If you haven’t seen this weeks in my mug, I insist you watch it now one of my favourites I think I’ve recorded.

I insist so much its below WATCH NOW !!!

So the reason for the post is not simply to proclaim that I like a video of myself running between coffee trees, but the location. The location is a new shop called “The Window” and is the tiniest shop I have ever been in. Small but perfectly formed and a growing bread of cosy coffee shops that do great coffee but in tandom force people to make a great community.

As a society I think we talk to each other far less, and we are told from a young age not to talk to strangers. But as a famous Bros song (I Quit) once said “Most of my friends were strangers when I met them” (did I really use a bros song as a quote) so to make new friends at some point you have to speak to a stranger. There is something about sharing a table or a bench that makes you talk to people you would normally not speak to.

This has been shown to work at The Espresso London and at 3FE in Dublin and now there is a new contender of The Window.

Based in Norwich its not in a big flash swish cool city, but its perfect for where it is. Based in 25 Wensum Street, they still manage to do your expected espresso based drinks along with pour-over single estates, bean sales, aeropress and a range of hand made cakes from a local baker, who is also a friend and regular customer.

An amazing space and an amazing shop doing really great things. Pop in and say hi to Hayley if your ever in the area.

So I have found I can drive and boo

A revelation or recipe for a crash? Either way booed today about the ukbc and the post is here

Call to all Irish friends. Colin Harmon (of tamper tantrum fame, apparently he did OK in some coffee making competition too), is having his official opening of Third Floor Espresso on the 24th of January 2010. I’m going to be there also, and will be filming an In My Mug, drinking coffee and chatting. We want as many people as possible to come down so please do. Look forwards to meeting some of you.Kicks off Lunch time I think and we will be there until mid afternoon at the very least. Conact the normal channels if you need any further information

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I know this has been rolled out slowly, but a load of posts about Brazil would have meant some of these wonderful photos might not have got seen

Brazil Cachoeria is a very special farm to me, and still the moment I really felt I understood what real quality coffee could be came the first time I cupped this coffee. It was the moment that it became clear and I understood what it was about, the farms, people as well as in the cup.

Regular readers will know how much I love this coffee, and I was meant to visit three times before I got there with disaters happening meaning I was not able to .

I ended up getting a little bit mushy about it all, and I have a video I may or may not put up to finish the video diary’s from Brazil.But its not me at my best I may not

It was every thing I hoped it would be, the farm is amazing, almost to amazing. I said to Stephen Hurst who was with me it was like Disney land, everything perfect, like really perfect manicured almost. To see the whole set take a look here.

I’ll sleep on the video and make up my mind in the morning but please look at the photos I think they are amazing