Mr and Mrs Smith blog -- carnal pleasures taken seriously

The good people at the Mr and Mrs Smith travel books have started up a blog. Mr and Mrs Smith guides review romantic boutique hotels around the world -- great places to go away for a dirty weekend (and check in as Mr and Mrs Smith, natch). I've reviewed a couple hotels for them in the past -- not as a paid gig, just because it was so much fun -- and I've since become an avid fan of the guides, both for planning real trips and for daydreaming about places I might go someday. The blog is a great source of sybaritic pleasure taken very seriously indeed.

As promised, we’ve been quizzing top New York Times coffee blogger Oliver Schwaner-Albright about all things brown and beautiful (that doesn’t sound quite right, but you get the gist of what I’m trying to say!), as part of our quest to track down the Best coffee in London.

Tam - who is the real-life Mrs Smith, in case you hadn’t already worked that out - caught up with him over the weekend. So here it is: everything you ever wanted to know about coffee but were afraid to ask*

*NB possibly not completely true: please don’t come crying to us if your coffee question is not answered here. We have tried to cover all bases but, sheesh, we’re only human…

Link (Thanks, Tamara!)

[#1 posted by Halloween Jack , July 21, 2008 7:52 AM]

The phrase "dirty weekend" isn't used nearly enough, I think.

[#2 posted by mincus , July 21, 2008 11:20 AM]

We need to add some Cory hotel sightings to the http://hotelsoftherichandfamous.com db (disc: my wife owns the site)

[#3 posted by ZippySpincycle , July 21, 2008 3:47 PM]

So here it is: everything you ever wanted to know about coffee but were afraid to ask

Well, OK, here goes: What's a guy gotta do to get an iced triple cappucino around here?

[#4 posted by Casual_Casualty , July 21, 2008 4:24 PM]

@ #3:
A cappucino is essentially equal parts espresso, milk and froth... Froth is made as part of the steaming process, so although you can place froth in an iced drink I wouldn't suggest it... But I think most baristas would oblige by just 86ing the froth... This would really just be a triple shot iced latte.
I love over-literalizing things ;]

[#5 posted by Tamara L , July 22, 2008 1:46 AM]

@ZippySpincycle
Funny you should ask! Oliver, who we interviewed for the Smith blog also writes the New York Times Coffee blog - and yes, you've guessed it, here is how to make the perfect iced coffee - http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/coffee-on-ice/index.html