe has what it needs for a good experience, cakes, robust wooden tables and plenty of coffee.<br />
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It was refreshing to see coffee on sale and in use from a number of independent roasters including Nude Espresso, Has Bean and Square Mile. To me this meant they were getting the best coffee for the job and keeping a rolling menu for the single origin filter lovers out there. Top marks for that.<br />
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<li>Hints of coco and a mild cherry tartness</li>
<li>Thick dark crema</li>
<li>Beans: <a href="http://www.nudeespresso.com/">Nude Espresso</a> - But serve other beans for other drinks e.g. <a href="http://hasbean.co.uk/">Has Bean</a></li>
<li>Machine: La Marzocco Linea </li>
<li>Grinder: Mazzer, Mahlkonig</li>
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</div>Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.com0Charter Court Stroud Green Rd, London, Greater London N4 3SG, UK51.5690691 -0.110935251.5666016 -0.1158707 51.5715366 -0.1059997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-61482201372609524012012-06-08T01:33:00.000-07:002012-06-08T02:25:13.035-07:00notes, Trafalgar Square, Central London, UK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On a particularly wet London day I made my way out of Charring Cross tube and moved up from the exit by the majestic Trafalgar Square to one of the two notes coffee shops (the other being in Covent garden). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">notes is unique; not in that it sells music, films and wine but it does so alongside a dedication to making brilliant coffee. Don't let the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">tourist </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">heavy</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">location or the spread of focus fool you, this is a true house of coffee. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With a busy cafe in the midst of the lunch time rush the baristas seemed calm and on top of the proceedings as Jazz tootled out of the speakers and bounced around the nicely lit cream interior. The coffee came quickly and with a polite but not stuffy transaction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Checking out out my Long Black I found there was a light bubbly layer of crema and a good oily layer on top. The aroma was pleasantly rounded with a little citric fruit to tickle the nasal passages. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was a punchy fruity cup of coffee with strong hints of plumbs and stone fruit to savour. It had surprisingly little acidity and the citric notes that did exist were well balanced with the honeyed sweetness. The fruit perhaps soured a little in the middle and the flavour developed a dryer tone at this point.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">£2.40</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Medium strength</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lots of fruit, clean & sweet</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Small size</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beans: Square Mile</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Machine: La Marzocco’s - La Strada</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A playful and light coffee that really sings. Well put together by a team that knows their craft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes with Terrone you to can have real Italian style roasted beans for breakfast, a taste of holiday. They have kindly supplied a couple of sample blends to review and enjoy at Damn fine Joe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First up is the Terrone Espresso blend, a complicated make up of 5 different coffee's, 3 Arabica and 2 Robusta with the lion's share being a Brazil Caerrado Dulce. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They roast the beans in a 1950's "Vittoria" Italian roaster all in small batches. For this blend they roast the beans separately then bring them together using a traditional recipe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Terrone supply their coffee's with some well designed tasting notes which include technical brewing suggestions, plus a badge, which always wins me over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On opening the black foil sealed bag I was greeted by a strong aroma. There was liquorice and chocolate, a little acidity and even notes of tobacco. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These were oily beans, the sheen glistened under the lights. Some of the beans in the blend were incredibly large and their colour was a beautiful dark brown, quite dark for a medium.<br />
<br />On brewing the crema was bubbly and a yellow gold colour and the aroma lost some of its darker characteristics and gave off more floral ones. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The first few sips met with a good rounded body, a full flavour which expanded to fill the mouth. This coffee had some meaty flavours but was not found to be overpowering and was generally low in acidity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The finish was still sweet and slightly creamy with a fragrant, pleasant bitter taste that was left on the pallet long after the drink was gone.</span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Process: Blend - See below</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>50%</b> Brazil Cerrado Dulce -</span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Source likely to be Cooperativa de Caficultores e Agropecuarists</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>10%</b> Nicaragua Matagalpa Cavallino -</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Variety: Arabica </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Matagalpa highlands</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Process: Likely wet processed</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>10%</b> Ethiopia sidamo Grade 2 Washed -</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Variety: Arabica </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sidamo region</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7760321.stm">Ethiopia Coffee Exchange</a> means beans are lumped together and graded rather than marked from a particular farm or district.