Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Corner view: Coffee, Oxford (UK) and Salento (Colombia)


Back to my favourite topic! This week's theme for corner view is coffee!

This is my favourite place to have coffee in Oxford. The Jericho Cafe has good coffees, great food (if a bit overpriced, but this is Oxford, after all!), and good wine. Their English breakfasts are amazing! I love those coffee shops in England where you can spend the whole day, if you want to. Sit down and have breakfast, mid morning coffee, lunch, tea, and dinner with a glass of wine, all the while reading your book or a magazine or working with your laptop.


This is what my coffee looked like today half drunk (I know, fascinating!) inside The Jericho Cafe. It's a latte, which is my favourite type of coffee. I think this is also the most popular coffee choice in England, although if they want to splash out, they'll have a cappuccino!! England is traditionally a country of tea lovers, but with the arrival of Starbucks and others, the coffee shop culture has really taken off, specially among students and young people. It's all about the experience... and the pleasure of coffee.


Now, I know that Colombia is not exactly my corner of the world, but I couldn't resist posting these photos from the coffee region of the country, which we visited last year while traveling in South America. We went to a small coffee farm where the owner, Don Elias, showed us around and explained to us the coffee making process. He still does everything by hand, from picking to drying to roasting the coffee. We also went to a bigger farm, where they use machines for everything, but that's a lot less interesting.






You can have coffee around the world in the other view corners:

jane, ladybug-zen, ian, bonnie, esti, sophie, cele, modsquad,
caitlin, joyce, ani, kim, a day that is dessert, natsumi, epe, kaylovesvintage, trinsch, c.t.,jeannette, outi, schanett, ritva, dongdong, francesca, state of bliss, jennifer, dana, denise, cabrizette, bohemia girl, dianna, isabelle, amber, a girl in the yellow shoes, mister e, janis, kari, jgy, jenna, skymring, elizabeth, audrey, allison, lise, cate, mon, victoria, crescent moon, erin, otli, ida, caroline, lisa, dorte, kimmie, la lune dans le ciel, nicola, malo, vanessa, britta, virgina, april, rebecca, b, sunnymama, kyndale, samantha, karen, kristina, angelina, dorit, goldensunfamily, sophie, janet, nicki, ruth, mcgillicutty

22 comments:

  1. Interesting photos!
    I've been to Oxfordfew times but I've never seen Jericho Cafe. I will try it the next time I'm visiting.

    Have a nice day,
    Kasia

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  2. great post b! i like your half drunk coffee photo... have a great day! besos-jane

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  3. I know Jericho Cafe! I went there when visiting a friend in Oxford a few months ago. It's very nice. I really enjoyed the relaxed student atmosphear.

    I'm on my second coffee of the day right now...

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  4. I am getting ready for dinner in my corner of the world...after which I will have my nightly cup of coffee! Such a lovely post to savor with a cup...thank you!

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  5. When I lived in London there used to be only the Coffeehouse (or something) with its cheap diner look and its not so good coffee!Nice meeting Don Elia, I imagine his coffee was good!

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  6. Love this post!

    I tried to give up coffee and lasted a year but I just NEED it. I have tried to introduce it back into my day in acceptable 'normal' levels. So these days I am not suffering the heart palpitations and crap sleep.

    Jericho looks like it could be worthy of a jaunt to Oxford :)

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  7. Great post....loved the part about Colombia and Don Elias. Must have been so interesting to see this all with your own eyes.
    Have a great day in Oxford, Jeannette

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  8. I love cafe's like The Jericho! They are truly inspiration stations! I can sit for hours and just journal about the comings and goings around me. At home, we try to keep only fair trade organic coffee on the shelf.

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  9. I see lots of coffee addicts here! :)
    @ Sas, I can't believe you managed to give up coffee for a year, I could never do it!
    @ Polly, how funny that you know The Jericho Cafe, perhaps we were both there at the same time
    @ Francesca and Jeanette, Don Elias was really nice, and he knew everything about coffee!

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  10. We seem to have had quite similar ideas about this post. Perhaps because we're both English.

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  11. Nice and interesting post !!! May I have a coffee please ? ;)

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  12. Very interesting and I loved the photography!

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  13. great post!
    have a nice week!

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  14. thank you for the info on the coffee! enjoy... xoxo

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  15. Great photos!!
    Me gusta tu esquina inglesa para tomar café y la foto de los granos sin tostar...
    :D

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  16. Love that cafe! When my family comes home from the UK, they always cook us an English Breakfast! We always look forward to it. Great photos!

    Happy Day!

    ...Lisa

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  17. So nice to find another place, besides home, where you can really relax and enjoy the pleasure of the day...with a caffe latte of course! Thanks for visiting my blog and the nice comment too :)

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  18. I learned to drink coffee as a young teen in Colombia. My mom always made us choose el café con leche y azúcar because it was made with boiled water. I never looked back...

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  19. Really nice pictures of Colombia. And I wish I could sit with you in that Jericho cafe, it sounds great!

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  20. Nice coffee ! Did you finish it ? ; ) Thanks for sharing

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  21. C.T. Great idea! I wish you'd all come to the Jericho cafe with me!
    Cabrizette, I did finish it! Of course!

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