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I have learnt three pieces of war-related Brisbane trivia in the last 10 days. Firstly, those strange concrete things in Wickham Park are actually remnants of air raid shelters. Secondly, there are (supposedly) two army-built underground tunnels that stretch between Eagle Farm and Ipswich.
Lastly, but certainly not leastly, Brisbane's newest independent brewers have set-up shop in an ex-war bunker underneath Milton train station.
Have you met my friend Ruben? He hails from New York, but I usually catch him hanging around Albert Lane at lunch time. He's a salty fellow, shifty about his origins; I've heard he's German-Irish and though he tells me he was born on the streets of the Bronx, sometimes I can detect a hint of Nebraskan in his dulcet tones.
So you're a dental student, you love to drink coffee and sit around chewing the fat with strangers. You ride a motorcycle and always keep a good book in your back pocket. But what do you do on your uni holidays? You set up a freelance barista service in ambiguous pop-up gallery spaces in the CBD, that's what you do.
Harness the powers of reverse osmosis and it will only take you an average of 25-30 seconds to extract an espresso. If you thought that transforming green rainforest beans into the grind for your group handle was so simple, let me tell you, its not.
Take Kopi Luwak, the world's most expensive coffee, for example.
Unless you are one of those fitness people, you probably dislike mornings. I am with you. Especially as my mornings consist of sitting in the confines of a grey sort room and sifting through a bunch of morose publications. I have but one relief: coffee. No matter how much I think that I don't need a shot of soft black, I do.
Unless you are one of those fitness people, you probably dislike mornings. I am with you. Especially as my mornings consist of sitting in the confines of a grey sort room and sifting through a bunch of morose publications. I have but one relief: coffee. No matter how much I think that I don't need a shot of soft black, I do.
Unless you are one of those fitness people, you probably dislike mornings. I am with you. Especially as my mornings consist of sitting in the confines of a grey sort room and sifting through a bunch of morose publications. I have but one relief: coffee. No matter how much I think that I don't need a shot of soft black, I do.
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