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Harry said:
I’m with Eb on this, some of you sound like the Viz character.

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can I recommend the HMHB ( half man half biscuit) album titled " No one cares about your Creative hub so get your ******* hedge cut"
might suit your taste too. :)
Genuinely funny to me, but good music anyway. They always ***** the social conscience but might be a bit sharp for many modern folk.
 
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rs48635 said:
can I recommend the HMHB ( half man half biscuit) album titled " No one cares about your Creative hub so get your ******* hedge cut"
might suit your taste too. :)
Genuinely funny to me, but good music anyway. They always ***** the social conscience but might be a bit sharp for many modern folk.
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I didn’t know that band was still going! I can remember John Peel playing their music back in the ‘80’s. I will look it up.
 
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I need to work on my milk art, but also need some proper coffee cups, as currently just use tea mugs for anyone wanting a flat white or normal black coffee
 
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DLax69 said:

Black Eagle Maverick by Victoria Arduino

BLACK EAGLE MAVERICK by Victoria Arduino
www.victoriaarduino.com

Nope...this.
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Looks a superb machine ............looks idiot proof
You knew things in the coffee world were going a bit woke when they introduced the term Barista for someone that works behind the counter at the local cafe , in my day it was called a tea lady , i can remember joking as a teenager that someday there would come a day things became so stupid that one would need O' and A levels to become a shelf filler in Tesco ......now called a display technician FFS ...............well that time has come
 
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lozcb said:
Looks a superb machine ............looks idiot proof
You knew things in the coffee world were going a bit woke when they introduced the term Barista for someone that works behind the counter at the local cafe , in my day it was called a tea lady , i can remember joking as a teenager that someday there would come a day things became so stupid that one would need O' and A levels to become a shelf filler in Tesco ......now called a display technician FFS ...............well that time has come
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Depends if that employee in the cafe is operating an espresso machine or not ? Was it a coffee shop?

Chef in a Restaurant , Concierge in a hotel etc...
 
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alastairb said:
Depends if that employee in the cafe is operating an espresso machine or not ? Was it a coffee shop?

Chef in a Restaurant , Concierge in a hotel etc...
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Please lets not go there and pretend that operating an expresso machine is anything akin more difficult to riding a bike or or operating the average laptop ,
 
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lozcb said:
Please lets not go there and pretend that operating an expresso machine is anything akin more difficult to riding a bike or or operating the average laptop ,
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Im not pretending its a difficult job, just dont understand the 'bit woke' part in your comment ?
 
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lifes2short said:
actually, being a proper barista is very skilful, I've tasted some awful coffee from some coffee shops because lack of training and/or proper servicing/set up of machines etc
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Fully agree. It is not rocket science but the difference between a good barista and an untrained operator is huge. I find it amazing that businesses invest or lease 7k La Marzocco machine and then do not train the employee on how to operate it or adjust the grinder for temperature/humidity to get the right result. It is like keeping fine wine in the kitchen!
 
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"Barista" is the Italian word for the person who serves espresso or wine...so, if you're gonna call it espresso, may as well call the person who made it for you a barista. Unless, as noted above, they are bad at it. In which case, feel free to use whatever term of art you'd like, I guess...
 
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My pet hate; a coffee shop the eulogises about their coffee, takes an age to make it, and then it's not any good!

Style over substance! Been to a few like this...

I love the way for circa 2 euros you can get a great coffee pretty much anywhere in Italy, it's like a national human right or something!
 
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urquattrogus said:
My pet hate; a coffee shop the eulogises about their coffee, takes an age to make it, and then it's not any good!

Style over substance! Been to a few like this...

I love the way for circa 2 euros you can get a great coffee pretty much anywhere in Italy, it's like a national human right or something!
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Decades of coffee culture. UK still pretty young. How about we start sharing location for excellent coffee? Great if it could be on a map for when we are travelling but I am not technically competent to do that. I will start in the UK with;

Bath - Colonna and Smalls, 6 Chapel Row, Bath BA1 1HT
Chichester - Common Grounds, 3a Little London, Chichester PO19 1PH
Witney - UE Coffee Roasters, Linkwood Road Windrush Industrial Park, Witney OX29 7HA
Newbury - Podium Place, 31A Bone Ln, Newbury RG14 5SH
Greenwich - Ideal Espresso, Greenwich Market or by Cutty Sark
Swindon - Darkroom Espresso, 11 Faringdon Rd, Swindon SN1 5AR
Oxford - Colombia Coffee Roasters, 106-107 The Covered Market, OX2 7HT
 
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urquattrogus said:
My pet hate; a coffee shop the eulogises about their coffee, takes an age to make it, and then it's not any good!

Style over substance! Been to a few like this...

I love the way for circa 2 euros you can get a great coffee pretty much anywhere in Italy, it's like a national human right or something!
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You ever tried to buy a kettle in Italy , **** near impossible , made the fatal mistake once of touring Italy using various hotels/BandBs etc , not one had a kettle in the room , and we had made the fatal mistake of leaving our travelling kettle at home , plainly they just dont want you making instant in the rooms lol
 
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lozcb said:
You ever tried to buy a kettle in Italy , **** near impossible , made the fatal mistake once of touring Italy using various hotels/BandBs etc , not one had a kettle in the room , and we had made the fatal mistake of leaving our travelling kettle at home , plainly they just dont want you making instant in the rooms lol
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Have bought a toaster, which they don't seem to be that big on either for some reason.

We brits are a bit oddball , I do rejoice when there there is a kettle in the hotel room for a quick tea before I go down for a coffee.

None of that Lipton Sh*T though, its undrinkable! Not designed for milk I guess.
 
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Guy said:
Decades of coffee culture. UK still pretty young. How about we start sharing location for excellent coffee? Great if it could be on a map for when we are travelling but I am not technically competent to do that. I will start in the UK with;

Bath - Colonna and Smalls, 6 Chapel Row, Bath BA1 1HT
Chichester - Common Grounds, 3a Little London, Chichester PO19 1PH
Witney - UE Coffee Roasters, Linkwood Road Windrush Industrial Park, Witney OX29 7HA
Newbury - Podium Place, 31A Bone Ln, Newbury RG14 5SH
Greenwich - Ideal Espresso, Greenwich Market or by Cutty Sark
Swindon - Darkroom Espresso, 11 Faringdon Rd, Swindon SN1 5AR
Oxford - Colombia Coffee Roasters, 106-107 The Covered Market, OX2 7HT
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London EC3M (near Lloyd's of London) - Curator's Coffee Studio, 9A Cullum St, London EC3M 7JJ
London EC3A (Aldgate) - Ozone Coffee,10-12 Creechurch Lane, London, EC3A 5AY (formerly Association Coffee)
Shrewsbury - The Shrewsbury Coffee House, 5 Castle Gates, Shrewsbury SY1 2AE
 
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