Coffee and Drinks in New Zealand On each of my three city stops in New Zealand I found a profusion of excellent cafes coupled with very good restaurant coffee. In Auckland, the excellent Allpress was an obvious stop on my journey. Allpress is of course served in the excellent Castello in Edinburgh, so it was …

Salty Pidgin I’d been given a tip from my friend Calum, who works at the excellent Rogue & Vagabond, that I should give Salty Pidgin, in Brooklyn, a look. What he did not explain is that Brooklyn is at the top of a fucking massive hill. Nor was it immediately apparent that Google Maps’ proposed …

Tasmanian Coffee & Drinks My time in Tasmania was quite brief so I felt compelled to cram in as many bar and cafe trips as I could. I hit a rich vein of form from the outset. My first stop was at Amelia Espresso which was just around the corner from my extremely mediocre hotel …

Drinks in Seoul Believe it or not, I’ve had a fairly light drinking time on this trip so far. The first time I formed these words was to my friend Hande when I arrived in Istanbul, the day after I’d had six glasses of wine with lunch at Borkonyha. But I haven’t had, y’know, big …

BRLO Brewhouse Although I should have made the effort to visit Stone’s, the prospect of jumping on the U-Bahn in 37° heat just didn’t appeal. This did allow me the time for a visit to BRLO’s closer-by taproom and bistro, though. I’d been given this as a tip by both regular guest quester Amy and …