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The ultimate Christmas coffee cocktail!

This drink is a bold interpretation of the traditional festive eggnog, and its velvety smoothness with pops of complex coffee and spices is truly a treat for your tastebuds. The ...

WTF

WTF is the difference between Fair Trade and Direct Trade?

What is Fairtrade anyway, and do we really need to factor it in when buying our coffee? Fairtrade was originally set up as an admirable cause to ensure farmers get ...

Caffeinated Tipple

Going for Gold

In issue 33, we featured this delicious rum cocktail as our Caffeinated Tipple. We still absolutely love it to this day, particularly as the weather gets cooler and we look ...

How-To

The best coffee cake you’ll ever eat!

Our resident foodie Safia Shakarchi whips up the most delicious coffee cake - pear, olive oil & chestnut cake with chestnut coffee cream! We may have waved goodbye to the ...

Top 5

Our top 5 Antipodean cafes in London!

Back in 2009, speciality coffee in London was pretty hard to come by. This may be hard to believe, as there are tons of speciality cafes scattered in practically every ...

Investigation

The history of hot chocolate

Luxurious and indulgent, hot chocolate is always a real treat. Hot chocolate. It’s the taste of sweet memories. The spoon bursting through the foil seal of a container. A steaming ...

Tested

Déjà Brew

With a plethora of reusable coffee cups now on the market, it can often feel like a minefield trying to pick the right one for you.So which one will you ...

Caffeinated Tipple

Boozy coffee and cake!

Now that Autumn is upon us, chances are you're pushing the iced coffees aside and making room for more cappuccinos and mochas. It also means we can switch up our ...

Investigation

Cooking with Coffee

What do you think of when we say cooking with coffee? Read on to see how you can transform savoury dishes with our favourite caffeinated beverage! Coffee and dessert make ...

Top 5

5 excellent coffee shops for interiors lovers!

Although London is home to a wide array of excellent speciality coffee shops, sometimes the field can feel somewhat homogenous, with the aesthetic of industrial chic becoming the norm. Whether ...

Tested Top 5

Cold comfort for summer

With the warmer weather and sunshine comes a new load of ready-to-drink cold brew coffees. We’ve tried this year’s crop, and cherry-picked the ones we think you should go for. ...