Category Coffee

Runeberg’s Cake Recipe

(Runebergin torttu resepti)
For me, the favourite day of the year is, of course, 6th February, the day I was born. Second favourite? 5th of February because it was the birthday of another great Finn, Johan Ludvig Runeberg. I’ve got a bit of a sweet tooth and on Runebergs day, we have this seasonal delicacy called, [...]

Double Save

Two things that saved my neck yesterday:
1: I was working on a recording audio and we had just written the script in TextEdit from notes gathered on A4’s. Only 20 minutes to finish, with absolutely no possibility to extend the time (for reasons I can’t explain here). You can probably see where this is going [...]

Cup of Coffee Anyone?

As a side note before posting my year 2007 finale article, I’d like to mention that I’m writing it in Café Europa in Tampere. The cup of coffee pictured below costs about the same as the cheapest cup of crap anywhere in London. For this place, it’s also the cheapest. It’s from Guatemala and it [...]

Cheering Up

I just broke the glass jug for my Moccamaster coffee maker. This has made me really depressed. If you don’t know, Moccamasters are the best coffee makers there are. They’re also next impossible to get in the UK (see here). This is what I’m now left with (see below). At least I don’t have to [...]