UEFA European Championship 2016 – Group E and their coffee
We’ve reached Group E and so far we’ve worked out that for the most part, Europe loves coffee, and the variations of coffee from nation to nation has been quite pronounced.
But any group with Italy in surely is going to win? The fathers of modern coffee, pioneers in all things espresso, the Italians must be the nation to beat in the coffee stakes?
They aren’t too bad at football either!
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UEFA European Championship 2016 – Group D and their coffee
We are well into our rundown of the all the nations turning up in France for a spot of soccer, with more still to come, but as for who is the kings of coffee? It’s a difficult decision to make!
Group D sees the defending champions Spain take on one of the most influential coffee drinking nations, Turkey, looking to make a mark on the footballing world.
This is a tough group, and not just because of the coffee!
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UEFA European Championship 2016 – Group C and their coffee
Any group that has the World Cup holders is going to be an interesting group, the German footballing machine will no doubt be ready for the short trip to France to attempt to assert it’s dominance over world football yet again.
But what about their coffee drinking preferences? We wonder what each nation has up their (short) sleeve…
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UEFA European Championship – Group B and their coffee
Group B is the very same group that two of the three home nations competing in France are placed within. England and Wales will be fighting it out for a place in the latter stages of the tournament, alongside minnows Slovakia and the relatively average Russia, at least for a nation of their size and pedigree.
With the tournament offering the young English side an opportunity to really make a name for themselves on the world stage, it is our coffee that is coming under scrutiny today.
Wales will be looking to give a good account of themselves, having not played in a major football tournament since 1958, Gareth Bale and co will be looking to leave a lasting impression on the millions of fans watching around the world.
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Rainbow coffee to become new hipster trend?
We think we’ve stumbled across the newest trend in barista latte art. And we love it.
We’ve seen outlandish milk-foam masterpieces on our coffee for a while now, so much so that it is almost normal to expect it!
But we think that Rainbow coffee is the future!…
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UEFA European Championship 2016 – Group A and their coffee
France plays host to the second biggest international football tournament this summer (the World Cup being the biggest), and to celebrate the fact that this is the largest European Championships ever, now featuring 24 European nations, we are going to highlight the favoured coffee of each nation in the build up to the biggest sporting event of the summer.
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Speciality coffee: Colombian Finca Monique
Colombia has a fine history of coffee growing, cultivating and roasting with some of the world’s finest coffee hailing from the South American nation.
With that in mind, we believe our micro-lot from the Luis Gonzaga Ordonez farm, Finca Monique, offers some of the finest beans which stand up against any coffee from any nation.
Which is a mean feat, when you factor in that Colombia is not only the world’s largest producer of washed Arabica, but also the second largest coffee producing nation in the world.
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Using tea bags and coffee as compost
image: ‘Thomas’ via Flickr
Did you know that recycling doesn’t just extend to glass and cardboard?
You can also use your old coffee grounds and tea bags as a valuable component part of your compost, to help your plants bloom this summer season.
A great way to stop your coffee grounds reaching a landfill is to make use of them in your garden.