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• Hoshino Gyokuro Undrinkable Rests

  

  There is often a certain beauty in whichever residue is left in the bottom of a cup - like after a coffee or a tea. I call them, the Undrinkable Rests, and for... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2020 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Dwelling Versus Waiting

  

  If patience means the virtue of waiting in a relaxed state during a given time, being patient names the manner in which we handle said time frame, without... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2020 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Human in-dwelling-and-tasting-beING

  Every June, joy, science, and history are revived through one of the oldest and most global of domestic traditions when a specific maceration choice is set in... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2020 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Water to Fire

  In the kitchen I have been accused of being in my own world. The attention referred to is never to my own - if such a silly perception would ever even be... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2020 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• And the Coffee Journey Continues

  

  It was in the previous century 1982, to be precise my first encounter with coffee, and it was a significant one, for it was a Mexican, not just a brew for... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blueberry Muffin in the Past Tense

  Published by Sila Blume Creativity is oxygen and blood, with eyes, ears, and palate in constant contact to the mind. I merely aim to understand as much as... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2019 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Coffee Pairing

  Beautiful pairings do not only happen in the palate. The never-ending shootings of coffee with sweets, coffee with cigars, cigars with whiskey, hamburgers with... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2019 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Crap and Crops – Digested Coffee

  Waste seems to be a global evil. We express our disdain for waste in constant verbal vulgarities. Cultures follow traditions and apply rules in an effort to... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Noah’s Barn – Specialty Coffee with the Local Twist

  Whenever traveling, I am looking to experience what there is, in its own, different context, not in the one familiar to me - like coffee. There are many coffee... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2018 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kopi Magma, for the Magnificent Mount Malabar

  Looking at these pictures, you may think they were taken in New York City or in any of the modern western cities where baristi selfie-celebrate their talents an... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2018 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cafe De L’Ambre – Revisited

  Ichiro Sekiguchi might have been considered by many the Godfather of coffee in the East - at the very least in the country of Japan. I first heard about him whe... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2018 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wisang Kopi is Damn Manual

  Waking up for the second time in Jakarta, I immediately began investigating the most lively city I have ever witnessed. After a 20-minute ride between hundreds... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2018 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Visionary Action to Reactionary Handling / Starbucks Forced into Its Own...

  The success of Starbucks, with its founders Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker, prompted Howard Schultz to pay them a visit in 1981. He was curious as t... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2015 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ron Perlman Waiting on His Coffee

  Published by sila blume I have been drinking coffee, eating coffee, thinking coffee. I am no historian, no expert, no missionary wishing to convince you that... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Great Morning Espresso

  Published by sila blume I have been drinking coffee, eating coffee, thinking coffee. I am no historian, no expert, no missionary wishing to convince you that... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2015 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• First, but Not Last Ground Central Visit

  Published by sila blume I have been drinking coffee, eating coffee, thinking coffee. I am no historian, no expert, no missionary wishing to convince you that... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Waiting on Coffee

  Published by sila blume I have been drinking coffee, eating coffee, thinking coffee. I am no historian, no expert, no missionary wishing to convince you that... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2015 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Baristi and Barista Milk

  Published by sila blume I have been drinking coffee, eating coffee, thinking coffee. I am no historian, no expert, no missionary wishing to convince you that... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stimulation / Coffee Quote #38

  Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906 - 2001), author and aviator. Published... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Omotesando Koffee Sign

  Published by sila blume I have been drinking coffee, eating coffee, thinking coffee. I am no historian, no expert, no missionary wishing to convince you that... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 CREATIVITY, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION