Angel Coffee House has an exhibition of the art of Charlotte Jane Kessler.
Well worth a visit.
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Charlotte Jane Kessler
April 29, 2018Angel Coffee House revisited
April 29, 2018When I last visited Angel Coffee House a year or so ago, it was grim, a dreadful place, noisy, sofas black with ingrained dirt, cushions with stuffing falling out, and the coffee awful, the bags of coffee stacked on the shelves well past its best.
Not a place I would recommend to anyone. I had been in better squats.
Shortly thereafter it closed, the place gutted.
I was told following refurbishment it had improved.
I would not usually return to somewhere this bad, but as I was passing by, I thought with much trepidation I would try.
The interior much improved, clean, very light and airy due to whitewashed walls.
The walls provide an excellent back drop to use as an art gallery, and many coffee shops are now doubling as art galleries.
I do not know for how long, an excellent exhibition of art by Charlotte Jane Kessler.
My eye was caught by kaffee form coffee cups. It looked like an exhibition of pottery. I knew what it was, the first time though I have seen, let alone held and examined. Nor did smell of coffee as I expected. Nor as I expected a rough surface. No, smooth. The cups surprisingly light.
Kaffee form coffee cups are made of recycled coffee grounds. They are used for serving coffee. I asked could I have a coffee in one, was told no. If used, and if break, can be composted.
These coffee cups though are very expensive, espresso cup and saucer 15 euros, cappuccino cup and saucer 20 euros, which is why not likely to find in use in a coffee shop any time soon. There is also a takeaway cup 15 euros, which puts in the same ballpark as KeepCup.
A coffee shop. How was the coffee?
It was better than before. It would have had to have been very bad to have been worse than before. OK, not great, not undrinkable, weak and insipid. And they did at least ask, did I wish for chocolate dumped on top. As mentioned in the current issue of Caffeine, chocolate is dumped on cappuccino to hid a multiplicity of barista sins. They need to examine their extraction and weigh the coffee not guess. If I was to give a ballpark, I would say not quite as good as 200 Degrees house blend, and it is not great.
The coffee is sourced from Forge in Sheffield.
Forge have committed the cardinal sin of what no reputable roastery would do, try to poach business from other coffee shops, not when they are sourcing from one of the best coffee roasteries in the country.
Angel Coffee House still has a fair way to go, but at least is heading in the right direction.
If compare with coffee shops in Lincoln, not in the same league as Coffee Aroma, Madame Waffle or Makushi aka Base Camp on Steep Hill, but better than Coffee Bobbins which was recently awarded best tea or coffee shop in Lincolnshire by Good Taste Lincolnshire (which makes a farce of awards) and of course far better than any of the corporate chains, Costa, tax-dodging Caffé Nero or Starbucks.
Becca Turner
January 6, 2018Becca Turner, artist, illustrator, coffee aficionado, who combines her passion for coffee with her art.
Her illustrations graced the front cover of Caffeine last year. Her art was also featured in Caffeine last year.
Prayer Station
August 12, 2017A strange art exhibition in Farnham Parish Church entitled Prayer Station.
The idea is, if I understood it correctly, to pause and reflect, meditate, at each prayer station. Each prayer station being a collection of objects.
One was ribbons, one an assortment of objects, another a labyrinth (only it wasn’t).
The first prayer station shoes scattered on the floor. Somewhat dumb, walking into a gloomy church from bright sunlight, not seen. Ideal trip hazard. A nasty accident waiting to happen.
There was also a couple of paintings, that lacked titles or attributed to any artist. Whether part of Prayer Station was not clear though appeared to be part of the exhibition by association.
Labyrinths were quite common with Medieval churches not to be confused with a maze.
A labyrinth was an aid to meditation
Love and Light
July 25, 2017Art exhibition in Cafe Mila in Godalming.
Art by Julie Smallwood.
Boulangerie Bon Matin
July 4, 2017A coffee shop cum fancy cake shop in Finsbury Park.
What does it say of nitro cold brew coffee when have to add syrup?
What does it say when it needs a whole page ad in Caffeine to promote the ghastly stuff?
Matter of personal taste, come and visit us.
A trek on an awful jammed-in-like sardines Tube journey from Covent Garden, when I could have relaxed in Monmouth Coffee where guaranteed a decent coffee.
A pleasant job done on the interior, but sadly not coffee to match.
Stripped back bare brick walls out the back, at a guess a covered in yard. In many ways though a pity as no outside seating out the back.
Interesting art by David Bage on the walls, though only interesting because copies of original works, and it is difficult to see how an unknown artist can justify prices in excess of £200 for copies of originals. A bit like being stopped in Puerto de la Cruz by illegal immigrants and being asked for twenty euros for a fake Rolex (which they insist is the real thing).
A cappuccino ordered. Cappuccino with coffee dumped on top, immediately sent back.
What then came not a lot better.
No cookies. I ordered a chocolate brownie. It was not good. I asked was it vegan, as that often explains why not good. No.
Food looked decorative, though nothing to say what it was, or the price.
I asked to see the coffee they used.
Italian coffee, catering supply.
When are coffee shops going to learn? If you want to serve good coffee, source quality beans, employ a skilled barista. There is no excuse for importing rubbish coffee from Italy, when there are excellent coffee roasters in London.
Try The Deli at 60, far better coffee and cakes.
Raices
November 27, 2016Arte en si mismo.
Nudo ancestral.
Artist in Roman Agora
October 17, 2016
artist in Roman Agora
This girl was producing an excellent sketch in her sketch book.
Rooted
July 23, 2016
Rooted
Rooted, an art exhibition in St Mary’s.
Very much influenced by Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso.
Unfortunate too many of the displayed works covered in glass, making impossible to see.
Los animales siempre representan una parte de nuestra vida
March 7, 2016
Los animales siempre representan una parte de nuestra vida
Art exhibition, portraits of people and animals.
Artista: Anna Rita Dallolio.
Exposición en: La Ranilla Arte-Cultura.
