Are you familiar with that deep-seated feeling of tiredness? The kind of tiredness that weighs down all your limbs and clings to your thoughts like sleepy spiderwebs? Maybe you’re working too hard and sleeping too little, or perhaps life is just coming at you from all sides and it’s wearing you down. Well, that was… Continue reading Welcome to our first enchanted coffee of 2023
My coffee this morning is called pumpkin pie, but as I sniff it, I think pumpkin spice would be a more fitting title. Cloves are the dominant scent, it’s such a bold odour that I can’t even smell coffee. It’s a deep brown colour. The coffee tastes like spices with a strong clove aftertaste. This… Continue reading One-dimensional coffee
In that first deep inhale I catch notes that make me think of maraschino cherries that preserved and sweetened bright red cherry. However, it isn’t just any maraschino cherry. This is the chocolate covered maraschino cherry with the distinct scent of brandy flavoured liqueur. This coffee taste mimics that bitter chocolate with sweet alcohol and… Continue reading Pre-Christmas Coffee
Would you like a virtual cup of coffee? If we were having coffee the smell of cinnamon would be pungent. It is a sweet, spicy and woodsy odour. The rich black liquid is so hot that only tiny sips breach waiting lips. As it slips over the taste buds they explode with the strong warm… Continue reading Blazing Cinnamon Coffee
There is a faint minty smell hiding under the regular odour of coffee. That same minty smell can be found in each sip paired with the bitter roasted woodsy note of chocolate. The blends of flavour linger on the tongue long after the warm brew has made its way from tongue to tummy. Mmmm, mint… Continue reading Coffee asks, Mint Chocolate & Christmas?
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 