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Just an ordinary café?

Back in 1992, almost twenty years ago to the day, coffee and café culture was almost unknown in Great Britain. When you ordered a coffee, it was typically one type – percolated (aka filter) – and often served in a mug, rather than … Continue reading

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Outside the Sad Café

The sad café. We all have one, don’t we?  Some place that we may remember with bitter-sweet memories, of what might have been but then never quite was. Mine is a place in Wellington, New Zealand, called Lido – a … Continue reading

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