If you've visited our cafe before you may have noticed a pile of small brown bags filled with coffee grounds. We give these bags away and encourage people to use them in their garden to add a hit of nitrogen to the soil (adding them to compost is even better as it gives the coffee grounds time to break down, avoiding the risk of 'burning' sensitive plants).
I've always been a day dreamer. Albert Einstein was a fan. He thought imagination was more important than knowledge. "Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
Autumn is the season for wild mushrooms! We've been nagging Chef Phil to take us on one of his foraging expeditions and this week it finally happened.
We are almost ready to launch our Autumn menu. One of the blends that won't be available anymore is the Papa Don't Peach, because, as the name suggests, we need peaches to make it and they just aren't around in autumn!
I was reading an article online recently about the alarming rate of childhood obesity in Australia. A recent study has revealed that one in five Australian are obese before they have even started school. Seriously! No wonder Australia is one of the unhealthiest countries on earth.
