Coffee in Athens, coffee in England I think what am I drinking.
Only now I find what I am drinking undrinkable.
Cappuccino at Madame Waffle I found to be drinkable.
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Madame Waffle
December 14, 2022Madame Waffle re-opens
July 24, 2020Madame Waffle has been open a week or so. Not open Monday and Tuesday.
My first coffee since lockdown began.
I sat outside with a cappuccino. I would not wish to sit inside.
Looking inside I see the tables are partitioned off. I understand why, but I would feel less safe, enclosed space within enclosed space.
Staff and customers for their own protection, download and install and share Corona-Warn-App the German track and trace app.
Madame Waffle is on limited opening hours, not open on Monday and Tuesday.
Reclaim the Streets Lincoln
June 13, 2020Saturday 13 June 2020 day eighty two of coronavirus lockdown in Lincoln. How many weeks has the city had to pedestrianise the city centre leading up to and including Bailgate, to enable independent coffee shops and restaurants to put their tables in the streets?
It is a tragedy the number of coffee shops and tea rooms either closed or eking out a meagre living on takeaways.
Sincil Street two coffee shops, Central Coffee House and 200 Degrees.
Central Coffee House closed, overlooks sterile open space. No indication of when or if it will open.
200 Degrees opened a few weeks ago for takeaway, overlooks a sterile open space.
Stokes on High Bridge, High Street, will open in a few days time for takeaway only.
Coffee Aroma closed. Will open sometime in the near future for takeaway only. They wished to open with tables in the street. They asked and received an emphatic no from County Hall.
Unfortunately we will not agree to you increasing the number of tables and chairs you use or the size of the area that you have at the current time (your enclosure needs to still be only outside the frontage of your premises).
Not even the courtesy of an explanation.
Angel Coffee House, closed, no indication if or when may open.
Madame Waffle closed. Not open in the foreseeable future. Will announce when open.
Margaret’s Tea Room. Open for tea and coffee takeaway. Overlooks a square where would love to place tables.
The Cheese Society currently closed, adjacent to the same square overlooked by Margaret’s Tea Room, where they too could place tables and chairs.
Many tea shops on Steep Hill, but not open, no indication if or when will open.
I talked to the owner of one tea shop. She thinks she may be able to open with restrictions on numbers but no idea when.
The one exception, Bookstop Cafe, located in a Norman croft below a Norman building which houses Imperials Teas, purveyors of fine tea, coffee and chocolate. They opened a few weeks ago for takeaway tea and coffee, tables outside. The tables removed by edict of a Town Hall jobsworth acting like the Stasi on a tip off.
In Bailgate only Sanctuary in the Bail open for takeaway tea and coffee. Would love to see Bailgate pedestrianised and tables in the street.
There are several restaurants in Bailgate. Only Elite on the Bail open, serving takeaway fish n chips out the back. Elite on the Bail overlooks a square where tables could be placed.
We must reclaim the streets.
We hear the sound of birdsong, the streets are traffic free, the cities are pollution free. There can be no return to normal as normal was not normal.
We have been jolted into another now. We must maintain our city centres car and pollution free.
In Athens in the evening the streets turn into restaurants. Athens is expanding its network of pedestrianised streets.
Northern Ireland is looking at expanding the number of tables in the streets.
Sheffield has plans to expand pedestrianised streets.
Paragon Chambers in Hull, coffee shop encouraged to place tables outside.
North Laine in Brighton the restaurants, coffee shops and other shops are in the street. There are plans to expand the pedestrianised streets.
Soho has plans to pedestrianise the area, turn into one large open air coffee shop and restaurant. Currently awaiting approval from Westminster Council.
Unless indie coffee shops and restaurants are allowed to spread their tables into pedestrianised streets few will survive covid-19 pandemic.
Many coffee shops have no future. Too small to manage social distancing. A kiosk can survive on takeaway only, a coffee shop with higher overheads cannot.
We had sunniest May on record, Mediterranean climate. The tragedy indie coffee shops and restaurants were not able to spread their tables into the street.
Win win for everyone. Kick starts the local economy, maintains social distancing, helps local businesses back on their feet, improves city centre ambience.
It is not only coffee shops at risk it is the entire supply chain. There are the coffee roasteries that supply the coffee shops, the growers who supply the coffee beans.
We all have to act. If not, we lose our coffee shops.
Talk to local councils and councillors, change the mindset that allows traffic into city centres, pedestrianise the city centre, allow indie coffee shops and restaurants to spread their tables into the street, no chains no pubs No Smoking.
Government has to extend furlough for local businesses if they are unable to open. Reducing social distancing from two metres to one metre does not help as it greatly increases the risk for staff and customers.
Lincoln should follow the example of Soho, Soho Summer Street Festival, introduce with immediate effect temporary measures for the summer, Sincil Street, High Street, Cornhill, The Strait, Steep Hill, Castle Hill and Bailgate, pedestrianised, tables in the street, indie coffee shops and restaurants, no chains no pubs No Smoking. Then carry out consultation with the aim to make permanent.
