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Let’s face it: we spend a lot of time in our cars. And on the whole, it’s much nicer to spend time in an attractive environment. Many people take a lot of pride in the state of their cars. Then there’s another dilemma: the gadgets. We all have them – life without a mobile phone [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 28th April 2011
Have you heard about one of the latest Consumer Supported Agriculture programmes involving the production of coffee? If you are not familiar with the CSA programmes generally, this is an arrangement to help cut out the middlemen in the production of foodstuffs. Why are they troubling to do this? To ensure that the end-user (that’s [...]
Posted by Matt on the 27th April 2011
Allotments, as we all know, are definitely back in fashion. Grow your own and get back to nature. Cut the cost of your monthly food bill and put some colour back in your cheeks. Reduce the air-miles of the food that you eat and go for locally sourced produce. It’s time to think about the [...]
Posted by Matt on the 26th April 2011
The declassification of certain documents has revealed some unexpected information about Hitler. What diabolical plans did the Nazis think up? It transpires that as the Second World War drew to its close, the dictator hatched up ever-frantic strategies to overcome the Allied forces. Adolf Hitler and his henchmen considered several plans including poisoning the leaders [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 26th April 2011
Did you realise that there are some 125 million people involved in the coffee industry? This is not necessarily the first thing that springs to mind when you go to the nearest coffee shop for your latte on the way into work in the morning. However, there are two men in Coventry who do think [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 21st April 2011
PLoS Genetics has just discovered that our caffeine consumption may be linked to our genetic makeup, our DNA, in a recent study. Many of us had previously assumed that we automatically feel the desire for a caffeine fix when we are tired and need a boost. There is also much discussion about coffee drinking habits [...]
Posted by Matt on the 20th April 2011
‘Lavazza has once again delivered a world class quality produce to its consumers,’ announces the Business Standard. What are they talking about? The Italian coffee company, Lavazza, has just introduced a new high-quality coffee machine to the Indian market and, so far, the reports are glowing. So what is so special about this new machine? [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 19th April 2011
Did you realise that Prague has utterly stunning historical coffee houses? Just as characters such as Doctor Johnson put the world to rights in the coffee houses of London, so important intellectuals and other artists enjoyed the coffee culture offered in Prague. Who were these celebrity figures? The musical composers Smetana and Dvorak, together with [...]
Posted by Matt on the 15th April 2011
Two rugby-players have successfully opened and are running Jika Jika in the beautiful World Heritage city of Bath. Lee Mears, player for Bath England and British Lions forged an alliance with fellow-rugby player Matt Stevens, to create the new business venture and open the Jika Jika coffee shop. The coffee house is named after King [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 14th April 2011
Love them or hate them, the lives of Katie Price (aka Jordan) and Peter Andre are never far from the headlines. The celebrity couple famously met on the hit TV programme ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here,’ married, had children together and subsequently divorced – providing the tabloids with story after story to [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 13th April 2011
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