I heard about the Italian Suspended Coffee movement for the first time only recently, and was really pleased to hear that a kind-hearted and industrious Irish lady is already making it happen over here. As is typical of so many Italian things, it’s simple and elegant.   Aoife Ryan, who’s started the Suspended Coffee Ireland [...]

Update, Jan 23: 10.40am: A statement from Centra was received last night and is published in the comments below. Customer comments about the promotion can also be found on the Centra Twitter page. It seemed like a great deal and a wonderful treat: coffee or tea for one cent with any purchase in Centra. Radio [...]

Apparently, it’s the most depressing day of the year, or some such made-up nonsense. Here’s a nice idea for ‘Blue Monday’ though: buy something in Centra and pick up a tea or coffee for just 1 cent. Fuel products, lottery tickets, gift-cards, mobile top-up, bin tags, bus tickets, baby food (under 6 months), tobacco products [...]

Good coffee in Dublin. Sounds straightforward, right? It’s not. Stale coffee. Burnt coffee. Coffee that tastes a little bit like soap. Machines that are never cleaned. Restaurants and cafes that otherwise play a blinder serving undigestable brown liquid that’s in its own special seventh taste category. It’s hard to send it back. “Excuse me, but [...]

Middle-class dilemma alert!  My pal Declan is looking for somewhere in Dublin that stocks his favourite Vietnamese coffee – Trung Nguyen. Anyone have any tips for speciality coffee shops that might have this, or any other Vietnamese coffees?  Or would you prefer to just share general abuse about fancy coffee snobs? Get it off your [...]