Coffee News Roundup
Welcome to a new feature from the Pourover. If, like me, you struggle to keep on top of all the goings-on in the world of coffee, then this is the series for you. Every Friday this blog post will round up the news, interesting happenings and the best coffee-related articles
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It’s been quite a while since the last Pourover post—moving countries and starting a new life (again) will tire a person out—but in order to get back into the habit, I decided to just go ahead and order a bag of coffee. Now that I’m back
Coffee Features
It has been almost a year since I started the Pourover. I began researching it (ie drinking a bunch of coffee) in October 2016, and published my first article in November. Since then I’ve tried coffee from roasters all over Scotland, sampled innumerable flat whites (and still have no
Coffee Features
I have a confession to make: I love diner coffee. Wait, don’t go – let me explain. Of course, diner coffee isn’t generally very good. You might get lucky and not be served something burnt and undrinkable. You can add cream and sugar, and that usually helps cut the
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This review has been a long time coming. Ever since I found out about Mr Eion, a coffee roaster and retail shop in Edinburgh, I’ve been attempting to hunt some down. But for whatever reason, every time I have been in the vicinity the shop has been closed. So,
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Until this review, I had never tried coffee from Mexico. Considering the fact that it’s the closest coffee-growing region to the United States, it’s strange that none of the coffee companies I worked for in Michigan ever stocked it. For this reason, and also because part of my
Editor's Picks
It feels right that a company called Unorthodox Coffee Roasters should receive an atypical cafe review, for a number of reasons. A few months ago, I sat down to write my first review of their rather delicious Pure Magic El Salvador, but it turned out that there was very little
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It’s taken a while, but it seems like specialty coffee is finally beginning to take root in Aberdeen. With proper, well-crafted coffee being served all over the south of the country, it felt a little like the north-east is too far north, too far east, for anyone to take
Coffee Features
Decaffeinated coffee, it’s safe to say, has a bit of an image problem. It’s either being openly belittled, the butt of a bad joke (“There’s a time and a place for decaf: never and in the trash” is a classic) or is otherwise ignored entirely. And it’
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Original post, 20/11/2016 It’s a blustery autumn afternoon in the north east of Scotland, but the windows of The Coffee Apothecary in Udny glow bright with welcome. A combination coffee shop and post office in rural Aberdeenshire, 30 minutes drive north of Aberdeen, it is one of
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Cairngorm Coffee is the third point in the triangle of basement cafes in and around George Street that serve to inject delicious coffee into Edinburgh’s touristy New Town. It’s a strange serendipity that allows three top class cafes to exist basically within the same block (or underneath the
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Glen Lyon is, according to Sir Walter Scott, “the longest, loneliest, and loveliest glen in Scotland.” Located in Highland Perthshire and stretching 34 miles from the village of Fortingall to the head of Loch Lyon, it is the longest enclosed glen (valley) in the country. It is here that Glen