I’m delighted to welcome coffee lover Nikki Radvanyi to Coffee Birmingham, who asks “what does your favourite cup of Joe say about you?”. Let’s find out shall we! ————————— The UK has gone coffee-ga-ga!  According to Real Coffee’s coffee encyclopaedia, we spent £730 million on coffee last year! Coffee is now seen as an affordable […]

Ho! Ho! Ho! Tis the season to be caffeinated … and I thought I’d a round-up of coffee gifts that I have on my Christmas list this year along with a few additional suggestions. Here’s a selection of those things that us coffee addicts will most definitely love. 1. Books The World Atlas of Coffee is the […]

Popping up on the Birmingham coffee scene are speciality roasters, Origin coffee. Already a partner of the city favourite Urban Coffee (they are the roasters behind their most fantastic Urban5 blend), they’ve now brought speciality coffee to Selfridges at The Bullring. The Origin espresso bar is headed by two familiar faces on the Birmingham scene, Alex Scott […]

Once again, we’re delighted to welcome novelist A.A. Abbott to Coffee Birmingham. In her latest guest blog, she writes about a recent trip to the latest Boston Tea Party to open in Birmingham. ——- Harborne’s old Clock Tower has suddenly morphed into foodie destination School Yard – there’s a cookery school on the way, Urban […]

We welcome guest blogger William Gallagher to Coffee Birmingham to offer up his creative productivity coffee solution. ———- Coffee houses have great atmosphere, central locations and just a buzz to them. That’s great. But we forget the fundamental fact that they also have coffee – and we forget how useful that drink is in so many ways. […]

We welcome guest blogger Andy Hare to Coffee Birmingham to offer up his appreciation of Madeleine. ————- Question: Can artisan coffee house Madeleine conjour up images of a Parisian Cafe?  I have been meaning to visit Madeleine in The Cube, part of The Mailbox in Birmingham City Centre for a while. So on a Saturday, my wife […]