A compilation shining the spotlight on this week's awesome coffee posts from Cinnamon Cup Coffee members.
The selected authors share their passion through stories and photos, for their favourite black liquid gold, commonly called coffee, and some special meals that complimented it.
👐 Coming up are some New Year's stories of coffee celebrations; Some unique coffee shops and stalls with infusions that depict specific countries and cultures; Coffee Stories of a real-life Barista, and some awesome discoveries of amazing coffee shops around the world.
Enjoy!
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"In retrospect this was a year of much learning, where I discovered other parts of myself, and other qualities that I did not know I had. That's why while I drink this coffee with the sunlight coming through my windows, only one word comes to mind: Gratitude, because although not everything was honey and roses, there were difficult moments, setbacks, conflicts, discussions, the happy moments were more and that's what really matters. So I want to wish everyone in this community of Hive a Happy New Year full of health and happiness, if we have those two things, the rest comes alone.🌟❤️"
@dmilliz Stopped by “826 Food Truck” to grab some Coffee & Convo
"On January 2nd, I went to a local temple to take some pics and to go for a walk, as health is at the top of my goals this year. Why? Well appart from the obvious being in shape and feeling great, it’s the one thing that will make others fall into place.
On the way to the temple I spotted the “826 food truck” and decided I’d stop by for a cup of coffee on the way back. Here are some of the pics I took at the temple."
@claudio83 A good coffee can really change your day for the better
"In Italy coffee macchiato with foam milk is widely used, especially for those who drink a lot of coffee during the day and with milk it has a less strong aroma, ideal especially during breakfast. In the company of my wife and my son, we sat comfortably at one of the three tables available, in fact the place is not large but it is still very welcoming and well organized."
@cmplxty Retro Italian Coffee
"One of the things that I've loved since I spent a few months in Italy was some really good coffee! We buy Italian coffee every so often, though we don't drink it as much as we used to for a few reasons, mainly health wise of over consumption lol. One of our friends was moving though and she had a lot of these amazing things that she got from Italy years ago that she was going to throw away. I said hell no you aren't throwing that away! I want that!"
@meilo1995 The Coffee Shop Blog 3
"Happy New Years, the coffee shop was closed for the New Years .. but now I’m back in business. So to start the first day of the year I decided to have a latte made with African Arabic Beans, medium to dark roast. Now I have been working on my Latte arts trying to get some really nice presentations of art on the coffee to serve. Until I saw that it was my milk pitcher that was holding me back, my pitcher was to rounded by the stout and I needed a pointer stout milk shake pitcher. That is something I have to looking in to."
@nnurdiani Try Cafe Latte at Indische Cafe
"Before becoming a cafe, this place was a bookstore called Nusa Cendana. I've bought books here. Now it has turned into a modern coffee shop with a variety of Indonesian specialties. Indische Café has been around since 2019. I'm currently heading to this place to do my job. In my house there is no signal. So, I had to go to the Café to do my homework."
" The interior of the restaurant had a modern industrial style with steel beams and concrete walls with wooden floors and the furniture such as the tables and chairs matched with black metal and a light coloured wood.
I ordered eggs Benedict which was absolutely delicious!"
"After about an hours walk we stopped off at the Refreshment Room which is operated by the Blueberry Cafe. The cafe is situated in an old railway building at Miller's Dale Station on the trail."
"This board displayed the prices and varieties of ice/hot beverages available just like the ones in a regular coffee shop.
Coffee Machine. Since it's winter and the night was so cold we decided to have a cup of hot cocoa. This particular machine also serves matcha flavored coffee."
"But they have to remain in these situations as they were orphans.
She recalled the time when they had nothing to eat and her mom instructed her to prepare tea. She added a huge amount of water as it was the only thing for which they paid nothing. Mixed sugar and tea leaves. Added the leftover milk and give it a strong boil. It was the inexpensive tea they had each day along with bread. Her siblings were so virtuous that they never complained about this food 2 times a day."
"Can't believe I just found out about this place!
In Bangkok, Thailand some of my most favorite places to chill out are places along side Chao Phraya river, Thailand's major river that flows flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Bangkok old city was also here so it's quite pretty with all the old buildings, temples and ruins."
"When did you first like coffee? So, what coffee was your first love? Everyone will have a different answer. But in general, it starts with mixed coffee drinks, not pure coffee. Like me who fell in love with coffee while trying to drink affogato, a typical Italian dessert that I accidentally tried at a dinner with friends. Starting from an affogato, I tried various types of coffee and finally I became a coffee drinker."
"I once planned to stop drinking coffee, it didn't last long, just one day if I'm not mistaken, the relationship between coffee and me is sometimes like a hate and love relationship.
I don't know exactly when I first started liking coffee, after tasting a lot of coffee, I can already taste and tell the difference between good coffee and not."
"A few weeks ago I was obligated to deliver bad news to someone I very much like. I would have preferred to avoid the situation however had little choice but to do it deciding that a café would be the ideal place. I thought the person would feel comfortable that they weren't in my domain, my comfort-zone, and out of their own. Neutral ground so to speak."
"This Nirapresso is a coffee dish that I drink when I go to visit a coffee shop in Takengon, Central Aceh. At that time in 2018, I brought some coffee farmers from Sipirok, South Tapanuli to study with some coffee farmers in Takengon, Central Aceh."
