News articles tagged with 'Coffee'
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Azure delights
I’m not exactly a Mt Hawthorn local, but with a sister living in the area, I’m a regular visitor — so regular, in fact, that I should be awarded frequent flyer points! Keen to make the most of WA’s unusually balmy autumn weather, I decided that an afternoon’s alfresco dining at Azure Restaurant would be just the thing.
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The crema dilemma
For a long time crema has been viewed as the definitive sign of great espresso. This has never sat very well with us at Five Senses, as we have often tasted magnificent coffees with fleeting, delicate crema and some not so magnificent coffees with crema that lasted forever.
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Our Bali coffee is officially on the water!
We’re very excited about this Direct Trade shipment from Bali. After a three year ‘apprenticeship’ in understanding the region and the people, we think this year’s crop will be the big pay off! Special prize to anyone who can pick out the 250 grams of coffee that was picked by our Bean Counter (that joke just keeps getting funnier!), Jason Gray.
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2010 Australian Barista Champs — Day 1
With an inspired performance, Jennifer Murray from Five Senses WA has narrowly missed out on a place in Saturday’s Australian Barista Championship Semi Final on the Gold Coast.
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Watch all the Australian Barista Championship action
The Australian Barista Championship was streamed live to millions of people around the world and even included a few plugs from the New York Times as baristas from afar kept an eye on the Australian talent and competition. If you caught a glimpse of your favourite barista during the live stream or you were lucky enough to carry the excess baggage of a demanding barista over to Queensland, then you know what a competition barista in 2010 has to go through. The demands, the pressure of the crowd, the ticking of the clock.
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The new (long) black!
The long black is a drink that gets a bad rap and I’m here to go in to bat for it. It tends to be the drink that your father orders when you take him to your favourite café, and it suffers from a bit of an image problem. Before we go too far, let’s look at how to make the perfect long black.
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What is ethical coffee?
How can you be sure that you’re buying a coffee that doesn’t exploit the people who grew it? The good news is that it’s actually easy to support the farmer who has laboured for many hours to grow and process your coffee.
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