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Culture Coffee grounds to heat 15,000 homes Coffee grounds being used to heat homes in London Southwark start-up collects waste from baristas and recycles it into biomass ‘pellets’ Waste coffee grounds collected from the capital’s cafes will be used to heat the equivalent of thousands of Londoners’ homes by the end of the year. The service,
BREAD Wholemeal Bloomer Wholemeal Bloomer This weekend, I wanted to try making a bloomer in the same as last week’s seeded bloomer, but reversing the flour mix. Last week, I used a third of wholemeal and two thirds white. This week I made it two thirds wholemeal and one third white. Other
BREAD Rye On Time Polish Rye Bread My second loaf for the weekend was a Polish Rye Bread. It’s an interesting recipe using half and half of white and rye flours mixed together along with caraway seeds. It then has a half and half mix of water and milk with honey. I used
Coffeehouses Francine Cafe Francini Cafe, Worcester A FAMILY from Colombia has transformed a run-down former Worcester pub with a splash of colour, a warm welcome and the enticing aromas of freshly brewed coffee from their own farm. Francini Cafe de Colombia on the corner of Angel Place and The Butts, which was previously
BREAD Seeded Bloomer This weekend, I got back into bread making after a bit of a splurge of buying other breads and freezing them. I didn’t do it on purpose, but I landed up buying quite a bit and needing to get through it before making my own again. Anyway, I’ve
BREAD Bit Of All Rye For my second loaf, I wanted to try and use some rye flour, so I took another book recipe and replaced 25g of white for rye flour. It’s not a lot, but it did make a difference to the taste. White Cob With Rye Notably, this is the first
BLOG New Camera Just bought this +Olympus TG-4 camera the other day as something that I can use in any weather – I get a little anxious about using my E-PL5 in the rain as it isn’t weatherproof. This one though, is submersible and I’m planning on using it as an alternative
BREAD The Tartine Bakery Before I really started making bread, a good friend lent me one of the Tartine Bakery books and it was a huge eye opener. It went into lots of detail of each ingredient and each process behind the dough. I came across this video today of Tartine and it perfectly
BREAD The Flour Pot : Seeded Sourdough Seeded Sourdough Following from my visit to Brighton, I brought with me a small loaf of their seeded sourdough. Seeded Sourdough This is a superb bread, unquestionably sourdough in taste and crumb. It has a crust that cracks almost as it’s sliced into and it’s smothered in seeds
BREAD The Flour Pot I was lucky enough to be in Brighton yesterday to see this place. Their bread looks incredible and I did purchase a seeded sourdough, which I’ll be trying later. UPDATE : The seeded sourdough was incredible!
africa Coffee Architects Espresso Coffee Architects Espresso Here’s a second bag of beans from Coffee Architects. This is their espresso blend of beans, sourced mostly in Columbia and Rwanda. Having spoilt myself on Origin Coffee recently, who tend to have very precise roasting as to bring out as many flavours as they can,
Beans Fazenda Pantano Fazenda Pantano Origin Coffee Fazenda Pantano I ordered this coffee and had a personal email straight away saying who was roasting my order and when it would be ready, which was amazing. As you can see, the roast date is clearly printed on the simply designed packaging. The coffee arrived
africa Tweega Tweega Origin Coffee Tweega This Origin Coffee is from Tanzania and is from a collective of small farm holders in the Mbeya region. It’s a fully washed coffee has a light clean taste. As a personal preference, although this coffee is superb, it’s a little light for me.
chocolate Junkyard Flapjack This flapjack I made is basically a mix of going-out-of-date chocolate, biscuits, some cake ingredients. It’s still based on oats, but there’s a deep chocolate taste and now it’s baked, they tend to last a long time in a tin.
africa There Is Only Coffee I found this video on the Virgin Unite site. Tucked away in Sidamo, Ethiopia, a community of men and women, both young and old, work tirelessly to produce tantalisingly delicious coffee. But their coffee reflects much more than just good business, it reflects the strength of their community. As the