"'ve been craving some ice-cold coffee from Starbucks or Bo's Coffee but we don't have those franchises in our town. I could only get that if I can visit the City which is 3 hours away from our town.
Day two when I arrived in the province I and my best friend been talking about where to get a great ice-cold or frappe coffee."
"One of the hottest cafes today, it is impossible not to mention the name Cafe Yooberi. The shop is located at 27 Trinh Hoai Duc Street, Ward 11, Da Lat City. From the centre of Da Lat to Yooberi about 3km, you can go to the fan page to see the map for easy travel. The shop is suitable for young people who want to come to virtual life and is designed to combine Korean style with the main pastel colour tones. Especially for those of you who like to take pictures like me, just ordering the water here will feel like Korea is full of the frame."
"I remembered that i like the first v60 that i ever try because its not sour and even enjoyable because if the honey flavored. For this one, all i can taste is the sourness. I feel sick on my stomach. Still, i will always preferred v60 compared to other because how like the texture are. It almost feels like drinking my favorite drink after water, which is tea."
"Today I felt like drinking one of those coffees that they prepare in the bakeries, those machine coffees that have such a special and Venezuelan flavor that is recognized worldwide.
I went to the bakery "La Mansión del Pan" where for me they prepare an excellent quality coffee that we can enjoy outdoors while we have a pleasant conversation, or otherwise to reflect on the plans and goals to accomplish for this new year that begins.
"If you are a coffee lover, just smelling it makes you happy, even if it is in powder form when you open the package, as well as drinking it is a pleasure, we enjoy every sip and it is a sacred moment, which can be shared with a family member or friend, especially to talk and obviously express how delicious the coffee is or the quality of it if you are trying a new brand, now, if that coffee is accompanied by a dessert."
"we had a new acquisition in our home, the day of my mom's birthday I decided to give her a coffee maker, which cost me about 30$ and it is very nice, in white color. The coffee maker is perfect for us because in my house we make a lot of coffee and we don't have gas all the time to boil water and make it the way we are used to, so to continue with our vice we will be practicing with the coffee maker."
"The concept of a coffee shop that I want is mystical or horror. I will name it "GHOST COFFEE". This concept was thought of and interesting for me, because as far as I know there is no coffee shop that uses the concept of horror either in my place or in other countries. This will be very interesting...!"
"Finally I stopped and parked my motorbike in front of the coffee shop. The name of this coffee shop is Indatu Kafe 2, a simple Acehnese coffee shop. As soon as I entered, the waiter greeted me, then invited me to sit down and handed me the book menu. I don't care about the menu book. I just told the waiter that I wanted a cold drink. The waiter seemed to know my feelings and gave a suggestion for cold milk coffee. I thought it was a great idea and I immediately agreed."
"Many large e-commerce companies in Indonesia hired and partnered with Korean boy bands to be their ambassador and promote their platform. To me, this is clever marketing that could target dozens of young adults to children to buy merchandise, increasing the traffic to the platform, and creating brand awareness."
"The coffee I’m drinking with the ice coffee is a dark roast arabica bean . After I have poured my shot of espresso in the iced milk , I add the caramel sauce and watch it drizzle down the cup. The sauce Mixes really well do you wouldn’t have to worry about access syrup floating in your ice coffee."
"As soon as I got to the railway, I was impressed with the old yellow color and unique architecture. I felt like I was transported back in time because of how historic it looked. I also noticed that there were not many people around which made it seem quite eerie at times. As I continued walking through the station, I started noticing how fantastic the surroundings were and how friendly everyone was."
"In my memories I can still smell that aroma
when my grandfather took me to the museum
of the aromatic machines that seem to stop time
that seem to stop time, with them he used to prepare
a coffee from another world, so aromatic
that it paralyzed and hypnotized everybody
when the barista began his magic."
"Among other things I ended up buying a huge bag of dried Hibiscus flowers for making Hibiscus tea. You only need 3 or 4 flowers to make a cup and you can reuse them a few times before they get too weak. I think this bag is going to last a while. Just pour in some boiling water and let it sit for about 5 minutes and your done"
"I’m not a huge fan of tea drinking. Here in Bulgaria most of the teas that the population is consuming are not real teas. Rather that they are a mix of herbs, which are very helpful for the health, but I’m really not very fond of. The tea from our present was a special one. It’s variety is Geisha, similar to one of the most aromatic coffee varieties. This exact one is a mix of white and green teas."
"It's a pack of 10 brewing bags from five different countries. It's called "BE YOUR OWN BARISTA" from The Brew Company which I believe is based in Denmark. I had a look at their website and found that they make a whole bunch of other products that are similar to this one, e.g., Christmas presents. I'll sure be ordering from them in the near future. Actually after looking at the website, I am not confused as to what the actual name of this product is. It's also referred to, on the individual bag basis, as "The Coffee Brewer" or even "Coffeebrewer"."
"In the video I show you some images of the process of threshing or cleaning of the coffee bean to be roasted.
After the coffee beans are roasted they are left to rest at room temperature to grind the coffee, once the coffee is ground there is nothing left to do but to prepare a good cup of coffee and enjoy it."
"On this sunny morning, as a housewife, morning is quite a busy time to take care of all things related to the household.
Waking up in the morning, starting at 05.00 am, I have to prepare all the necessities and clean the house such as washing clothes, preparing clothes for my husband who has to go to work in the morning, preparing breakfast and sweeping and mopping the house."
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