You know that you’re a coffee addict when your holiday revolves around drinking coffee and visiting coffee shops on your route! I booked a few days in Madrid at half term. We were in search of winter sunshine, tapas, coffee and Cristiano Ronaldo! As we were flying from Bristol airport, I planned a drive by
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I am very excited by the recent opening of Station 86 in Gowerton! It is an independent coffee and kitchen destination, situated at 86 Sterry Road (SA4 3BW). So first of all, what is the coffee like? They use a Nicuraguan coffee from the Welsh Coffee Company, which is roasted locally at Reynoldston on Gower.
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I haven’t posted anything on the blog for a while! So what have I been up to? Well, firstly I’ve enjoyed an extended Summer break with the boys. It was great to recharge the batteries and enjoy some sunshine (although it now seems a distant memory!) We stayed one week at the fabulous Grupotel Macarella
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Square Peg and the newly opened Peg 2 are totally my favourite places to indulge in a flat white! I first stumbled across Square Peg when I made it one of my New Years resolutions to work my way through the South Wales section of the ‘Independent Coffee Guide’. Situated at 29b Gower Road, Sketty
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A few weeks back I spent a fascinating few hours on a Basic Barista Course at Coaltown Coffee Roasters in Llandybie. Coaltown is a family run, award winning, small batch, speciality coffee roasters that is currently run from the family home. There are plans afoot for a purpose built live roastery to open in Ammanford
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Last Saturday I was invited along to Onboard Surf & Coffee to sample the coffee (& doughnuts!) Onboard Surf & Coffee is situated at 464 Gower Road, Killay. Although originally just a Surf shop, early last year owner John decided to add a Coffee shop and late last year a Barbers also opened in the building. Thus
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A lot of friends ask me ‘so what is a flat white?’ Some say ‘Is it like a Latte?’….. No, it’s not a latte! It has a higher proportion of coffee to milk than a latte. The milk is more velvety in consistency, allowing espresso to dominate the flavour. Some say ‘Is it like a
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