Tag: coffee
Camp for Caffeinated Rebels
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 [...]
La Dolce Vita in the Eternal City
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, [...]
Bewleys Cafe – An Irish Institution
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 [...]
DIY cappuccino?
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 [...]
