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Daily Archives: 2013-12-04
Doing Northern Italy’s Dolomite Loop (OneTravel)
This post is being written with a rear view perspective of a fantastic week I recently spent traveling across northern Italy. To be sure, I intend to blog plenty about my trip and thought I’d start out sharing a suggestion … Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Drink, Food, Italy, OneTravel, Travel
Tagged alps, artisanal beer, bar varmost, beer, CRAFT BEER, Do the Dolomite Loop, dolomites, Drink, Foglie d'Erba, Food, Forni di Sopra, Friuli, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Gino Perissutti, ham, Italy, northern italy, Parco Naturale delle Dolomiti Friulane, proscuitto, restaurants, San Daniele, San Daniele di Friuli, sauris, Travel, Udine, Италия, イタリア, 意大利
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Barista Skills (espressoCrazy) #illyschool
Recently, I helped organise and host an intimate coffee tasting and training session for a select group of London bloggers. Leading the event was Marco Arrigo – Head of Quality for illy Coffee in the UK – who provided our guests with a hands-on chance to hone their skills making perfect espresso-based drinks, along with a fun and informative ‘beans to cup’ lesson about the history and chemistry of coffee. Marco has trained hundreds of baristas throughout the UK. His course usually takes three days, but he crafted this this one to be a three-hour crash course session especially for bloggers. Continue reading
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Posted in Blogs, Coffee, Drink, espressoCrazy, London, Shopping
Tagged #illyschool, Blogs, cafe, caffe, cappuccino, cappuccinos, coffee, coffee blog, coffee capsule espresso, coffee capsule machine, coffee capsules, coffee machine, coffee machine review, coffee machine voucher code, coffee maker, Drink, espresso, espresso crazy, espresso maker, espressoCrazy, espressocrazy.com, flat white, francis francis, Francis Francis X7.1 IperEspresso Machine, Fuss Free Flavours, Hot & Chill, illy, illy coffee, iperespresso, IperEspresso Machine, latte, lattes, London, London blog, marco arrigo, Sainsbury's Magazine, Swallower of Lives, University of Coffee, urban pixxels, Whatleydude, X7.1, Y1.1, Y1.1 touch, Y1.1 TOUCH IperEspresso Machine, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Guards Museum, Birdcage Walk
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Tasty Tales from the Italian Ham Highway: Speck-tacular Views and Smoky Brews in Sauris
Day two of my foodie odyssey had me saying goodbye to the Dolomite gateway town of Forni di Sopra and heading even higher (and deeper) into the Alps to the tiny Germanic enclave of Sauris for a taste of the local delicacies and to take in the sweeping views – all of which elicited some form of audible and involuntary whoa or wow from an overwhelmed me. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Drink, Food, Hotels, Italy, Restaurants, road trip, Shopping, Tasty Tales from the Italian Ham Highway, Travel
Tagged artisanal beer, bacon, beer, CRAFT BEER, Drink, Food, ham, hotels, Italy, northern italy, proscuitto, restaurants, sauris, Shopping, speck, Tasty Tales from the Italian Ham Highway, Travel, travel blog, travel blogger, Италия, イタリア, 意大利
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