Like chocolate or wine, coffee is a crop that reveals its varietal characteristics and production techniques in its flavour. The two main varieties of coffee bean are Arabica and Robusta, and it’s safe to say that Robusta is best avoided if you are after anything more than a strong cup of muddy caffeine. The... »
Archive for January, 2010
A Beginners Guide to … Coffee with Grumpy Mule’s coffee expert Damian Blackburn
Sauterelle, EC3
With restaurants like Sauterelle, it’s no wonder that the City’s dodgy bankers got away so many dubious deals. Here we have a truly impressive restaurant located within The Royal Exchange - one of the City’s largest and most historically important buildings – where the money men can enjoy fine wines, great food and talk... »
The Landau, W1
It’s early January, Ms Pancake and I have just got back from a month in India and London greets us with the biggest contrast in culture and environment possible. Beaches of soft, glistening sand are replaced by pavements of treacherous ice and snow, whilst the smiley faces of Goa had become little more than... »
Mooli’s, W1
So it’s early December and London is well into the swing of the festive season. For Greedy Glancy and I, an evening full of Christmas parties await. Not wanting to peak too early we decide to have a pre-party snack and thus began the hunt through Soho for the mysterious ‘mooli’. “The what?” I... »
Great food… for free, from www.Graze.com
Get yourself a personalised box of natural, tasty food sent straight to you at work or home. Graze offers natural goodness ranging from fresh pineapple to exotic goji berries, olives to black pepper cashews and yoghurt coated apricots to chocolate coated nuts. All their food is 100% natural and every box is handpicked just for... »




