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Coffee Crawl: A San Francisco Café Tour

October 17, 2011 – 2:23 pm | 3 Comments

What do you do on a sunny and hot day in San Francisco with 5 hours to kill? You eat and you drink – coffee, that it is. A lot of coffee. And this is …

Ristretto, Recycled: Slow Poke Espresso

September 21, 2011 – 9:13 am | 3 Comments
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Picture this: a cozy café that’s so inviting you’ll want to linger over your morning cuppa well into afternoon tea. Now imagine this space is completely and utterly sustainable. Enter Slow Poke Espresso.
Everything at …

Take Your Pick: The Pick Market, Buenos Aires

June 23, 2011 – 9:16 am | No Comment

Located in the elegant neighborhood of Barrio Norte, The Pick Market is one of the poshest food shops in Buenos Aires. Echoing the look and feel of chic European markets, this sleek little store offers …

A Cafe Legend: Cafe Tortoni

April 28, 2011 – 3:59 pm | No Comment

At first glance, Cafe Tortoni in Buenos Aires smacks of tourism. This guide-book regular is on every city map, is almost always packed, and you often have to wait to get a table. However, once …

Grocer and Grind: Seminyak, Bali

March 23, 2011 – 11:49 am | One Comment

There’s something very ‘Sydney’ about Seminyak. If it weren’t for the tropical heat, delightful scent of incense, cluttered temples and constant drum of scooters, you’d be forgiven for thinking you were shopping in Paddington, hanging …

Cup O’ Class: Mecca Espresso, Sydney

February 22, 2011 – 1:59 pm | No Comment

If you’re craving a small tutorial with your cup of joe, head straight to Mecca Espresso in Sydney’s inner-city ‘burb, Ultimo. With a dedicated coffee education and demo area for masters classes and tastings, Mecca’s …

Delectable Chocolate the Mayan Way: Ki’xocolatl

January 20, 2011 – 2:41 pm | 3 Comments

Delectable chocolate. Such is the Mayan and Nahuatl English translation of the word Ki-xocolatl. It’s also – not coincidentally, of course – the name of a stellar bean-to-bar Mexican-based chocolate collection.
The result of years …

Kick It Up! Kickstand, Brooklyn

November 10, 2010 – 9:34 pm | No Comment

The conical glass carafe of the Chemex coffeemaker is the purist’s go-to for the purest cup of coffee, and the guys of Brooklyn’s Kickstand have made it even purer. Three devoted bikers and coffee aficionados …

A Coffee Cup Worth Toting

October 19, 2010 – 11:16 am | One Comment

Traveler coffee mugs are an essential, but with their practical plastic casings, they’re rarely distinctive. However, a crafty project in Melbourne has brought together the design savvy of local artisan Ingrid Tufts and one of …

Take Your Chopsticks to Breakfast

August 25, 2010 – 8:07 pm | No Comment

Cibi, in Japanese meaning “a little one,” is exactly what you feel like when taking your chopsticks to your breakfast on a sunny Saturday morning in the backstreets of oh-so-cool Collingwood, Melbourne. It’s an exciting …