Les Farfelues

Quick Trip to Shoreditch

19:00:00

Caffeinated: Coffee Subscriptions?

17:08:00

note: this post is in collaboration with Bean Bros Co.

Caffeinated is going to be a new post-series I'll try to keep up once a month, or at least on the bimonthly. Naturally, it'll be about coffee. It can be a "Brew It Yourself", a bean review, general coffee ramblings, etc.

Peaberries are always a favourite

If you haven’t already noticed, I’m kinda into coffee. If I see a coffee-related account on Instagram I’m instantly checking them out. This always ends up with me following at least 40 accounts in a three minute time span; which in a way is good, since it allows me to explore the field of specialty coffee…however there’s danger in those two words: worldwide shipping.

I sort of went crazy in December, I think I ordered about four different bags of coffees online, as well as take two bags from Dubai and Tehran back to Italy with me. I really love experiencing coffee from different regions and different roasters. It’s an eye-opening experience. How different people see, treat and work with the same beans, the same region, the same varietal.

I stumbled upon a very interesting page in the middle of one of my exploits. It was a coffee subscription service run in Copenhagen. I’d heard of coffee subscriptions before and I was always a bit skeptical on whether the shipping would be worth it, or if I was sure about monthly deliveries, etc. Opening up their website, I checked out their details and I have to admit I was pretty impressed. For a (relatively) new company they had all the essentials, amazing gear and a nice selection of roasters they’d worked with.

credit: beanbros.co

Located in the heart of Scandinavia, Copenhagen coming from the world of design, communication and marketing.

I placed my order pretty quickly – taking advantage of their free shipping and my inner coffeeholic and also buying a grinder – and waited for their April Coffee box patiently. April Coffee was a fairly new roaster based in Denmark, I was excited to see which of their January coffees I would get; Kenya Baragwi or Guatemala San Florencio. After a little trip back to my family for the Holidays I came home to a wonderful little black box stamped ‘Bean Bros’. Naturally the grinder would arrive a few days later (big deliveries of course) and in pristine condition.

Being a med student and a coffee lover is a hard combination, believe it or not. Instead of spending ages trying to find interesting roasters or ones that would ship to me, and all the other things I’m either too lazy or too busy to do, people with great taste and open minds would be selecting that coffee right from the source for me. One wonderful thing about their subscription service is how lenient it is. You can try out a one-time coffee box, or change your subscription for whatever frequency you prefer (once a month, once every two months, etc.).

So if you’re interested in a subscription, or maybe even a one time try, Bean Bros were awesome enough to offer you guys a 10% discount. Just pop in the code ‘farfelues10’ in the checkout and you’re good to go!

credit: beanbros.co

Hello from 20,000 ft

21:45:00

From this week's semi spontaneous trip :)

The term ‘my eyes are on fire’ is slowly cropping up more often in my day to day life. I used to laugh at the meme where someone’s Googled “how to get 8 hours of sleep in 2”, or whatever it was. But now, it’s obviously become a reality. I mentioned last week that a majority of my nights are spent either out, or in our flat talking until my mother has dropped off my brother to school — that might not make much sense, but with a 4 hour time difference, she doesn’t seem to appreciate my rapid responses at 8am her time. I spent the journey from my house to the plane in a blur. I ate wagamamas for breakfast at 11am. Ah, uni life.

The past few weeks in particular have been a blur, and it kind of hit me as I was sitting here how much has changed. Deja vu, no? So, whilst I’m sitting in this dark, metal tank, I thought, why not write to Sarah, and as an extension, you.

*pause — I just realised that my music isn’t on shuffle… give me a sec*

*also, I forgot to download my Spotify playlists before boarding, so I guess I’m listening to Mayday Parade for the next 3 weeks*

So, Sarah, I see from Facebook that you’re in Paris! Seems as though we’re both ruling the whole ‘spontaneous trip’ thing. Of course, mine have all been local so far. Who knows though, I might just be banging on your dorm door in a months time… there was meant to be a point to this post.

Oh yeah, the blur and all that spontaneous behaviour. For those of you who have been avid (ha) readers, you’ll know that I was the ‘rigid’ one, who hated to do things without some form a plan. Uni has kind of helped me let loose, and I’m really enjoying being around people with whom I can just make a quick plan and do it. It sounds nothing like me, I know. Just this weekend, I upped the spontaneousness and went around London with my friends, with very little prep. About a month ago, I did the same. I got bored, booked a train ticket with my friend, and headed into the city. I think these are the best trips to be honest… but, there’s always a downside.

The blur. Spontaneousness came with some sort of a blank point, where I felt a little bit lost after going rogue. It’s worth it, I think, to have a little bit of adventure, but don’t forget about all the stuff you need to do to get by. This brings me on to the sleep, of course. I’ve had, on average, 4 hours of sleep at “night” since around the third week of term. My flat mates joke that I spend more time napping during the day than most do in their entire childhood. Sleep seems to be arbitrary at the moment, so, Sarah, if you happen to not see me in Dubai, I’m probably in bed. Somehow I’m still making it to classes (yes mother, really) and miraculously getting by.

Even though uni hasn’t been exactly what I’ve expected so far, I have to mention the huge amount of love and respect I have for my friends and flatmates. Clearly, from above, I must be temperamental to live with. At one point, my door was plastered with sticky notes telling people that I’d gone on ‘another’ spontaneous trip and would be back late on Sunday night. So, although I’m a complete basket case right now, the guys in my flat are the most wonderful people to be around (besides you, of course). It’s weird how close I’ve become to people after just 10 weeks, to the point where I had a nice little cry on the way home from the train station last night when it hit me that I probably won’t see anyone for a month (nobody’s really surprised by the crying, are they? Still emotional, don’t worry, not that much has changed).

It’s just been a wild first term. So, although, from January, we’re doing a ‘refresh’, there’s definitely some stuff I want to keep up —

Flat nights. Just sitting in the kitchen (or on the floor in the hallway) having ‘deep philosophical chats’ until our eyes go red.
Going to class… if I can survive an entire Thursday without breaks on 2 hours sleep, there’s really no excuse to skip on the full 8...
Still be (a little bit) spontaneous. We all know plans fall through, so whilst we’re all on a high, it’s fun to just go out and do something

Okay, I should probably clock out and get some rest before landing… I hope you're all having a wonderful holiday, it would be lovely to hear about them in the comments :)

Quick Trip to Shoreditch

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