Many people who drink coffee often prefer to have it with cookies or pastries and even fruits. It’s been a long tradition. But did you know that there are specific food that go best with certain coffee flavors?
Football in central Europe was an almost entirely urban phenomenon, centred around Vienna, Budapest and Prague, and it was in those cities that coffee-house culture was at its strongest. The coffee house flourished towards the end of the Habsburg Empire, becoming a public salon, a place where men and women of all classes mingled, but which became particularly noted for its artistic, bohemian aspect.
Here at Lifehacker, we've often encouraged switching up your working environment to spark creativity and prevent burnout. Even taking a few days each month to work in a new place can benefit you greatly. Here, entrepreneur Wesley Verhoeve explains the benefits of his favorite non-office space: the coffee shop.
While coffee was a luxury a few thousand years ago, today we can get it virtually anywhere: at grocery stores, convenience stores, cafes, restaurants. There is usually a pot (of varying quality) at work, at meetings, in hotel lobbies. We are surrounded by the aroma of coffee – but where does it come from? Before we get it ground and packaged in the store or brewed for us in a coffee shop, where do the actual beans come from?
Coffee pervades our culture in a way that little else does. For many of us this goes beyond our homes and includes a coffee house experience. This short film on the Specialty Coffee industry (Executive Producer, Ashton Kutcher) gives a really beautiful and captivating inside look at the industry that we all love and care about.
“If you are worried about something - - - go to a café! .... If you hate and detest the people but nevertheless cannot do without them - - - go to a café! If nobody pays you credit any longer - - - go to a café!”
Learn how to embellish your coffee with various cream patterns.
Maybe it's all that caffeine in their bloodstreams, but talking about the world's best coffee gets people really amped. Countless varieties, roasting techniques, brewing preferences, and adornments yield dramatically different brews around the world, all with avid fans and vociferous critics. We've rounded up this list of 10 places that celebrate the essence of the bean, each in a unique and delicious way. There's a 100 percent chance that we've left off one of your favorites, though, so go to bat for your team in the comments.
