Coffee Journeys

-

Coffee journeys


At the start of 2019 I made a return to, a start of, caffeinated coffee. What? Why?


 Well I'll put my thanks for that with a great few people I met in Prague at an #MS convention - details of here - that led to a fabulous weekend in Glasgow that reintroduced me to the real taste of great coffee that included caffeine!

 Yes, tea and coffee (LOT more tea then) both of the decaffeinated version) due to primarily bloody insomnia, then that in can be not welcome with MS.

 However! It seems that yes, caffeine has energy positives (great cheating fatigue at times), it also brings 'mild' diuretic affects. Taste wins!

 I started a little coffee tasting journey of my own. Just visiting some local coffee-shop-esq to try and discover what offers the 'best' in my opinion (aye, as a bit of a chocolate lover I had a few Mochas!) and a good time to read Ruby Wax's Frazzled! Here are some scribbles from then: 
Park View Deli Bar, Whitley Bay
Park View Deli Bar. Lovely quaint café bar. Great atmosphere, lovely mocha made with real dark chocolate I was told by the nice bloke who made it and offered to amend if too bitter. Tasty sounding not overwhelming menu! Definitely return.



Snowy Owl, Cramlington
Snowy Owl. Strong coffee! Ha! No other comments made though.







Earsdon Plant place coffee shop. Mocha like a hot chocolate with hint of coffee. Got another shot (for free after asking if could put an espresso in), told to ask for a double next! Won’t be a next time.

Les Pitite Choux #Newcastle before the match (#NUFC!) with Sam. I had a Mocha and strong coffee! Good!

Les Petite Choux, Newcastle



Greggs, everywhere!
Greggs, canny tasty Mocha! And Cheap too! The morning offer of a bacon sarnie and a coffee! Yes please!
Hepscott Cafe, Hepscott
Hepscott not bad. Had again, strong 3rd time! Ha (really felt effects)











 Subway not too bad actually, especially for £1.20.

Shire Horse Killingworth. Went to for a change from Morrisons. Americano average at best.


Costa, Cramlington
Costa mocha on 2nd ‘read night’ – 2nd time I’d been to a coffee place intentionally by myself to read. What you are supposed to do at coffee shop when on your tod if not working?!
Bettini's, Manor Walks
Bettini’s best coffee so far (wasn’t decaf); 3rd ‘Ruby read’.




Cup of Joy – nutty espresso, good! Deep, rich, subtle.


Border Terrier. There for MS Christmas lunch, 16/09/19, and the tea and coffee were memorable – enough so that I want to go back for more!

Border Terrier, North Shield


And that is that! Well. Journey over? I like to think not at all but at time of writing - Coronavirus time - nowhere to go to and can't anyway. #Staysafe #Stayhome #StayHomeSaveLives

 Your thoughts on best coffees in the North East?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Frazzled meditation!

-
Image
Frazzled Meditation Hello hi areet! How are ya? It’s November now. I succeeded in that October was indeed the acclaimed ‘dry month’. Apart from best mate Al’s 40 th night out – that I knew of; and has been the breaker on other dry-spells in previous years too – I drank nothing alcoholic. Woopidoo! Gold star! Woo. Ahem. Benefits? The pocket maybe, but not massively. Hmmm. Coffee instead of booze? Different story coming soon! Okay. To the real blog intention. Meditation . Beryl King my meditation teacher at the fantastic resource of Benmar House ( MSRRF ) was on holiday at time of this writing. Point in question, she loaned me a book last month that I have just recently finished. And what a book. A Mindfulness Guide for the FRAZZLED by Ruby Wax. It was highly recommended by Beryl, and with me being a ‘slow reader over-thinker  analyser’ type, it took a while to finish. I loved it and it has inspired me to investigate to (possibly) further my meditation jour...
Read more

Is what it is

-
Image
Is what it is IT IT IT! There is no “It” in the title. Well, apart from actually making up the word “tITtle”! Not a mistake. When chatting about whatever, and #MS comes up as pretty usual when at an MS Social, that phrase is an acknowledgement of acceptance (canny phrase itself!). By saying it, we know that we do know what we/it mean/s. Good repeatability there! For myself, even by voicing it with another understanding MSer, it’s like a ‘mutual respectful recognition’ sharing. Acceptance. Here’s a tangent. I have recently started with Ocrevus as my DMD . So far (literally a couple of months as of typing) so good. It is doing it’s thing. I’m no better, and much more importantly no worse. Yes, I have had questions about my Ocrevus, due to the lowering of one’s immune system, and feeling terrible for a while. But! This time of year everybody seems to pick up a ‘bug’ or 2. Even some bloody COVID – I didn’t – phew. SAD. That’s S.A.D. “Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is...
Read more

F1 Aerodynamics in Schools

-
Image
Being a STEM Ambassador, I keep check with what STEM enrichment activities are planned that I feel I could support with my experience. I saw an “ F1 Aerodynamics ” related request and it tickled my buds somewhat! So I vested my interest via the formal portal/method to/with STEM and this was responded to. What was the challenge? It is a global competition given as per: “ The Competition - What's It All About? You are a Formula One™ team commissioned to design, construct and race the fastest Formula One Car of the Future, powered by compressed air cylinders. ” The first of the activities was in a middle school in Whitley Bay, to simply share my experience (having been an Aerodynamicist) with the Year 8 kids taking part in the F1 challenge. I enjoyed helping them with what they were doing at that part of their challenge.  BBC! Wow. I would have loved to have had that opportunity at that age. Unbelievable! Showing my age, a bit?! (my middle school had a...
Read more