A Pocket Guide for Your Holiday Travels

I found this article online and I just want to share with you all the great tricks and travel guides if all of you may be traveling this year. Take this Pocket Travel Book with you for all the Coffee Stops and even journaling ideas too. 

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Finally, the Ultimate Travel Guide for Coffee Lovers! by  Jordan Valinsky

There's nothing more awkward than going to a cafe in a foreign city and struggling over the menu until you surrender and just keeping pointing at the espresso machines in the hopes of getting something hot, caffeinated and drinkable.

Confused travelers forced to deal with the daunting task of understanding the difference between a cafe au lait and a cafe bombon may finally have their caffeine cravings sated without resorting to pantomime. Cheapflights, a British-based travel website, has compiled a list of 31 popular drinks from two dozen countries. Finally, you can expand your coffee vocabulary beyond murmuring "Americano." 

The most specific-sounding coffee drink is the ca phe sua da from Vietnam It takes a very carefully measured amount of boiling water, just two tablespoons of condenses milk and an exact 15 grams of ground coffee to get right. 

Italy is home to the largest number of coffee bars per capita in Europe, so it's smart to brush up on the lingo if you're heading there. In the north, espressos are served with more milk, while the south serves a less creamy, more pungent version. The most exotic espresso is the Espresso Romano, which is served with a slice of lime. Yum?

The tastiest option comes from Spain, which is home to the Cafe con Miel. It's a mixture of espresso, honey, steamed milk and drizzling of cinnamon. That'll wake you up if the plate of churros didn't do it.

All of these countries have their own spin on coffee, but were most interested in the Turkish king. A tablespoon of coffee and a cup of water is topped with a cardamom pod, a type of Indian spice that's loaded with health benefits. Maybe they've figure out the way to have the best of both worlds.

In Hong Kong, the yuanyang mixes both black tea and coffee for the ultimate caffeine boost. That sounds like a bit too much, but Mexico's cafe de olla sounds delicious with its mix of cinnamon, water and coffee. 

Passion grows

So as it is displayed, there is a passion as some may say. The love an admiration of a beverage has grown tremendously over the decades, as a means of traveling the world to taste the different spices to flavors and even smells. Coffee makers have a manner of making designs on the foam of styles and characters to be seen as a cat or a heart. The growth of the coffee industry will remain as a constant consumer for all the world to seek and taste. I created this blog as a means of expressing how the experiences have altered my perspectives of caffeine and the atmospheres, sounds, cultures, and traditions. I will continue to drink coffee, hopefully I can taste the world around me and know the beans of all the corners of the world. It would be amazing to do this as I know I can do it because I have my whole life to do it and it is a pleasure to do so. So I say to you all, if you all love coffee as I do, and I'm sure you do then take on the challenge and go out to explore your local coffee shops. Even to buy the beans from other countries in grocery stores is worth the try too. If you can roast the beans at home is great, or buy a grinder and have fresh grounded coffee each morning, the smell is brilliant. I bought candles with scented espresso and it was worth every penny. Go out and enjoy what the world offers and enjoy the experience because it is a pleasure to the soul. 

Sip by the beach

The beach, a primary destination for most folks on vacation that love to prep themselves to wear a bikini and show off that summer workout...or like most of us...just walk in shorts and tanks. The beach is where, in my opinion, people walk to find something that will enlighten them on some kind of self-discovery. A journey that leads to infinite lines of seas and hear the waves trending to their ears to deliver a message of solitude. Amazing that most people go to the beach to play beach volleyball, tan, build sand castles, eat, etc. But then there are the ones that walk the shore lines in search for meaning, in search for that motive to be entailed with stories, the search for humanity and the challenge of well anything. So here you see a Cortado from the beach shores of Mijas, Spain. It was small, inexpensive and so so delicious, but I believe the reason I was enduring the magnificent taste is because the view captures the essence of the cup and sent a heart warming sensation of pure sanity. I look ahead of me and see the blue waters sparkling with the sunny shine of the sun, a perfect temperature with cooling winds. The scenery was like a painting seen in museums, the bright colors, details of the buildings and the streaks of the water lines. A combination perfect to sit in a small chair with a cup in one hand, the picture displays the brown color of the cup with a sweet milk and added with brown sugar. Easily describable because life can be easy, if you just make it that way.