The Aeropress coffee at kaffeekommune is so good, it’s luminescent…..
I do love Paul Bonna’s kaffeekommune, but it’s definitely solaristically challenged. Solution: Grab a chair, move to the sunny side of the street. Tony’ll take his life in his hands…
Up at the Kaffeekommune the other week when 2 ladies walked up, wavering a bit as whether to go in. “Best coffee in Mainz” I said. “If not the world…”…
Down at my local hangout, the Kaffeekommune, the other week and Tony, the English barista, said ” Oh, we’ve got a new blend today – it’s like drinking little raindrops…
In New Zealand, there’s no greater achievement. Once you’ve played for the national Rugby team, it’s not “Oh, he used to be an All Black”, it’s “He’s an All Black”…
I first met Phillip (r) and Leon (l) at their Eulchen pop-up store in the Gaustrasse in November 2013, they’ve gone on to taking over an unused kiosk in the…
…blowing bubbles. The bubble machine at the Eulchen and Friends Biergarten in the courtyard of the Kurfürstliches Schloss (Electors’ Palace). Eulchen beer, wine from the Weinraumwohnung, catering from Brits KWIZIN,…
I think it’s with a “K”. (It’s not. I’ve changed it) Paul Bonna at the ever excellent Kaffeekommune is a dab hand at choosing good staff. This is Carina, born…
Some distinctively shady characters hang out in the Breidenbacher Strasse. Must be for the coffee
Paul Bonna’s coffee roaster, jb Kaffee in deepest Bavaria, produced a special limited edition blend to celebrate the recent matrimonials. Honeymoon Espresso and the small print says: angela & paul…
Why do I always have problems with the Allgemeine Zeitung, our local rag? A couple of years back, they lifted an image from this post and used it in their…
I don’t need much encouragement to visit St Stephan’s church with its seductively peaceful Chagall windows, but an unexpected and very touching invitation to Paul and Angela’s wedding yesterday made…
Kaffeekommune II. So popular that all the tables were taken. Perch on a wall in the sunshine on the other side of the road.
….celebrates its 1st birthday in its new location in the Breidenbacherstrasse and serves IPA to mark the occasion, you know why it’s your favourite espresso bar/ (Prefer the espresso –…
…… Paul and Christina frantically refer to “Espresso Making 101”. “It says here “Grind the coffee beans”. Do you remember how we used to do that? Sorry jb – this…
This is Tony, newest addition to Paul Bonna’s galaxy of stars at kaffeekommune 2 Born in Mönchengladbach to British parents (Dad was in the BAOR – British Army of the…
If you balance your espresso cup on your knee and lean back a bit, this is what you’ll see from Paul Bonna’s kaffee kommune zwei in the Breidenbachstrasse.
This is the Eisberger. Take: 1 large ice cube a double shot of espresso Creamy milk, cold foamed to a soft-creamy texture Assemble. To be admired/enjoyed at kaffee kommune zwei.…
…….tails you lose. With a name like van Leeuwen and a Twitter name of @avlmelbourne, it’s fair to assume that my friend Andrew is a likely to be a tad…
….Mainz. Paul Bonna, the proprietor of the excellent (but currently dormant) Kaffeekommune in the Gaustrasse used to work as a barista at the Rapha Cycle Club in Brewer Street, Soho.…
Paul Bonna, proprietor of the ever-excellent kaffeekommune in the Gaustrasse (worth the climb…) obviously thinks – at the ripe old age of 25… – that opening 5 days a week…
Then we shall begin. An invitation to rest a while at Dicke Lilli’s in the Gaustrasse. Nice enough place, but really naff coffee and full of yapping wimmin. I kept…
The hoolie on the Gartenfeldplatz a few weeks back was really quite excellent. And not only for N’Eis’s ices. Café Prego is a 1968 10hp Piaggio Ape 400, fitted out…
When I was in London last week for a school reunion of the Westlakers diaspora*, Paul from kaffeekommune zwei recommended that I rock on over to Talkhouse Coffee in Portobello…
Markus Wehrle (pictured) and Kai Tietze (with a little help from their friends) have turned a direly neglected and unbelievably scruffy building in the Gaustrasse into “Lönneberga“, a “café for…
After 2 weeks of abstinence (the Provence is very nice, but you can get really naff coffee. Even if they DO run out and get you pain au chocolat…) so…
It snowed last week. We’re only DAYS away from the summer solstice and it’s SNOWING? Paul at the Kaffee Kommune 2 tries to get us in the mood with bunches…
I can’t recall the last time I voluntarily drank filter coffee, but Paul at Kaffeekommune Zwei (@kaffeekommune, #kk2) in the Gaustrasse extracted a promise from me that I’d at least…
Rocked on down to Paul Bonna’s Kaffeekommune Zwei (which opened during my sabbatical) in the Gaustrasse today. Just a STUNNING double espresso – so much intense flavour and not a…
Paul Bonna and Sebastian Lösch ran a pop-up cafe in the Gaustrasse for 5 weeks at about this time last year and called it Kaffeekommune Eins. Hardcore espresso-based drinks by…
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