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Cafe Review: Creame Deli in Willoughby

So your a resident of the Northern Suburbs of Sydney (just like me). You know every good cafe from the CBD to Palm Beach. So when you find out that the Gourmet Deli has re opened under new management you should be pretty excited, right? Everything is in his display cabinet is made in house. [...]

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Email from a Visitor

I recieved an email this morning There's nothing like the aroma of brewed coffee. When I was working in a hotel cafe, I used to make this brewed coffee. I remember adding egg yolk with the egg shell in the boiling coffee. It really tastes great. I agree completely. When I worked cafe’s I always [...]

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Latte Art Tip Number 1: “Cut The Crema”

Recently I’ve been trailing a new technique for getting your latte art spot on. I call it cutting the crema. To cut the crema you pour a small amount of milk into your espresso shot just after it has finished pouring and as you pour you move your jug around the cup so to create [...]

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Warners Bay Cafe Review – Hippo Espresso VS Bills Bakery

The foreshore at Warners Bay is a great place for a meal or a coffee. The views are great and there is enough variety in the food to keep everyone happy, but I’m not going to talk about that today. Instead I’m going to compare the coffee at two of the cafes on the high [...]

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Best Coffee

Yours truly (me) entered a Barista Competition on Thursday (13th May) and performed much better than I expected. With a total score of 83.5 out of a total of 90, I finished in second place with the winner scoring 84/90, but not before I was tied for first. The scores after the tie-breaker put my [...]

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Lamb Stroganoff Recipe

Ok, so its not a coffee recipe, but its absolutely delicious. Lamb Stroganoff. I also know what you’re thinking; “Hey don’t you mean beef stroganoff?” And I’ll answer with this, lamb was on special, so instead of beef stroganoff I’ve made the dish with lamb and ended up with Lamb Stroganoff. This recipe actually has a story [...]

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Making Excellent Coffee At Home

Making Coffee at home is not only cheaper, but fun too. The enjoyment I get watching my shots come out perfect time after time. I really like pouring an amazing Rosetta and tulips, then watching the look on the faces of my family as I present them with a coffee that is 30-40 times better [...]

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Some ranting

Got the runs Lets start off with how much I dislike buying a coffee in a cafe for $3.50 and having runs down the side of the cup. Seriously, not a good look, it shows a distinct lack of attention and general inattentiveness by the staff. While it may be a simple mistake, and by [...]

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Espresso Pefrection Technique: Tamping

by Don Holly There is a definitive clue as to the level of skill and knowledge of the barista preparing an espresso beveragehow he or she tamps the coffee. Tamping is the compacting of the ground coffee in the portafilter prior to brewing. How a barista tamps will be a major determinant to the quality [...]

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Why Roast Your Own Coffee?

The commercial coffee roasting equipments only started to appear in the late 19th century. Before then, all coffee drinkers generally had to roast their own. The goal of the pioneering coffee roasters was to roast a better quality coffee than the home roasters could. With the basic home coffee roasting equipment available during that time [...]

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