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Grade 2 is a high quality grade </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Process: Washed</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>20%</b> Java Blue Bromo -</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Variety: Robusta</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>10%</b> India Parchment Kappi Royal AAA Washed -</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The AAA is a grading</span></li>
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<a href="http://www.foodspotting.com/terrone"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Food Spotting</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another gem found thanks to the London's Best Coffee app however it took me 4 attempts to buy a coffee from The Hatch in London's Bermondsey street. The first two times I couldn't find it, the third it was shut but the forth time I got my man, I mean coffee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It literally is a hatch on the corner of Bemondsey and St. Thomas' street and is open only in the mornings and will close at various times. This slender opening window makes it ideal for commuters or die hard coffee fans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was generally sweet and each sip had a little cheeky cherry tang at the end. It also had some warmer tannin notes that dried the palette and over all had a good rounded flavour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was sweet and clean throughout the finish and always remained smooth. This Americano wasn't packing that much strength but not too little either, just the right amount to let the beans sing. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Medium strength</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sweet and smooth with a cherry bite</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Small size - 8oz</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beans: Square mile</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Machine La Marzocco Linea</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sometimes there is not much to say about a great coffee. This is a great coffee and well worth the time trying to get it. Of medium strength, a lovely smooth and sweet flavoured beverage with the gentlest of sharp cherry nibbles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dedication to real coffee from The Coffee Hatch - <a href="http://twitpic.com/7j35g9">http://twitpic.com/7j35g9</a></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Following on from the <a href="http://damnfinejoe.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/london-coffee-festival-write-up-part-1.html">London Coffee Festival Write Up - Part 1</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The UK Barista Championships (UKBC) were fascinating to watch and it would have been very easy to sink the whole weekend into this alone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well organised, with a good audio visual set up, crowds watched the barista contestants create espresso, a milk based drink and a speciality drink. These drinks were then presented to a range of technical and taste judges. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It felt somewhere between Masterchef and the DMC’s in terms of excitement, creativity and tension. The event drew a strong audience throughout the day and I'm sure throughout the rest of the weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I particularly enjoyed watching James Bailey from <a href="http://www.prufrockcoffee.com/">Prufrock</a> who went on to take 2nd place in the <a href="http://www.scaeuk.com/">UKBC 2012 </a>and win the Brewer's cup. He also claimed best espresso and best speciality drink. Well done James. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For lunch I wandered the food hall and literally followed my nose. It took me to <a href="http://www.wallahwallah.co.uk/">Wallahwallah</a>, who were swerving Indian inspired street food. There were two types of curry wraps on offer; I opted for the chicken and enjoyed watching it being constructed; a meticulous process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It looked a treat before it was all firmly wrapped in a flat bread and devoured by me. It was a good value, large, tasty lunch. If you see these guys at a market near you then I thoroughly recommend.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We went through tuning the grinder, testing the shots, dosing the portafilter, tamping it down, making a shot of espresso and finally making a latte. It was a fantastic demonstration of the subtitles of coffee making. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Using the same machine, same grinder, same beans and under expert tuition throughout Vic's coffee still blew mine away. I walked away with his in my hand, not mine, but having said that for a first go, it wasn't that bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I also spoke to the enthusiastic and day brightening Lauren Morris, Programme manager for <a href="http://www.ukcoffeeweek.com/">UK Coffee Week</a>, we spoke a bit about the purpose of the week, what they had been doing and what <a href="http://www.allegrafoundation.com/Project-Waterfall.aspx">Project Waterfall</a> , the charity linked to the event, was all about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In summary "It aims to raise more than £1 million to deliver safe drinking water and sanitation projects for up to 100,000 people, specifically in Africa." A worthy course to support.