http://www.corridorkitchen.com Necessity is the mother of invention. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:46:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2014/08/aeropress-is-your-backup/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2014/08/aeropress-is-your-backup/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2014 21:48:17 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=6494 Make the aeropress your backup. We coffee addicts, and even those of us who are coffee dabblers, usually have a go-to joint for our caffeine fix. But what of those particularly hectic workdays when you barely even have time to leave your desk? Or those rare and marvellous occasions when you find yourself travelling through unfamiliar lands, and you find that a good cup o’ joe is all too rare, and none too marvellous? In these situations, I put it to you that the consistent, tea-like gradual release caffeine buzz that is Aeropress is your best bet.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2014/08/aeropress-is-your-backup/feed/ 7 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2014/06/shoreditch1/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2014/06/shoreditch1/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:27:06 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=6418 We step up to the passport counter in Heathrow and the Border Force man takes a look at our pair of mismatched passports; one Aussie and one EU. ‘So how do you two know each other then?’ An innocent enough-sounding question, it has the air of small talk at a dull party, but it is asked in quite an aggressive way, and I’m confused after 7 hours of flying. It seems out of context and I feel my answer will determine (or rather, this man will) whether or not we’re allowed in to Britain. Struggling for a middle ground between recounting our entire romantic history and telling him to get fucked, I blurt out ‘We’re, you know...in a relationship?’ He seems ok with this and after determining we’re here for a holiday and a conference he lets us through.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2014/06/shoreditch1/feed/ 8 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/06/smh-good-cafe-guide-2013/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/06/smh-good-cafe-guide-2013/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:27:39 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=5479 Five café trends that keep the industry growing Whether you’re looking to wile away the hours lingering over an aeropress on a sunny stoop or stop to quickly slurp down a ristretto, there’s no denying that we Sydneysiders are pretty bloody spoiled when it comes to café choice. This year, I had a the chance to pen a few reviews for The Sydney Morning Herald Good Café Guide 2013, which I more than jumped at. Here are 5 trends that’ll keep the Sydney café scene growing for the next 12 months. ]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/06/smh-good-cafe-guide-2013/feed/ 6 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/03/black-coffee-revolution-get-brewing/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/03/black-coffee-revolution-get-brewing/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:35:57 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=5195 Manual brewing, alternative brewing, whatever you want to call it, it’s time to give it a go. DIY brewing methods such as aeropress, cold brew, pourover, syphon and their more well-known cousins such as French press and stove top coffee form another frontier in the exploration of coffee flavour. What’s more, they’re portable, cheap and easy to learn. ]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/03/black-coffee-revolution-get-brewing/feed/ 3 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/02/cafe-review-naked-espresso-melbourne-cbd/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/02/cafe-review-naked-espresso-melbourne-cbd/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:37:03 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=5117 The last couple of times I was in the Melbourne CBD, I made a beeline for Naked Espresso, a cute and well known place on Little Bourke Street. These guys use naked portafilters for their espresso (hence their name) but they also tick the specialty coffee box with their selection of ‘new brew’ techniques such as aeropress and pourover. This place is a coffee nerd’s paradise; their blackboards list the day’s brews complete with tasting notes, and they sell enough different beans, gadgets and paraphernalia to keep the caffeine-obsessed happy for yonks. The coffee menu changes often, with appearances from the likes of Market Lane, Axil Coffee Roasters and even Naked’s own house blend. On my most recent visit, there were couple of Market lane single O’s on offer for syphon/pourover/aeropress, the house blend for espresso-based coffees and an Axil single origin as their guest coffee.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/02/cafe-review-naked-espresso-melbourne-cbd/feed/ 7