Update: Excellent news from Soho. The area to be pedestrianised, roads closed to traffic, indie coffee shops and restaurants to spread their tables into the streets. And not only Soho, Covent Garden and other areas too. The excellent news from Soho only serves to Illustrate how backward Lincoln and lacking in vision. County Hall and City Hall have had weeks to implement a similar scheme in Lincoln, enable indie coffee shops and restaurants to spread their tables into the street, to help them get back into businesses. It revitalises the local economy, improves the ambience of the city centre.
DT Coffee Roastery Coffee Lab espresso blend
September 7, 2019Three bags of coffee, Brazilian, Indian and Tanzanian from DT Coffee Roastery.
What was the Coffee Lab blend like as a cappuccino?
Three choices, today the espresso blend for Coffee Lab brewed as cappuccino at Madame Waffle.
In one word, excellent.
Coffee Lab espresso blend, a blend of Brazilian pulp natural and Colombian washed, var Catuai and Caturra, taste notes dark chocolate, nutmeg, ginger and green apple, roasted by either Dhan Tamang or head of coffee Don Altizo.
Indian Balanoor washed coffee
September 6, 2019Three bags of coffee, Brazilian, Indian and Tanzanian from DT Coffee Roastery.
Which to try today?
A couple of days ago Tanzanian Arusha Natural brewed as cappuccino at Stokes at The Lawn. Today an Indian brewed as V60 at Madame Waffle.
This was the first time either of us had tried an Indian coffee.
It was excellent as cooled, brought out the fruitiness of the coffee.
V60 always improves as cools, until turns cold. Balanoor was excellent even when cold.
Balanoor single origin Indian washed, var Kent, altitude 1300m, taste notes red grape, pecan and raisins, roasted by either Dhan Tamang or head of coffee Don Altizo.
V60 at Madame Waffle
August 24, 2018V60 Hundred House Coffee guest coffee at Madame Waffle.
A coffee from Costa Rica, roasted Hundred House Coffee brewed by Bruce.
Cappuccino in Madame Waffle
September 19, 2017Having been offered at Stokes on High Bridge Ethiopian coffee beans roasted in April, which I wisely declined, it was to Madame Waffle to buy coffee and a cappuccino.
Cappuccino in Madame Waffle is always excellent, consistently so, no matter who brews it, all that more curious as different depending on who brews it.
I also picked up a bag of single origin Kayon Mountain beans from Ethiopia roasted by Square Mile on 24 August 2017.
Madame Waffle has on sale The North and North Wales Independent Coffee Guide (in which they are featured), Standart, and Caffeine available free.
They also serve waffles.
On leaving, a chat with a girl from Lithuania who had been served a waffle with strawberries. It looked delicious, though I am not into waffles. She wanted to know what was the cream.
I suggested she explored all three floors and tried the coffee, and suggested other coffee shops she may wish to try.
Cappuccino at Madame Waffle
September 8, 2017Excellent cappuccino at Madame Waffle.
Cappuccino is consistently good at Madame Waffle.
Puts to shame the undrinkable house blend at Stokes.
V60 Martin Hudak Signature Geisha
September 1, 2017V60 filter coffee Martin Hudak Signature Geisha roasted by Union Hand-Roasted brewed at Madame Waffle.
Most of the afternoon spent in Madame Waffle.
Excellent cappuccino, far better than the undrinkable cappuccino in Stokes on High Bridge a couple of days ago.
It was then a V60 using the Martin Hudak Signature Geisha that I had brought along as a guest coffee.
Water around 95 C, just off boiling.
First cleanse the filter with hot water, then throw away. This also warms the jug.
Wet the ground coffee, this allows it to bloom, releases carbon dioxide.
Pour water in a circular motion to agitate the coffee.
Then enjoy.
This was the coffee Martin Hudak used to win World Championship Coffee in Good Spirits, Budapest June 2017.
I had the honour of meeting Martin Hudak at Union Summer Carnival a few days after his winning the world championship, not only meeting but actually trying his award winning cocktail, a cocktail made with Geisha.
Geisha, a coffee from Panama, is one of the world’s highest rated coffees.
The Martin Hudak Signature Geisha has a Q rating of 91.
Geisha grows at high altitude, shaded by trees, as all the best coffees grow.
When it was discovered in Panama, the reaction of those who first tasted Geisha was that of discovering God in a cup.
For more on Geisha and its almost mystical status, God in a Cup is an absolute must read.
Cappuccino in Madame Waffle
September 1, 2017Most of the afternoon spent in Madame Waffle.
Excellent cappuccino, far better than the undrinkable cappuccino in Stokes on High Bridge a couple of days ago.
Cappuccino brewed using Red Brick, a house blend from Square Mile.
It was then a V60 using the Martin Hudak Signature Geisha that I had brought along as a guest coffee.
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