Thursday, 4 June 2009

Coffee Love

The barista at Shenkin invited Nick and me to a cupping (coffee tasting) evening, which happened last night. Coffee love.

We had a ball. Nick's written it up here, so please check his post out. I second his comments on the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe. It was phenomenal.

And there was beer-tasting, too.




Nathan's comment: "Blue Cheese!" He was dead right. This beer tasted just like a blue cheese. Notice, too, the hand-written portions of the label. Uber-small brewery, I guess.


The whole event was arranged to coincide with the arrival of Ben's new little joy: his new Synesso espresso machine. For one reason or another it wasn't quite ready to roll last night, so Nick and I went back first thing this morning to taste the first shots from it. Double rists. Delish. Great work, Ben.

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