Candy Bar, Edinburgh [Bar Review]

Posted on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Located on posh George Street in the heart of Edinburgh, this is a very busy and highly approachable, unpretentious bar.

I nside the L shaped room has a large bar area with an extensive array of spirits and seating around the edge for both eating and drinking. The cocktail list contains a solid selection of decent [...]

UKBC 2008 - South West Heat [Briefly]

Posted on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 | 4 Comments

Just got back from Cornwall College in Camborne after a long day of spectating and competing at the UKBC. Really tired right now but I came 2nd which I was really pleased with.
My score was 715.5 which was much higher than I hoped to get and should be fine for qualifying for the finals in [...]

Know Your Coffees - A Visual Guide

Posted on Sunday, November 11th, 2007 | 2 Comments

Well thank God some genius came up with this simple to use guide on how to make espresso based drinks. (comments welcome)

UKBC Practice

Posted on Sunday, November 11th, 2007 | No Comments

Hugo and I ventured down to Origin in Falmouth today. We met up with Tom (and Jenna, his missus) for a practice session today in preparating for the SW heat of the UKBC on Wednesday.
Boot full of stuff

We both did a run through of our presentations which went quite smoothly though we picked out a [...]