Coffee Appreciation

cool. i'll have a look on tuesday.

One of the worst coffees I've ever had the displeasure of drinking was a 'flat white' from the Costa at Doncaster station...I see a pattern emerging, and it's certainly not a rosetta...

Location - Onchan park
Time - last weekend
Crime - ordered flat white, this was placed infront of me

When challenged, the reply was that it was flat as they had used still water.

Yes. Because coffee has traditionally been a sparkling water based beverage. Not £2.40 though was it?

Location - Onchan park
Time - last weekend
Crime - ordered flat white, this was placed infront of me

When challenged, the reply was that it was flat as they had used still water.

You are having a giraffe... Wow. That trumps my Costa train station story.

I went to Present to get a flat white today, as is becoming a weekend ritual for me these days, and there were two youngsters manning the coffee machine. Drink was substandard :-(

55p flapjack from The Albion was as good as ever though :-)

By the way I wasn't attempting to outdo CYOA or Andy there! It was still pretty good!

Maybe 'sparkling white' will be the next big thing. The champagne of coffee-based drinks, or some shit like that.

*goes off to patent office......

Sparkling White

Fizziato

Poppuccino

Gastretto

Esfresho

and other abominations

Flat White Spritzato - the sparking coffee for ladies

BMMF you're hired as my marketing guy...

Gastretto FTW.

Belccino?

Maybe 'sparkling white' will be the next big thing. The champagne of coffee-based drinks, or some shit like that.
Isn't that an actual thing already? I'm sure I read somewhere, probably this thread, about drinks prepared with sparkling water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjDK52Ok7-A

Yes. Because coffee has traditionally been a sparkling water based beverage. Not £2.40 though was it?

It was free as I refused to pay or drink it

You are having a giraffe... Wow. That trumps my Costa train station story.

She proudly held aloft the large bottle of peckham springs she had taken the water from.

#dustsoffsodastream

Heads-up to those based near Smithfield - Dose are now selling a (small) selection of HasBean-roasted beans, as well as brewing with them in the Aeropress.

I'm sat in Reading station right now waiting for a meeting, thought I'd try a 'flat white' as prepared by Costa. It tastes like smoking.

If you want a good coffee in Reading, head round to "Picnic" near the market place, it's a great little independent cafe, with great food, great coffee and nice people. Only place I go for coffee in Reading - fed up with all the big chains

http://www.picnicfoods.co.uk/ is their website.

Nice one, thanks very much - may have to go back next month for a follow-up chat so shall suggest it :)

Heads-up to those based near Smithfield - Dose are now selling a (small) selection of HasBean-roasted beans, as well as brewing with them in the Aeropress.

I guess St.Ali is putting on more pressure than the leather lane shops were up until now so they've had to mix things up a little.

edit: I also rescind my previous reservations about st.ali, I went in yesterday afternoon and service couldn't have been friendlier. although they did tell me off for having a filter coffee "to go" as it came in a paper cup which wasn't conducive to preserving the integrity of their brew.

Nearing the end of my bag of HasBean 'Blake' espresso blend. A strange journey, starting with an overtly muddy cup 2 days post roast (not in a particularly bad way), and ending up with a massive apricot finish suddenly appearing 8 days later. What a fucking mental transformation.

Just started a bag of Square Mile Pomorosso La Estrella which I'm loving. No idea with regards to terminology of flavour, but deep, chocolately and just bloody lovely sums it up for me.

I guess St.Ali is putting on more pressure than the leather lane shops were up until now so they've had to mix things up a little.

edit: I also rescind my previous reservations about st.ali, I went in yesterday afternoon and service couldn't have been friendlier. although they did tell me off for having a filter coffee "to go" as it came in a paper cup which wasn't conducive to preserving the integrity of their brew.

In what way? Did they explain?

IMHO if the container is inert and food-grade then it won't impart taste to the coffee, and in terms of cooling I can't imagine that it would be any different to porcelain, except that it would cool faster (but that is a good thing according to the guy I spoke to at Prufrock; the sweetness developing as the coffee cools).

Maybe they mean the lid, which I always remove from my coffee as it is harder to get the slurpy-bubbly-increasedsurfacearea thing going on when drinking through the spout/

I've got 240 grams of monmouth house blend espresso grind that I don't need, anyone wants to swap for some beans? Doesn't have to be near the same amount, just don't need espresso ground coffee

bought on sunday, stored in a illy can that you can have with it

swapsies in old st / dalston

Noticed that the cafe opposite the office sells Aeropresses. Reynolds, 34 Eastcastle Street near Oxford Circus.

I think they were £23.50 although I'm sure someone will pipe up and say you can get them for a tenner around the corner.