I like coffee.  In fact, I like coffee much more than tea.  This preference was easy to indulge when I lived in Seattle, where getting a cup of coffee is not a difficult task.  It became much more difficult in England, where quite often what is passed off as coffee is actually some sort of instant coffee drink with lots of milk and sugar (to my mind instant coffee is not really coffee).  I didn’t know what to expect when I moved to Hong Kong.  I worried that the cultural residue of being a British colony, combined with the modern relationship with China would mean that in Hong Kong a good cup of coffee would be hard to find.  Tea?  Easy.  Coffee, well what to expect? Continue reading →