Amongst the docks, rust and heavy plant of port town Lyttleton is one of the world's loveliest coffee shops.

A new kid on the Wellington coffee block is Memphis Belle, a stylish coffee shop in the centre of town.

Wellington is a city with cool cafés around every corner. There can't be too many places where it's easier to find great coffee.

New Zealand is the new Italy, as far as coffee's concerned. We were here for a month and we just had to stretch our limited budget to sample a few brews.

Part 4 of our World Trip, a fairly short (4 day) stop in Hong Kong.

Our base for a fairly short stay (10 days) in Bali was beautiful Ubud.

As well as a coffee shop, I also popped into a coffee plantation. 

Zoka is one of few great bets for coffee in Tokyo.

The second stop on our world trip is Japan. Another fascinating place, coffee-wise and other-wise.

The previous entry touched on traditional Vietnamese coffee. This is the other side of coffee in Vietnam; the Westernised cafe.

I wasn't expecting to update the blog during my travels, but here's the first of a few entries from around the world.  This, from Vietnam.

One of many top coffee shops in Soho is the renowned and popular Milk Bar.

Between Spitalfields Market and Brick Lane is Nude, with the bare cheek to be one of the best coffee shops in London.

It's official - the world's best coffee-maker of 2009 is in London, and he's hidden away behind a flower market.  

On Hackney Road in London is the intriguingly monikered Taste of Bitter Love.

This is the wonderfully-named Tina, We Salute You. And we salute Tina, the muse for this super place.