Tag: coffee

  • May You Make Your Movie – May 21, 2021 – Hot coffee on a hot day

    May You Make Your Movie – May 21, 2021 – Hot coffee on a hot day

    Who else drinks hot coffee on a hot day? Today’s challenge was an experiment in ultra short-form video. I wanted to create a six second ad similar to those YouTube “bumper ads” that you can’t skip through. Just about all of them advertise something and they vary in their approaches. Some are pretty funny (like…

  • Tims咖啡 – A Review

    Tims咖啡 – A Review

    Tim Hortons finally made it to China a couple of years after they first announced the joint venture with Tencent Holdings, the same company that owns the popular WeChat communication APP here in China. I should clarify: Tim Hortons, known as Tims咖啡 here in China, has been in the country for about a year since…

  • Thoughts after roasting coffee

    Thoughts after roasting coffee

    I was nervous, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Here I was holding a bag of green coffee beans, noticing how tiny they looked in comparison to roasted beans.  This is it? I thought. Just put the beans in the pan and fry them? No ceremony? I kind of had the feeling that this is…

  • Thoughts before roasting coffee

    Thoughts before roasting coffee

    Well, it’s been quite the adventure, drinking coffee, that is. I’ve done it for years, my earliest memory is at home in Winnipeg and my Mother had made coffee for a visiting friend. She asked if I wanted some and I agreed. I recall mixing in lots of milk and sugar into the black coffee…

  • Drinks and Drinking Abroad

    Drinks and Drinking Abroad

    Here are some posts about drinks and drinking abroad. You’ll see it’s mainly about coffee and alcohol. Please drink responsibly. Coffee and Coffee Shops in Asia 3 More Places in Southeast Asia for Coffee Coffee and Coffee Shops in Poland and Ukraine Polish Vodka Part 1: Polish Vodka, Part 1: Procedures and Protocols Polish Vodka…

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