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Caffé Artigiano, the Real Home of 49th Parallel

Posted in Beverage Banter, tagged 49th parallel, britich columbia, burnaby, burnaby bc, caffè artigiano, canada, Coffee, government street, gwilym davis, habit coffee, kaladi brothers, latte, murchies, murchies tea & coffee, oregon, portland, private reserve, private reserve espresso blend, sammy piccolo, scuie, seattle, Stumptown, trabant coffee, Trabant Coffee & Chai, Vancouver, victoria, victoria bc, Washington State on April 27, 2009 | Comments Off

Image Title: 143/365 – Coffee break Originally uploaded by, and used with permissions from kennymatic. I discovered Caffé Artigiano a few years ago on one of my first trips to Vancouver BC. At that time I really didn’t know much about the coffee they served other than the fact that I thought the coffee was [...]

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Victoria Coffee Culture Not Quite Up After Dark

Posted in Beverage Banter, tagged caffè artigiano, canada, Coffee, coffee culture, dolce vita, dolce vita coffee art, grindstone cafe, habit coffee, java, macchiato, mirage coffee, murchies, murchies tea and coffee, serious coffee, Sounds Like Coffee, union pacific, up after dark, victoria, victoria bc on April 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Murchies, originally uploaded by andai. A couple of weeks ago, I took a weekend trip to Victoria BC so that I could once again sample Victoria’s growing coffee scene. This is the second trip that I have taken to Victoria over the last 12 months. The last time I visited, I was there for a [...]

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The Great Afternoon Tea Tradition

Posted in Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Coffeehouses & Shops, Reviews, tagged afternoon tea, BC, buchart gardens, C.S. Lewis, charles hamilton, empress, english breakfast tea, enid blyton, Frank Richards, high tea, murchies, murchies tea & coffee, tea, The Empress Hotel, victoria, victoria bc, White Heather, White Heather Tea Room on August 17, 2008 | 8 Comments »

White Heather Tea Room Cup, originally uploaded by andai. I grew up reading lots of British literature. Some of my all time favorite authors for books aimed at children and young teenagers include Enid Blyton, Frank Richards (i.e Charles Hamilton) and C.S. Lewis. I also read a lot of the British comics like Beano, Dandy, [...]

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Murchies… Serving Tea & Coffee Since 1894

Posted in Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Coffeehouses & Shops, Reviews, tagged BC, canada, high tea, murchies, murchies tea & coffee, victoria, victoria bc on August 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »

At the Murchies Tea Salon, originally uploaded by andai. Murchies… I have heard quite a bit about Murchies Tea & Coffee and their vast selection of fine teas and good coffee. I had also heard about their famous high tea which I assume is served in their Tea Salon. So I was pretty much looking [...]

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Super Alert and All Caffeined Out

Posted in Beverage Banter, tagged coffe house, green tea, high tea, konpira, murchies, o-cha, ocha, sushi, tea, white heather tea house on July 30, 2008 | Comments Off

Coffee at the Murchies Tea Salon, originally uploaded by andai. I am sitting here completely alert and buzzing after having drunk more than my daily share of caffeine for the day. It started out with breakfast where I had, in addition to my breakfast, a good cup of English breakfast tea. From there, my wife [...]

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