Cup of Kindness campaign

This has been going on for some time now and I share my cups of tea and coffee on Instagram to encourage everyone to do the same. This is to say thank you to our healthcare workers. Our healthcare workers are on the frontline of this pandemic and they include our doctors, nurses, paramedics and

Our Week of no coffee

We did this week back in December when the Coronavirus cases were surging in the world and many places were put back into lockdown. Before then I had too much coffee (about a tablespoon but sometimes more a day!) and I felt very edgy about things in lockdown. Its very tempting to have too much

Caffeine and sleep

Caffeine and sleep are related. When we don’t sleep well we tend to have more caffeine. I know I used to have more before the 30 days less caffeine challenge. Caffeine brings out the stay awake feeling as it is a stimulant. But it tends to create more problems for those that can’t sleep so

Week 16 of frugal living

This week has been a bit bleak for all of us. It seems that Victoria is getting further and further behind in the economy with all the lockdowns. And it seems that Britain is about to have their lockdowns as they have gone over 500,000 coronavirus cases. They, too, will have their pubs shut and

Coffee cake for International Coffee Day

International Coffee Day was on the 1st of October. Whilst we couldn’t be together in a cafe (well in Victoria anyway- it’s still takeaway coffees) we thought of a coffee-flavored cake that you can enjoy with your coffee at home. International Coffee Day is a celebration of the world’s most loved thing and that’s coffee.

Gumtree Goodfood

Gumtree Goodfood is a boutique place in South Yarra, Middle Park, and Albert Park. Here they sell the best items and before the Covid19 they used to let everyone taste stuff. We loved tasting the wines and now when restrictions are lifted I would love to go back there and buy a bottle just for

Rustica Sourdough

We write this as part of our Febfast where we gave up on added sugars! Rustica Sourdough is a bakery in Melbourne and here they are really popular with the locals in Fitzroy. So much so that there is another store in Melbourne central. This store would suit International students and locals just fine as

Choosing the best coffee machine

Melburnians and other people love their coffee and are very particular about it. If you were to buy your coffee each day it would be about $28 per week or $1456 per year. That’s a lot of money and paper cups used if it is a takeaway one. So most people prefer to buy a

Society Melbourne’s homelessness report

This post was brought to you by the Salvation Army and other homelessness organizations for Homeless week. Society Melbourne is a not for profit homeless organisation which helps the homeless people find jobs. They started last year. They started off with one place and then they now have five places all of which are at

The benefits of drinking organic coffee

We explain the benefits of drinking organic coffee vs the normal stuff We bought Organic coffee from Aussie health products and now we want to try and see if it’s worth the price paid. The jar cost us $14.95 online. Normal coffee is twice as big and it costs about $10-$15 per jar depending on