Seasonal Matcha Drinks that you have to try
Not another article about matcha… and yet here I am writing one more. If you’re here and the title of this article was interesting enough to click through, then you didn’t come here to read about the usual stuff that’s out there about matcha at the moment – where it’s...
Da Lat cafe guide
While I usually opt for specialty coffee and the third wave café culture wherever I go, this guide is a little bit different. When traveling to Vietnam for coffee you just can’t ignore all those traditional cafes and coffee beverages like Ca Phe Sua/Da made with the...
Coffee professional on a Japanese tea farm
Visiting a Japanese tea farm had been on my bucket list for years. After getting into specialty coffee, I had a deep-dive into specialty tea not that much long after. So coming to Japan not only meant checking out all those cafes – traditional and new -, it also meant...
Coffee Omakase – Fine dining coffee experience
Hold on to your coffee cup for a moment and close your eyes. Now imagine yourself in a speak-easy-like coffee bar setting somewhere in downtown Tokyo. It’s gloomy except for some well-positioned lights above you. There’s barely any sound other than the quiet Jazz...
How to make a coffee mocktail from scratch
First of all, I’m not a bartender and not a barista. But I’m a coffee & tea specialist that loves indulging into flavors and try-tasting different recipes. I like to immerse myself in various tasting experiences for my palate. I’m an epicurean who loves...
Easy foods to take on your next flight
There are lots of exciting things to look forward to when jetting off to new horizons, but in-flight meals don’t often make the list. Let alone having coffee up there. To keep yourself fuelled whilst in the sky, you’ll want to bring your own selection of carefully...
3 calming moon milk recipes with ashwagandha
If I’d known about Moon Milk with Ashwagandha 7.5 years ago, I might’ve not spent days or better nights sleepless. In the spring of 2016 my professional life changed. I got kicked out of my corporate job. I was looking into starting my own business for quite...
Your guide to Nitro Cold Brew Coffee
I remember my first Nitro Cold Brew Coffee very well. It was at Ozone Coffee Roasters in London in June 2015. But what I remember even more vividly is my anticipation of this new coffee drink for me at the time. I had heard and read a lot about it. But in Germany at...
3 Espresso Mocktail recipes to indulge into this summer
This isn't news to (coffee)friends of mine, I love Coffee Cocktails or Mocktails, i.e. without the booze. Whenever heading to a new coffee place, my first look is on the specials menu. Oftentimes cafés offer those signature beverages made with espresso, cold brew or...
What the hype: Dalgona Coffee, whipped Matcha and a Cocktail
Mel’s Coffee Travels is about coffee and traveling, mainly. Exploring different café and coffee cultures in foreign countries across the globe. Recently though, we’re all rather stuck at where we are and might only be able to visit other (coffee) cultures from the...
3 Coffee & Tea Cocktails by Berlin’s ‘Green Door’ Bar Manager, Maria
I met Maria in a totally different setting, at an event called ‘Pink Dinner’ that was held at one of those fancier restaurants in Berlin district Mitte. Maria introduced herself as a ‘Drinks Expert’, which got me interested, since I introduce myself as a coffee...
Road Trip through Northern Thailand. Thai Specialty Coffee
In which countries do you think it is possible to drink coffee that was harvested only a few hundred kilometers away? Brazil? Colombia? Mexico? May be! But I'm not so sure about that. Often it's the case that the grown coffee is directly exported and not intended for...
