Duke, a part time DJ and Salsa dance teacher, has spent the last few months – working weekends and pulling all-nighters – preparing for the opening of Randwick’s newest cafe, Duke’s Lounge, at 153 Avoca Street.

In addition to being open early enough to serve breakfast, Duke’s Lounge will eventually also be a place to head [...]

Coffee break by Budgewoi Lake.

If you are that type that actually derives some benefit from power napping (I don’t, I feel groggy for hours after), and you also enjoy coffee, Caffeine Naps may be worth considering:
Caffeine takes around 20 minutes to have an affect on your body and absorption will be complete in around 45 minutes. This means, [...]

If you’re up for some heavy duty physics experimenting over the weekend, you might care to try and clock the speed of light using a microwave oven and a… chocolate bar.
Place the chocolate bar (unwrapped) in the microwave oven and heat it up (without moving it) until you can see soft spots forming. If [...]

Coffee is the most traded commodity on Earth after oil.
Time for another cappuccino I think.

I think if I lived in a time when there was only the one serving size of coffee available, that is regular, or medium – as was certainly the case prior to the 80s – I’d need to buy two cups each time.
While I’m all for large and larger serves of coffee, I can’t [...]

A breakdown of the composition of a cup of coffee, which includes an extra eight “additives” I didn’t previously know about.
Putrescine: Ever wonder what makes spoiled meat so poisonous? Here you go. Ptomaines like putrescine are produced when E. coli bacteria in the meat break down amino acids. Naturally present in coffee beans, it [...]

Despite the efforts of Fairtrade, a global organisation that encourages coffee buyers to pay sustainable prices for coffee beans produced in developing countries, many of these coffee farmers are still struggling to make a living.
Fair Trade pays $1.55 per lb. for Antonio’s organic coffee, almost 10% more than the market price. But Antonio is [...]

Cafes are closing at the rate of two a day across France at the moment. While some blame smoking bans and changes to alcohol laws, others think latter-day French cafes have grown out of touch with the wants of their customers.
“I think cafes are out of sync with society.” he says. “They were [...]

Contains Caffeine is a brand new Australian journal especially for coffee and tea connoisseurs.
Contains Caffeine is a the world’s first comprehensive premium coffee + tea journal dedicated to showcasing innovation and excellence in the specialty coffee and tea industries worldwide to industry and enthusiasts alike. Not for the faint hearted, Contains Caffeine takes its liquid [...]