Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Not much about coffee

You may have noticed that I have not posted much here about coffee of late - which is a shame as there is a lot going on in Perth that deserves to be celebrated and crowed about.

It is not for want of coffee either - I have been privileged over the last two months to try some extraordinary coffees in local cafes from a variety of origins and roasters.

I have however been quite overworked and have arrived home with little energy for the internet in general. April will still be busy but I also want to make a determined effort to reconnect with some of the cafes I have been to in the past and also visit some new ones with my camera and try and show them in all there glory.

I also turn 40 in April - I'm not sure what that means or even what I should do to celebrate it as I am somewhat introverted and not very good and social events. Still I should probably mark it in some way and I think coffee should have something to do with it as the people associated with coffee in Perth have had a profound influence on me over the last decade.

Which brings up the other milestone - 10 years in Western Australia, and really, 10 years since I first really became interested in what makes one coffee taste better than another and started this whole rolling journey through the land of the bean.

So - resolutions for April: write more about coffee, redesign the writing space, visit cafes (including ones like Zekka, Vinyl, Cafe 54 and Tiger Tiger that I have not been to for a while) and most of all start getting around to some of the great new cafes that have opened over the last 6 month or so as there are some real gems in Perth right now.

So G'day, my name is Grendel and I love coffee.

4 comments:

  1. "So - resolutions for April: write more about coffee, redesign the writing space, visit cafes (including ones like Zekka, Vinyl, Cafe 54 and Tiger Tiger that I have not been to for a while)"
    Great resolutions all - but just write more - not only about Coffee.
    Enjoy your 40th. Life really does begin at 40, and 60 (closer my age) is the new 50.
    Most important of all, the recipe for a long (and enjoyable) life is coffee in the morning and a good red in the evening.

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  2. I am fortunate to have discovered the secret recipe - particularly when the evening medicine is Grenache or Shiraz!

    I will definitely be writing more, I forgot how good the mental exercise is.

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  3. Happy birthday and all the best for the coming years. Lets hope you stick in WA too - I've been diggin your blog for a while now and it's wonderful to be able to visit the places that you write about. No bum steers yet!

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