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Not since members of Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds and The Hollies came together has so much been expected from something so new. Stephen Stills, David Crosby, and Graham Nash each a superstar in his own right, came together to form a supergroup, redefined music for a generation and spawned countless imitators. Hoffman, Moldvaer and Morrissey like CSN have individual legacies prior to their union under the banner of Square Mile Coffee Roasters. Stehpen Morrissey: buachaill Éireannach, 2008 World Barista Champion. James Hoffman: 2007 World Barista Champion. Anette Moldvaer: 2007 World Cup Tasters Champion. Impressive awards, but they only underline the years of industry experience each member brings to the table. The newly opened webshop offers access to the fruits of this ménage a trois. Will it be a Déjà Vu masterpiece, or a Live It Up debacle? I took delivery of some of the WBC espresso blend to find out. (more…)

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I wasn’t sure if I’d write this review. In fact, I had completely scrapped it. In the introduction / mission statement of this website I said it was the intention of this site to draw intention to what we thought was great, not to criticise what we didn’t like. At a certain point though, if everything is positive, there is no context and it becomes one big generic advertisement for coffee. We didn’t seek out some coffee so we could break our negativity cherry; there are far more obvious targets for that. Instead we ambled down to the M&D stall in Georges Arcade fully ready to buy some nice fresh coffee beans, make a few cups of this and that, and start singing the praises. Reality got in the way though. (more…)

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