Posts Tagged: drink

  • I am disappointed that the house doesn't have a plunger ... my wife pictures me needed a plumber's plunger, a French press or a bomb detonator. I just wanted coffee.

    What plunger?

    My wife and went away for the weekend with friends recently (August 2023) to the Southern Highlands south of Sydney (about a two hour drive). I took the afternoon off and went with our friends to the holiday house. My wife followed us down when she finished work. I had been in a bit of […]

  • Image of chocolate bar with chillis next to it

    Chilli chocolate

    When we think of chocolate, it is as an indulgence—a decadent bar, a box of little sea shells shapes or something wrapped in colourful foils. We can even drink a bit of hot chocolate to warm us up in the winter. One of my favourites chocolate indulgences is chilli chocolate, it gives you a double […]

  • It's a zarf. Tim Entwisle with a zarf.

    It’s a zarf!

    Recently I went out with some friends for dinner. They had chosen a Turkish restaurant in Newtown, in the Inner West of Sydney, very appropriately called Ottoman’s. We ordered too much of the delightful food. Feeling a bit gorged we decided to have a Turkish coffee at the restaurant rather than going to a nearby […]

  • Barista making coffee silhouette on Madrigal green background

    Barista setting the bar for coffee

    Barista (not to be confused with barrister) is a recent English word for the coffee machine jockey who makes the coffee in your local cafe. It is the equivalent of a bartender but making coffee rather than alcoholic drinks. Barista has been in English only since 1992. It is, of course, borrowed from the Italian. However […]

  • Debating the merits of foment and ferment with David

    Fomenting ferment

    I am heading into the city to have a couple of beers with my friend David. Reading the Sydney Morning Herald on the train I come across the sentence: A debate continues to ferment in the market over whether Westfield group will launch a big equity raising fairly soon. I think now, surely, the debate […]