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September 19, 2012

ROK Kitchen Tools launches simple to use espresso maker for coffee lovers

Calling all coffee buffs, a new espresso maker designed by ROK Kitchen Tools aims to give lovers of the brown bean, ‘the experience of being truly involved in the coffee making process.’

If standing in line at one of the UK’s 14,000 coffee shops, waiting for your drink is not ‘involved’ enough for you then the ROK espresso maker is the answer.

According to its designer, Patrick Hunt, the manual powered ROK coffee maker will be a much more ‘engaging ritual than just pressing a button.’

August 16, 2012

Book offers readers foray into the extravagent world of the US drag scene

Certain to dazzle the dreariest of coffee tables and spark conversation amongst the driest of company, this over-exuberant, glossy coffee table book is jam-packed with panache - the perfect addition alongside a tall caramel macchiato.

Drawing its title from the earliest days of theatre, dr.a.g (an acronym for dressed as girl), this extravagant publication charts some of the biggest names in the scene to date.

April 8, 2012

A family mini-break to Vienna, Austria delivers plenty of gourmet treats, grandiose sights and genteel culture

My parents are in the UK visiting from Australia so I offered to take them to Vienna for the Easter weekend.

They're quite easy travelers, relaxed, mobile, happy to just go with the flow. Me? Not so much. Lord knows how they manage to cope with day-to-day life without me there to bossily organize and supervise them.

December 27, 2011

Massachusetts company uses gay culture and history to market new brew

You'll never find Stone Butch Breakfast Blend or Red Hanky Roast at Starbucks.

These are two of the varieties that make up Gay Coffee, a new line of java from Massachusetts-based coffee house owner Melissa Krueger that hit the market just in time for the holidays.