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The artisan café was a double bar set up, providing a rolling roster of top baristas. On the day I enjoyed drinks from many baristas including <a href="http://allpressespresso.co.uk/">Allpress Espresso</a>, a delicious and potent coffee martini from Edmund Buston from <a href="http://www.cliftoncoffee.co.uk/">Clifton Coffee</a> and a good old double mac from Alan Tomlins from the <a href="http://smallbatchcoffee.co.uk/">Small Batch Coffee Company</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There really was a wealth of talent floating about and making great coffee all day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I drank a staggering amount of coffee which was almost without exception fantastic to taste. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aside from Lizzie of Ozone Coffee noting everyone was "really wired" by 4.30 and watching Keith from Union almost blew up a syphon with a panicked "Quick stand back" barked to the customer, my stand out part of the festival have to be Jeremy from UNION’s talk on roasting and the tutelage for Vic Frankowski. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Two sessions that taught me a whole lot about the drink I love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Each year a proportion of the ticket price goes to support UK Coffee Week and Project Waterfall so you are doing something good just by turning up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For more information about this event please visit <a href="http://www.londoncoffeefestival.com/">http://www.londoncoffeefestival.com/</a> Hope to see you there next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I first stumbled across Dark Fluid at the Brighton Food Festival and after some ex-Monmouth Coffee recognition & conversation I was treated to a lovely black Americano. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Roll forward a bit and I'm in Brockely Market on a wet Saturday morning in May. I've heard that they are here and they are indeed, tucked into the corner with a subtly branded stall, serving coffee and selling beans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The market is what we have come to expect from a city market, offering a good mix of produce and food to eat on the hoof. It started to rain so sadly we didn't get to explore in depth but it seemed like a good spread and I particularly liked the central benches for gorging and resting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As well as purchasing a bit of seasonal asparagus I sampled some outrageous honey roasted ham, now that was worth a revisit alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After a bit of banta with the baristas and a quick chat on how the little one wanted her bambinoccino we traversed the long but quick moving queue and waited to one side. The coffee arrived shortly after.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They had a good system of service on the stall and the baristas seemed genuinely into what they were doing even in the rain and early on a Saturday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The black americano looked good, it had a creamy light layer of crema and gave off a good strong aroma in the cold air. It had a great kick, it was a strong coffee but not overly bitter to taste. It was quite sweet and this was balanced against a good cheewy nuttiness. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Black Americano, take away</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">£2.00</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Strong</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sweet and nutty flavour</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fine but thick crema</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Small size - 8oz</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beans: <a href="http://www.darkfluid.co.uk/roasting">Dark Fluid</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On Friday the 27<sup>th</sup> April 2012 I attended the
London Coffee Festival trade day. Arriving in Brick Lane at 10.30 on a
dreary drizzling day the next 7 hours would be a jubilant journey through the
world of coffee and café culture. </span><br />
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things could go quickly awry as the caffeine levels racked up. Taking my timetable I sat in the fake lawn of the Picnic area and carefully marked out what
I wanted to see and do. This initial plan lasted just under an hour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As in previous festivals the show was broken into 3 main
areas; Hyde Park, Soho and Shoreditch. Hyde park contained some of the bigger
stands including the lawn, the tea and chocolate sellers and the live music
stage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shoreditch contained the food area along with a mix of coffee, food and beverage
stalls as well as the Lab area. Soho contained more stalls along with the true
Artisan Café which had a rolling staff of baristas through the weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like last year, UK Coffee Week take up an area dubbed “The Growing Community” between Hyde and
Shoreditch. Here you can learn about the process of growing coffee and about the communities that do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This year there was a fifth area; the Showroom, which
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at <a href="http://www.unionroasted.com/">UNION</a> and he gave a quite fascinating talk all about the art of roasting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He showed us how smell, sight and sound are all used to get the perfect roast. The talk finished with a short round of tasting and a discussion on how to compare the different coffees on offer.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This talk was part of the VIP experience which punters were
