I blogged about my Baby Gaggia earlier in the year, but want to return to the subject of coffee machines and specifically Gaggia coffee machines, which I really do think are the best in the world.
To the great amusement of just about everyone I meet, I’m a coffee drinker rather than a tea drinker, which [...]

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I first came across espresso many years ago when I was fortunate enough to be sent to the Italian island of Sardinia for work when I was in my early twenties. I was there fior a week or ten days at the end of July and beginning of August and I was lucky enough to [...]

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One thing I was happy to see in Casino Royale was the appearance of the Vesper. This drink is featured in the book and, as in the film, it was concocted by 007 himself and later named after the heroine.
Now, one of the ingredients in the Vesper is Kina Lillet and author Kinsley Amis took [...]

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