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What's Sumatra With You? Part 3

Blog — June 19, 2018

What’s Sumatra With You? -- Part 3 Black, hot liquid gold makes the world go round. Most like it hot but does it always have to be? Ever tried cold extracted coffee? I had not until I came across the liquid emissions of First Press …

What's Sumatra With You? Part 4

Blog — October 1, 2018

What’s Sumatra with You? Killer Coffee and Sip4Sip The fact that I love coffee is not exactly a well-guarded secret. A passion I shared with a mob of good people I have recently come across. A local favourite that shall soon hit the new world …

What's Sumatra With You? Part 5

Blog — December 30, 2018

What’s Sumatra with You? Wonderous Potions Yawn. I know - recovery and energy drinks are flooding the beverage markets and come in manifold colourful variations that promise everything from hydration to performance enhancement. I hardly ever feel the urge to use them, if not for …

What’s Sumatra With You? – Suntory Boss Coffee

Blog — November 17, 2019

What’s Sumatra With You? – Suntory Boss Coffee   I remember the first time I touched down in Japan. Apart from the feeling you get as soon as you exit your plane, i.e. that you have entered a fantastic alien universe, I felt like I was being watched. …

What’s Sumatra with You? - East Forged

Blog — February 1, 2020

What’s Sumatra with You? East Forged   As I travel this earthround, more often than not on more exotic territory, I find myself reminded of Abraham Lincoln musing that if what I am proffered is supposed to be coffee, I’d rather have tea and if it is supposed …

Jeremy Kirwan-Ward: You Can See It From Here

Blog — August 3, 2020

Jeremy Kirwan-Ward: You Can See It From Here Fremantle Press   One of the qualities of art is to offer to grind a new lens and the opportunity to transform and change viewpoints, which can result in one recalibrating one’s outlook. With Australia’s unique rugged landscape, there …

What’s Sumatra with you? – Hey Tiger

Blog — October 15, 2020

What’s Sumatra with you? – Hey Tiger   As the Beatles ever so eloquently put it, all you need is love – but a lil’ chocolate every now and then certainly does not hurt, especially if it is being produced in a sustainable manner, i.e. not only by …

"Do You Have a Band?": Poetry and Punk Rock in NYC

Blog — November 13, 2020

"Do You Have a Band?": Poetry and Punk Rock in New York City Columbia University Press   In terms of cross-pollinationand active exchange, the underground scene of New York City in the ninety seventies and eighties was unrivalled with protagonists on both the musical and poetical fronts …

Music and Fashion…Dr. Martens will see you now!

Blog — December 17, 2020

Music and Fashion…Dr. Martens will see you now!   It was in seventh grade when a much older hellraiser joined my class that I was introduced to Metallica’s “…and justice for all” album, which had just been released. Intrigued and inspired by the aggressive complexity of the album, …

What’s Sumatra with You? High Voltage Coffee

Blog — February 5, 2021

What’s Sumatra with you? High Voltage Coffee.   As the Descendents put it ever so eloquently “I don't need no booze or drugs/ I just chug-a-lug-o my coffee mug”. Now, my first visits to the US in the early 90s and when those lyrics were penned, were certainly …

What's Sumatra with you? Mecca and Nuddy Coffee

Blog — October 12, 2021

Having been inspired via an influx of Italian migrants after 1945 who evolved the traditions of their home country, Australia has become known and revered for its coffee culture and for the most part, it proves to be hard to not appreciate the obsession with quality product and presentation, which …

What’s Sumatra with you – Will & Co.

Blog — November 12, 2021

What’s Sumatra With You Will & Co. I dig coffee – my brain has grown accustomed to the arousal it produces, which results in my feeling passionate about it in a manner that is reminiscent of what Honoré de Balzac penned about and inspired by a cup of …

(Un-)Becoming Who You Are?

Blog — November 17, 2021

(Un-)Becoming Who You Are? Self-optimisation Kiwi-style. In an age of self-optimisation and an endless strain to get out of one’s own way, supplements that promise to improve your mood, creativity, memory and cognitive ability not unlike the nootropic NZT-48 in The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn are ubiquitious and …

What’s Sumatra with You? Toby’s Estate

Blog — December 13, 2021

What’s Sumatra with You? Toby’s Estate   Toby's Estate is one of the more prominent and fabled about coffee roasters in Sydney and goes back to the caffeine aficionado legal professional Toby Smith, who inspired by an aversion to mass produced alternatives, decided twenty-four years ago to …

What’s Sumatra with You? Mecca & Hello Coffee

Blog — May 10, 2022

What’s Sumatra with You? Mecca Coffee While Australia is known on international terrain for its great coffee culture with a myriad of quality outlets, in its nascent stage they were few roasters that endeavours to strive for transparency and fair trading as much as Mecca Coffee did, travelling …

The Formative Years – Darkthrone No matter if you

Blog — June 14, 2022

The Formative Years – Darkthrone No matter if you think you like what is commonly described as black metal, I dare you to listen to Darkthrone’s dense and hard hitting 1992 record A Blaze in the Northern Sky as it remains a unique and genre coining record that …