I just read a fascinating article at randomwalker’s journal about drinking coffee as a productivity aid (found via The Morning News).
In summary, to maximise productivity in creative, thinking tasks:
Nap briefly after lunch (or when you feel really tired during the day);
Drink coffee early in the morning and just after your nap;
Quit coffee for a week [...]
I’m in Melbourne for the day for work. On my way in I stopped to grab some coffee at a little stall. And I discovered a fascinating little system, using the trays in the picture below:
When you buy a coffee, they give you a card (like the 2 of diamonds shown). The card serves the [...]
This morning I had coffee at Zellini’s in Randwick and found the above picture on the back of their drinks menu. The diagrams aren’t quite as fancy as the one I posted a while ago, but still a nice gesture at helping out with the navigation of café culture.
The coffee was OK but nothing special. [...]
Finally, a blog that understands me. I do like shorts and t-shirts (especially Threadless) and coffee and expensive sandwiches. And all the other stuff.
I hope that people of other ethnicities will read this and come to understand my culture.
Good coffee, good music, good hangout
I was wandering around Pt Douglas, looking for a good place to have coffee (my previous coffee from Café Écco was drinkable but not much more), and I had the good fortune to come across Re:hab.
The interior is dark and cool, a welcome respite from the oppressive heat and bright [...]
Someone sent me this link a while ago (or I found it - I can’t remember). It’s awesome. Nice clean infographic style presentation of the different kind of espresso drinks you can order.
It lists flat white so I believe that means the creator of the pictures lives in Australia or New Zealand.
This Wikipedia article gives an excellent factual overview of all the different ways that coffee is prepared. There were some there that I didn’t know about.
As is usual with Wikipedia it’s informative rather than providing guidance about how to prepare coffee.
(Thanks to Marian for the link)
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