Author: James Aitchison

A beginners guide to coffee: Jamaican Blue Mountain
You’d be hard pressed to find a coffee bean more expensive and sought after than the venerable Kona bean, that is unless you were aware of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee. It’s not unusual to find Jamaican Blue Mountain beans at around $50 a pound, …

Keep yourself hydrated with these wonderful water bottles
You can never drink enough water, at least that’s what all the TV doctors, lifestyle magazines, and websites keep telling us. Fortunately, there are literary thousands of water bottles out all there all promising to keep us hydrated. With so many …

How to keep your phone battery from dying in the middle of the day
If there’s one thing pretty much all smartphone owners can agree on, it’s that smartphone batteries are terrible. They never last as long as they should and always seem to die at the worst possible time. There’s nothing more terrifying than seeing…

Three amazing ways to use lavender in the kitchen
There are few herbs more intimidating to novice chefs than lavender. Strong and pungent, it has the potential to overwhelm even the most flavourful dish if not used correctly. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that it’s so rarely used in cooking. …