Before coffee roasting, there was traveling and writing. This is a novel I wrote over fifteen years based on my time living in Poland, and now it’s finally been published and put to bed. Below is what the book is about and some of the reviews made by various people

Recently, we had a go at running an obscurely located farm shop in our small town of North Arm. It has since closed, yet from the point of view of meeting a wonderful group of local people, it was a huge success   But no, it was a success in

‘I am glad of it,’ said Mr. Pickwick, casting his nightcap energetically on the counterpane. ‘They are fine fellows—very fine fellows; with judgments matured by observation and reflection; and tastes refined by reading and study. I am very glad of it.’ The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens (1836-37). Fine Fellows Coffee has been a long

      ‘Such a fine coffee,’ said F. ‘A fine coffee indeed.’ F had invited his colleague J for a coffee in an out-of-the-way café in town. ‘Are you aware they roast the beans over wood?’ he asked his colleague. ‘No!’ cried J in disbelief. ‘Here?’ ‘Come on J,

Nundah Markets starring Aiden and Jenny Since taking over our stall at the Nundah and Kuraby Markets in Brisbane, young Aiden, while studying Physiotherapy, has surprised, and delighted, many with some of the best coffee in Brisbane (seriously, if not Australia) using this Pompei Izzo lever machine from Naples and

This is our coffee roaster we had built with two considerations in mind: Firstly the cost (this roaster can do about 8kg of coffee so an equivalent traditional drum roaster would have been at least twice the price) Secondly the quality of the roast (with the source of heat coming

The Italian stovetop is still my favourite way to have a morning caffe latte. However, it does take a small amount of understanding and patience to get the knack of it, to get it just right. If rushed, and if little attention is paid to the small things, than the