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Counter Culture Cappuccino: Photo of the Day

Counter Culture Cappuccino: Photo of the Day

| July 1, 2011 | 6 Comments

Cappuccino-style at Counter Culture‘s Coffee Camp.

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A Pilgrim’s Coffee: Photo of the Day

A Pilgrim’s Coffee: Photo of the Day

| April 11, 2011 | 10 Comments

I got to visit the Holy Island of Lindisfarne last week, and came across this little gem of a coffee shop there too.  You can read more about in the feature post Zomppa Lena and myself put together Irish, Scottish and English Sweet Stuff Explored.

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First Day of Spring Cappuccino: Photo of the Day

First Day of Spring Cappuccino: Photo of the Day

| March 21, 2011 | 6 Comments

Happy Monday everyone! Happy first day of spring! and Happy Nowruz! This is a cappuccino from Mourne Grange coffee shop in the Irish Mourne mountains.  I will tell you more about this awesome place in a TidBit later this week

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Guest/From the Near East: Stuffed Zucchini in Yoghurt Sauce

Guest/From the Near East: Stuffed Zucchini in Yoghurt Sauce

| September 21, 2010 | 15 Comments

We are excited to welcome our newest guest contributor, Lena.

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Photo of the Day: New Year Blessing

Photo of the Day: New Year Blessing

| January 1, 2010 | 2 Comments

Happy New Year: may you all be blessed with love, warmth, good health, laughter, and of course, good food!

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Camp for Caffeinated Rebels

Camp for Caffeinated Rebels

| September 23, 2009 | 6 Comments

Ongoing coffee wars: boo to the $4 Starbucks, yay to the $1 McDonald’s. Can’t taste the difference. Right? I am an absolute novice when it comes to coffee. Remember, I’m the one with the baby taste buds and so yes, coffee has traditionally been too bitter for me. And it makes me pee like nobody’s [...]

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La Dolce Vita in the Eternal City

La Dolce Vita in the Eternal City

| August 17, 2009 | 4 Comments

I’m just back from having spent 5 days walking around Rome and sitting in cafes sipping on coffees and people watching.  I was lucky to be staying with a friend who is from Rome and so knows the “Real” Rome!  After the mandatory stops at the Pantheon, Colosseum, St. Peter’s Square and Basilica, Trevi Fountain, [...]

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Life is a beach…

Life is a beach…

| July 30, 2009 | 7 Comments

Ok, so you may think that doing 4 to 6 hour days on Sardinian beaches is an easy task, but let me tell you, it’s not as easy as it looks! I admit that I have been living it up in the island of my birth these past couple of weeks, spending much of my [...]

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Bewleys Cafe – An Irish Institution

Bewleys Cafe – An Irish Institution

| July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

No visit to the Fair City of Dublin is complete without a visit to the famous Bewleys Cafe on Grafton Street. My mother first visited the cafe back in the 50s with her grandmother, and since then, we have always popped in every time we have passed through Dublin for a coffee and a tasty [...]

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DIY cappuccino?

DIY cappuccino?

| May 3, 2009 | 2 Comments

Welcome all to my ramblings about coffee! I took this picture of my cafe macchiato as I departed from Milan airport on my most recent trip to Italy.  Every trip I take back to the land of my birth just reminds me over and over again how much I miss the daily good cappuccino experiences [...]

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