Coffee Appreciation

I work near Great Portland St now. It's a dead zone.

500g of coffee a week? Is that for 2?

Anna & I get through 750g in just over a week.

I work near Great Portland St now. It's a dead zone.

Lantana, Charlotte Place.

Kaffeine + Scandinavian Kitchen, Gt. Titchfield Street.

I work near Great Portland St now. It's a dead zone.

Kaffeine off Gt Portland St sell SM

[Lunch one day this week? - I iz working on Gt Portland]

^ Kaffeine is great - Scandinavian kitchen is a banger too.

There is also a little Portugese place on Great Titchfield that does AMAZING coffee. Can't remember the name - always has Pannetone stacked up in the window

I work near Great Portland St now. It's a dead zone.

that area is great mate, I miss working there. Over in Marylebone now, which is nice - but full of wankers. Women are amazing though!

I see. It's going to take 15min to get anywhere decent. Thanks guys I'll get around to them when I'm not trying to look busy here.

that area is great mate, I miss working there. Over in Marylebone now, which is nice - but full of wankers. Women are amazing though!

Really? EAT, Wasabe, Starbucks, open plan office who will no doubt frown on bringing anything warmer than a lettuce sandwich back to the office.

Just heading downstairs and crossing Euston Rd could take 10min on a bad light cycle

You're 10-15mins walk away from my new place of work on Great Eastern St and I'm always happy to head out for coffee.

Okay, I've left the building. It's about 15min to Oxford St. and there's some interesting stuff between here and there. I found that Scandi cafe and spotted a few pubs and other cafes but most looked like greasy spoons.

looking to get some ground coffee for me stovetop expresso maker, usually peruse what they have in the algerian coffee place on old compton and then drink coffee whenever, but early morning starts require a bit of snap crackle and pop. Is there anyplace closer to brixton/stockwell where I can purchase ground beans, or should I just head back to the algerian place.

gorund coffee will be kept for weeks on end in my fridge as I gradually eke my way through it..

recommendations?

Is that deli still open in the Brixton indoor market? Can't remember the name, owned by the same people that ran Franco Manca pizzas. They used to sell Monmouth coffee ground to go.

yes it still is, i think, will check in there on saturday, couple of little deli/cafe places opened up in there so will check them all..

Wild Caper. That's the one.

where is the cheapest place to buy Monmouth in London? I sometimes get it from the Deli in Queens Park, but my bank manager has advised that I might want to consider consolidating my bean debt into a rather large monthly repayment :)

Either that or I could take out a small mortgage on a years-worth :)

Any other recommendations for good value stovetop beans (ground preferably). I work in Central London/ Marylebone, but have wheels

i can taste a good wine and i know what i like and approximately how to order it. i know what to expect with certain types of wines and regions, i can maybe sometimes distinguish the straw or the lychee or the cat pee if you tell me first, but i can't tell the difference between oaked and unoaked wine. my palette isn't, i guess, particularly sensitive and/or i'm not that well educated about wine.

similarly with coffee, i can't really taste the black truffles or burnt marmelade or toasted brioche or whatnot.

it's not really something that keeps me up at night, but is this something that you guys can do how do you develop your tastebuds?

it's not really something that keeps me up at night,

are you drinking decaf?

where is the cheapest place to buy Monmouth in London? I sometimes get it from the Deli in Queens Park, but my bank manager has advised that I might want to consider consolidating my bean debt into a rather large monthly repayment :)

Either that or I could take out a small mortgage on a years-worth :)

Any other recommendations for good value stovetop beans (ground preferably). I work in Central London/ Marylebone, but have wheels

go to the coffee man on delancey street in camden, 3.50 i think for 250g

i can taste a good wine and i know what i like and approximately how to order it. i know what to expect with certain types of wines and regions, i can maybe sometimes distinguish the straw or the lychee or the cat pee if you tell me first, but i can't tell the difference between oaked and unoaked wine. my palette isn't, i guess, particularly sensitive and/or i'm not that well educated about wine.

similarly with coffee, i can't really taste the black truffles or burnt marmelade or toasted brioche or whatnot.

it's not really something that keeps me up at night, but is this something that you guys can do how do you develop your tastebuds?

Best way yo develop your palate is just to concentrate on the flavour of everything you eat and drink. Try to figure out what's in it and pick out any subtle nuances and similarities to other flavours.

At Monmouth tasting notes are on the newsletter in the shop and on the website, SQM and Hasbean also have detailed notes on their sites. Try to see if you recognise what they're on about when you taste the coffee. The dificulty is that unlike wine or beer where you just need to serve it at about the right temperature, coffee has a million variables in the brewing which can affect the flavour.

Try two coffees from opposite ends of the spectrum, say a rich chocolatey Brasil and a delicate floral, citric Ethiopia at the same time. This will demonstrate the huge diffences between origins, and from there it's just experience and a bit of effort. It's not actually something one either has or has not, everybody's palate can be trained, it just needs excercise.

You could use the coffee flavour wheel as a guide:

but i can't tell the difference between oaked and unoaked wine.

you can. you just don't know it yet.
oak is one of the easiest things to recognise in wine, there are even big differences in oak like the subtle rioja oak from years in barrel to the smack in the mouth unsubtle australian oak where they put oak staves/chippings inside stainless steel tanks.
(can you tell which i prefer :-) )

if somebody gave you a glass of oaked/unoaked chardonnay you would easily recognise which was which.

Okay, I've left the building. It's about 15min to Oxford St. and there's some interesting stuff between here and there. I found that Scandi cafe and spotted a few pubs and other cafes but most looked like greasy spoons.

Sounds like you are nearby, Cafe Rive Gauche on Warren St for fancy scran (fillet steak salad=win) also Indian YMCA in Fitzroy Sq or Rasa Express on Euston Road for great indian food. Alleged best sushi in London on Gt Drummond St behind my office at Sushi Shiori as well as loads of vegi indian places.

^ was gonna mention vegi indian food around there too. There's a street parallell to Euston Rd full of vegi indian places. It's to your left (north of Euston Rd) as you walk from Euston Sq tube to Euston Rail.

Didn't always enjoy working around there, but spicy daal on the train back to Cov was always awesome. :)

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Didn't always enjoy working around there, but making the whole train carriage stink of spicy daal on the way back to cov was always awesome for me. :)

just saying

^ Spot on. Smelt loads better than the deep fried chicken, testicle burgers, and wilted sandwiches others brought on with them.