Coffee and Café Links

Coffee

Too Much Coffee - http://www.toomuchcoffee.com/ - wonderful forum for coffee professionals and enthusiasts

Young And Foodish - http://youngandfoodish.com/ - a brilliant blog about coffee and food

Beverage Service Association - http://www.beverageserviceassociation.co.uk/ - organisation representing the coffee shop industry.

Positively Coffee - http://www.positivelycoffee.org/ - the science and benefits of coffee

Coffee Sage - http://www.coffeesage.com/ - coffee news, recipes, reviews and humour

Coffee Break - http://www.coffee-break.org/index.html - detailing the effects of coffee for healthcare professionals

Baristas

JimSeven - http://www.jimseven.com/ - blog by renowed British barista James Hoffmann, World Barista Champion 2007.

SCAE UK - http://www.scaeuk.com/ - home of the UK Barista Championships

World Barista Championships - http://www.worldbaristachampionship.com/ 

Barista Exchange - http://www.baristaexchange.com/ - worldwide community for baristas

Coffee shops

Indie Coffee Shops - http://www.indiecoffeeshops.com/ - locator of independent coffee houses in the USA.

Cafe Geek - http://www.cafegeek.com/ - huge stock of coffee house reviews, mostly in the USA but with a few in London and around the world.

How to Start a Coffee Shop - http://www.howtostartacoffeeshop.co.uk - an interesting guide to getting started in the coffee shop trade in the UK

Buying online

Too many to list here, but a new website about buying coffee is on the way (check back late 2009 / early 2010).

Tea

(I'm not sure what this "tea" thing is but apparently it's quite nice.)

Tea For You And Me - http://teaforyouandme.wordpress.com/ - a quest to find the best tea ever. A wonderful blog that's a bit like Cosy Coffee Shops but for tea.

Other

Eggbaconchipsandbeans - http://russelldavies.typepad.com/eggbaconchipsandbeans/ - hugely popular blog dedicated to traditional English cafés.

I like old cafés - http://www.ilike.org.uk/photos/cafes/index.html - pictures and reviews of classic cafés in Glasgow

Classic Cafés - http://www.classiccafes.co.uk/ - for vintage formica caffs in London

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