supposed to book out slots on. The reality was people just turned up and joined
in, the whole concept of slots and special passes seemed to fall to the wayside once the day got going. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Other “experiences” included Ethiopian coffee
tasting from <a href="http://www.grumpymule.co.uk/">Grumpy Mule</a> and their suppliers. This included the sampling of a solar kiln dried coffee which had the unbelievable taste compared to the same bean dried with another method. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another enjoyable session was the <a href="http://www.andunion.com/">Brewers & Union Beer</a> tasting; the unpasterised beers were a
taste revelation and well worth a purchase.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The <a href="http://makedecentcoffee.com/">Make Decent Coffee</a> team were showing people step by step how to use all the common house hold coffee tools such as the <a href="http://www.aeropresscoffee.co.uk/">Aero-Press</a>, <a href="http://www.harioglass.com/">V60 </a>& the <a href="http://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/">Chemex</a>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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experience” session with Cart Noir. They had run a number of focus tests using music, aromas,
colours and materials to make the perfect drinking environment. Some of it was common sense (death metal is
bad) but other aspects were quite insightful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The use of added aromas to manipulate
the customer was starting to tip over to the more sinister side of selling but the
biggest issue was what they were serving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">No matter if you have jazz
tooting out of the speaker, silk pillows scattered across dark leather sofas,
creamy drapes, a wood finish, and the smell of strawberries in the air. If you
are serving Cart Noir rather than real fresh coffee then your coffee is
still going to taste bad. Sorry Cart Noir.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Of the many stalls there were a few products that caught my
eye and some I hope to return to at a later date in separate reviews. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These
included a number of travel solutions for drinking decent coffee, the most
interesting ones being the <a href="http://www.growerscup.com/eng/">Growers Cup</a> Coffeebrewer, an all in one travel filter bag that made a solid brew. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then there was the <a href="http://www.handpresso.co.uk/">Handpresso</a> Wild
ESE Portable Espresso Machine, essentially a bike pump come coffee maker. The pump is used to make the pressure and off you go, the shot I had was smooth and sweet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Can the take away coffee lid be improved? <a href="http://progressivesupplies.com/">Progressive Supplie</a>s seem to think so with their FoamAroma® lid, they promise less spill and a better drinking experience. I have a bunch of lids on which to test (not with scalding fluid) so I will let you know how it goes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don't normally cover non coffee drinks but <a href="http://progressivesupplies.com/">Orzo Coffee's</a> substitute tickled my fancy. Roasted Barley, ground and prepared in a cafetiere is a an interesting, naturally caffeine free alternative. It is the norm in Italy and perhaps it is something that will catch on over here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These are just some of the items seen on my visit to the show and the dizzying array of stalls on offer. I didn't have time to check out many of the food, tea and chocolate stalls that were also exhibiting but there was only so much time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">More to follow in part 2 including the UKBC's and further exciting coffee experiences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Rwanda Buf Café coffee crop is gathered from the Buf Café co-operative plus a large amount of
small holders in the Bufundu area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is a coffee with a great story behind it, that of owner Epiphanie
Mukashyaka. She was made a widow during the terrible time of the Rwandan genocide but rather than leaving, Epiphaine made the decision to stay on her small family coffee farm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Back in
2000 with a loan from the Rwandan Development Bank and the assistance of
the PEARL programme she set up Buf Café and through much hard work she has turned it into a thriving business.
A true African success story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The coffee variety being used here is the Red Bourbon. The
beans have a dark green brown colour and have a light pockmarked skin which I found reminiscent of the face of the actor Robert Davi (the markings not the colour). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The aroma of the whole bean is rich and strong with a deepness overlayed with
clear tones of citrus fruit and accompanying acidity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Little bits of dried out fruit left on the beans created a
woody looking set of grounds, the dark beans when ground were highlighted with flecks of the whitish flesh. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As the water bloomed the grounds, a rich and strong aroma was divulged
which contained some clear tones of citrus type fruits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The initial gulp has plenty of zing and a good strong bosh of flavour.
