If you love espresso, I think you will love the Mukka Express. This Italian-made cappuccino maker works differently than any other espresso maker I’ve ever seen, and it combines the process of making espresso with steaming perfectly frothed milk! Mukka Express looks more like a glorified tea pot than a cappuccino maker – but it…
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Ways to enhance coffee
Coffee is becoming a worldwide house staple. I’m sure at least one person you know drinks coffee or has it in their kitchens. There are plenty coffee drinkers that love their coffee black, some like it with either cream/milk and sugar, and there are some (like myself) that like it with cream and sugar. I…
Coffee and Dessert at Starbucks
Through the years, Starbucks has established itself not only as a place where you can get great-tasting and caffeine-loaded coffee, but also as the perfect venue for finding comfort food. Their desserts have been raved about my many. One of my favorite desserts from this coffee shop is their Banoffee Pie. It’s served in a…
Gano Coffee Mix
Have you ever heard or tasted a mushroom type of instant coffee known as ganoderma? It is quite popular here in the Philippines though it is imported from countries such as Malaysia and China. It comes with a single cup packaging and prepared instantly by adding hot water only. It’s a three in one mix…
Love the coffee but hate appearing like a crack addict?
Then try Folgers 1/2 Caff. Okay, so Folgers will never hire me to do their PR, but I have made a discovery that I have to share. As a freelance writer, I drink coffee. A lot of coffee. A lot of coffee all day. Sometimes, plenty of coffee can give me a boost of inspiration…
Woyton’s (Cologne, Germany)
Woyton’s * Breite Straße 80–90, im Einkaufszentrum DuMont-Carré, 50667 Köln, Germany * +49 221 2708680 * www.woyton.de/koeln.html A cafe that is the German’s equivalent of “Starbucks”. Nice atmosphere and artsy decorated, obviously community hangout establishment. The prices are about half the cost that you would find in a Starbucks. However, the chai tea, was so…
Cider In The Coffeehouse?
I saw this over on <a href=”http://simpsonsparadox.com” 8 ) Caramel Apple Crack at Starbucks. I don’t know if the Starbucks in China has this, because I was too busy slurping up all the real-bean coffee and then getting the jitters. I don’t know what’s in it, either. I asked Stick and he thinks maybe it’s…
Wired Monk (Vancouver, BC)
Wired Monk Wired Monk Coffee Bistro * 2610 4th Avenue West * Vancouver, BC V6K 1P7, Canada * (604) 742-1752 * http://www.kitsmonk.com/ Artsy fine-elderly design coffee bistro with food and drinks, coffees, chai, teas, and pastries. Free wifi. Didn’t find the service that great, employees seemed bored and bitter. Not many plugs available for laptops….
Tully Coffee (Seattle, Washington)
Tully’s Coffee * 1401 4th Ave * Seattle, WA 98101 * 206-625-0600 * http://www.tullys.com/ Tully’s Coffee, another Seattle favorite like Starbucks, that is slowly growing to be a large world chain – most notorious for its coffee. Tully’s opened its doors in 1992, they boast proudly about their handcrafted blends that are different than the…