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Wild violets, a freshly opened can of tennis balls, Granny’s strawberry patch, salty air… Tasting notes such as these make it easy to see why professional tasters are revered and ...

Coffee has come a long way in recent years, but mainstream coffee cocktails still seem stuck around variations of the espresso martini, using uninspiring liqueurs such as Tia Maria or ...

There are many well-rehearsed matches within and between the worlds of food and drink. Be they generic high-level advice such as “wine works with cheese” or more specific, such as ...

Kelis once claimed that “milkshake brings all the boys to the yard” and while we’re pretty sure she wasn’t talking about the popular beverage, she makes a good point. So ...

When I was a kid I hated courgettes. Hated them with an all-consuming passion. I’d push the sliced, steamed courgette my mother had lovingly prepared around my plate in a ...

There’s no beating a really great filter or espresso, but sometimes, just sometimes, it’s nice to try something a little bit different. This summer has seen the nation go mad ...

The vacuum coffee brewer – also known as the syphon – is a rarely seen piece of coffee equipment these days, appearing to have fallen out of favour with home ...

Like it or not, butter, or Bulletproof, coffee, is A Thing. Previously just a murmur of a buttery undercurrent, a silver bullet to nutrition geeks and hardcore sports junkies, it’s ...

Espresso Martini. The two words together give me the jitters, and not in a good way. Along with Irish Coffee and White Russians, coffee cocktails seem to be trapped in ...

The pairing of beautiful complex cheeses with wine or even whisky is a well-established concept. But coffee? It’s probably not something you’ve contemplated a great deal, but think about it, ...

On the table in front of me are two hot cupping bowls with 12.5g of Caravan’s Hope AA from Tanzania and Square Mile’s La Buitrera Huila from Colombia. Beside me ...

Arianna Halshaw, founder of Bittersweet Bakers, drinks a lot of coffee. “The coffee starts in that corner,” she says, nodding at her Gaggia Brera. “The first one of the day ...