The gently sour citrus notes gave it the zing. The bosh came from the rich
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This couplet of flavour worked in harmony on the
pallet as the sharpness twanged the roof of the mouth and the deeper, rounded
& grounded flavour filled and coated everywhere else. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Rwanda Buf
Café developed clarity in its smooth citrus flavours, as sweetened lemons and
unripe peach came through. These sharp notes it held right the way through to the
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Region: Bufundu, Nyamagabe district, Southern
Province<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Farm,
CoOp: Buf Café &
smallholders<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Variety: 100% Red Bourbon<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Process: Fully
washed & sun-dried on raised beds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Elevation: 1600-1950m<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On this grim and grey day the coffee came fast from the lone but cheery barista and he comfortably took my order whilst making the drink for the previous customer to keep things
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Black Americano, take away</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">£1.60</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Medium strength</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Good citrus notes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Whitish thin crema</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Small size</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beans: <a href="http://shop.squaremilecoffee.com/">Square Mile</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Machine: La Marzocco </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Grinder: Mazzer</span></li>
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</div>Brynleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229486484105615977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241803851723777349.post-2873695493314806132012-04-26T05:33:00.000-07:002012-04-26T05:33:37.376-07:00Taylor St Baristas, Shoreditch, East London, UK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is my 2nd Taylor St Baristas review after covering <a href="http://damnfinejoe.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/taylor-street-baristas-brighton-uk.html">Brighton </a>previously I move onto their Shoreditch branch. The Brighton cup was top of the range so let us see how East London fairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It takes a little finding as this Taylor St. is inside a small light-industrial estate. Where is it exactly? Well it is in the little shed (quite a large shed really). This cute, homely looking venue is a modest setting for a brand well known for producing excellent, mouth watering coffee. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Inside 3 staff were busy tiding up after the post lunch rush and quickly moved to serve me as I entered. There was a little room to sit but it felt cosy rather than cramped in here. The shed itself gave everything a pleasent Alpine feel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I took my coffee outside to enjoy the lovely spring sunshine and to sit on the attractive curved wooden benches. Before doing so I had a mishap of my own making;</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> when trying to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">photograph</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the hut I poured some of my recently espressed purchase over my hand creating quite a burn. Not a good idea.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alongside my poor throbbing mit the agency or magazine opposite was holding auditions. I'm not sure what was more agonising, probably the constant circulation of models through the area. Who am I kidding? sitting drinking coffee in the sunshine watching extraordinarily beautiful woman stream pass is of course my idea of heaven. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Enough pre-amble, lets get onto the joe. Sitting down to enjoy my drink I found the coffee held a ripe fruity aroma, reminiscent of my fathers elderflower wine making. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was smooth and sweet to taste and the fruitiness brought notes of plumbs and other stone fruits to bare. It held a little bite but was well balanced and not overpowering in flavour. It was not overly strong, nor too weak and remained clean to the finish.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The actual coffee was brilliant but for some reason the cup seemed to permeate the taste near the end. It started to shroud the coffee in the taste of waxy card; I have chewed on a coffee cup or two in my time and recognised it instantly. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm not sure if this was a technical issue with my specific cup or that batch but it created an unpleasant taste that was hard to remove but I firmly believe it was a random issue outside of the actual brewing.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Small Black Americano, take away</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Medium Strength</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sweet & smooth with a plumb fruitiness</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Light Crema</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Small cup - 60z</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">£1.90</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beans: <a href="http://www.unionroasted.com/">Union</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Machine: Marzocco</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Grinders: Anfim Super Caimano </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A very good coffee as one has come to expect with lots of fruity flavours and a unique venue to boot.</span><br />
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