All posts tagged: sweetcup coffee

Coffee Shops in Amsterdam I – Sweetcup

Sweet Cup cafe , Lange Leidsedwarsstraat 101, 1017NJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tucked away from the main streets at 101 Lange Leidsedwarsstraat is a gem of a coffee house. The owners and operators of this place are a super friendly and laidback couple called Paul and Lisa who are both passionate about coffee.   They are pretty good at hospitality too, which all goes to make you feel like you can kick back like you’re in your mates kitchen whilst sipping a proper brew. After a good old fashioned chin wag and a pat of the resident doggy, we tried the espresso. It is very well made on a small La Marzocco Linea. Paul is new to roasting and he admits that he is still learning but hes keen to not follow trends of the crowd but to keep his ears and eyes open to everything. It shows – the short shot of espresso was simple at first taste but then quickly developed into a creamy, lactic mouthfeel with spicy cocao flavours – delicious! Paul revealed …

Sabado Coffee Club Take Five

Coffee continues to provide everlasting fascination, as a subject it has more plots and twists than an HBO box set, so to encourage open exploration of coffee is ‘Sabado Coffee Club’, a Dubai based social club/coffee club that encourages socialising over a good cup of coffee. Sabado Coffee Club is held on the first saturday of the month and hosted by a different cafe space each time. Sabado Coffee Club presents fascinating coffees by interesting roasters from all over the world which are brewed to taste. We then collect the votes to find the favourite and we make a filter brew of the winner for all to enjoy. Simple. The fifth Sabado Coffee Club Meeting Took place at A4 Space located within Alserkal Avenue in Dubai. A4 Space is dedicated to giving space to creatives of Dubai. They have a screening room, a small retail space for local artisans and designers and an Appetite Cafe which all go to make a community-led space… A great reflection of Sabado Coffee Club. We had a varied selection of roasters from London, …