Bars & Coffee
The Case for the Very Boring Coffee
Forget the fruit-bomb geishas. Roasters are bringing back the comforting, chocolatey cup your grandfather liked.
Issue 214
Reading the week closely: culture, food, ideas and the wider world.
Food Editor
Ines trained as a pastry chef before she started writing. She has opinions about butter and will share them.
16 stories
Forget the fruit-bomb geishas. Roasters are bringing back the comforting, chocolatey cup your grandfather liked.
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Heritage apples, wild ferments and very little sugar: Britain's oldest drink has started tasting serious again.
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Heritage wheat tastes better and needs less. A small band of growers is betting their land on it.
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Urban beekeepers are finding that city hives often thrive, and the flavours they produce are remarkable.
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