Coffee starts to go stale within two hours of grinding, so if you are buying coffee that comes ground, or grinding at the store, you are giving up all the flavor before you even brew up the first pot. Grinding at home on an as-needed basis keeps your … [Continue reading]
Review: China Life in Camden Town, London
While in London recently, we were wandering around our favorite neighborhood of Camden town when we came across the tea shop China Life. This is a really interesting shop as they have your standard tea bar and sell loose-leaf teas and tea-related … [Continue reading]
Funny Coffee Shop Boards In Europe
While wandering around Brussels and London, I began to notice that a lot of the coffee shops put funny things on their sandwich boards and windows. So, once I remembered to take a camera, I snapped photos of a few of them to share. See some of the … [Continue reading]
Review: EXKi in Brussels
While in Brussels recently, we discovered a great restaurant and coffee shop chain called EXKi. As you can probably tell from the carrot on their logo, this is a place that focuses on fresh and natural foods. And since we prefer to drink organic … [Continue reading]
Review: Joe & The Juice in Oslo
Joe & the Juice is another great chain in Oslo that has great coffee. They also have really excellent juices, if you're into that. The location that we visited several time is the one at Lille Grensen (Karl Johans gate 25). You will pass it as … [Continue reading]