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Jacu Bird Coffee: bird droppings have never tasted this good…

Posted on 03. Oct, 2009 by Pia Taylor.

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So, you’ve probably heard about Kopi Luwak coffee – the Indonesian variety made from coffee berries guzzled, digested and (ahem) excreted by Asian palm civets – but what about one made from bird droppings? I found some just this morning…

Bottle Plate Pillow: A new wine farm search engine for the Western Cape

Posted on 07. Apr, 2009 by Pia Taylor.

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I don’t spend a lot of time trawling wine farms, but I’ve just discovered a new website that might just get me out there a little more often…
It’s called Bottle, Plate, Pillow – a search engine for Western Cape wine farms, and what makes it different from anything I’ve seen thus far is how user-friendly [...]

Tea for two, and two for tea… Indulging in high tea at the Mount Nelson

Posted on 05. Mar, 2009 by Pia Taylor.

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I had the immense pleasure, earlier this month, of being invited to enjoy High Tea at the luxurious Mount Nelson Hotel in Gardens.
High Tea is an institution at the ‘Nelly’ – served up every single day of the year (yes, even on Christmas Day) – between 2.30pm and 5.30pm.
It’s a buffet-style affair, with a long [...]

Review: Shared Earth Magazine

Posted on 24. Nov, 2008 by Pia Taylor.

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Shared Earth is a magazine I’ve been eagerly looking forward to laying my grubby green paws on since I first found out about its imminent creation back in August…
And, folks, I’m happy to report that it has now arrived – and ecstatic to add that it is everything I’d hoped for, and more.
Before I go [...]