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Bread Class at E5 Bakehouse
Tweet Bread. My love. My nemesis. I’ve been aching for this class at E5 Bakehouse ever since I made the frankly unrivalled decision to book it, and lucky I didn’t dither any longer as it was literally the last bread … Continue reading
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Tagged 46b Espresso Hut, bakery, bread, bread class, cake, coffee, course, doughnut, E5 Bakehouse, East London, espresso, leaven, London Fields, mother, Nude, sourdough hackney wild, starter
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Netil Market – Terrone and Cooking Cooks
Tweet I do struggle to disassociate Netil Market from Lucky Chip. For Lucky Chip was, in the early days, the sole reason for my traipsing that far East and the only way to get my hands on those burgers. A … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, Cooking Cooks, East London, Italian, market, Meatballs, Netil Market, pasta, Terrone
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Smoke and Mirrors in Milan
TweetYou may have noticed me banging on about coffee even more than usual recently. This is partly because I’ve taken on a new role within the company I work, developing a new division supplying the speciality coffee industry (fingers crossed … Continue reading
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Talkhouse
TweetWaiting for a cafe you know is due to open imminently and you suspect, based on fairly informed knowledge, is going to be good, is about as captivating as watching white wash being applied to exposed brick work, as nauseating … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe, coffee, coffee shop, James Gourmet, Notting Hill, Portobello, Scandinavian, Talkhouse, West London, Workshop Coffee
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Browns of Brockley
TweetThe London coffee landscape has changed immeasurably over just the last few years, the evolution already in full throttle when I started my own little journey and entered into the acutely caffeine sharpened world I am now becoming increasingly immersed … Continue reading
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Tagged Brockley, Browns, Browns of Brockley, cafe, coffee, coffee shop, espresso, filter, Flourish, Ludd, pug, South East London, Square Mile
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Vagabond
TweetI’d heard nothing but positive things about Vagabond since they opened around a year ago but I just couldn’t get motivated about hauling myself all the way to Finsbury Park. Shame on me. A couple of guys I chat to … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe, coffee, coffee shop, espresso, filter, Finsbury Park, Hasbean, North London, Vagabond
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Embassy East
TweetIt’s funny how sometimes you just have a feeling that a new coffee shop is going to be good isn’t it? An inkling or suspicion. Maybe it’s subliminal; the signs and ingredients are there, they just don’t register at the … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe, coffee, coffee shop, East London, Embassy East, espresso, haggis toastie, Hoxton, Hoxton Street, mug, Workshop Coffee
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Coffee and Chocolate – Just a Thought
TweetAs is often the case when anywhere near the vicinity, Saturday meant a trip to Paul A Young’s jewel of a shop on Wardour Street, this central location means it’s near impossible not to talk myself into a little detour, each visit I’ll uncover something new … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Coffee
Tagged chocolate, chocolate coffee pairing, coffee, espresso martini chocolate, Paul A Young, roasting, Tapped and Packed
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