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Fortune Chan · over 800 messages posted Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 893

The best coffee was sold by "Coffee James" from a mobile outlet on the ferry pier but that was in 1959.

Granola Eater · Fight Club Moderator Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 632

I think the tastiest coffee on Lamma is that which passes through the digestive tract of a local pet and is harvested from eggs collected from the footpath.

Beanburglar · over 700 messages posted Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 788

We had an Easter Dog's Egg Hunt. We all hand-decorated some fresh dog's eggs with lollypop sticks and small bits of gravel and then placed them discreetly on Tai Peng path for the kids to find with their shoes.

Fortune Chan · over 800 messages posted Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 893

The best dog eggs are found on the paths of Tai Pong.

Beanburglar · over 700 messages posted Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 788

As a coffee aficianado, I was bitterly disappointed to find that this thread seems to be mostly about Dog's Eggs. It's an outrage!

Insomniac · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:51 am Post subject:

The best Irish Coffee is served by the Deli. Don't think I've ever had a regular coffee on Lamma.

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:52 pm Post subject:

Regular coffee is for novices only. Us true coffee connoisseurs have upgraded our refined tastes ages ago to more exotic coffee flavours and varietals.

Not having tried the "Lamma Luwak" coffee mentioned above myself yet, I'm quite partial to the Tropicana's Mochaccino, extra tall, double shot, regular milk, Equal sweetener and a dusting of cinnamon...

Hmmmmm, best coffee on Lamma, me thinks! jump

Beanburglar · over 700 messages posted Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 788

Eamonn McCormick used to serve the best Birminghamish Coffee, which was similar to Irish Coffee but made with plastic.

mojo · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 5

Guys,

For the best coffee on Lamma I invite you to try Lily Garden. It's in Tai Yuen Village next to Mojo the candle shop. I'm a coffee fanatic and part of the reason I started this cafe is because I was never fully satisified with the coffee I've had in HK. If you don't think our coffee is any good I'll give you your money back Smile

volley · over 200 messages posted Joined: 19 Nov 2002 Posts: 287

Dear Lily,

Are you related to Graeme Garden of 'Goodies' fame?

By the way, your coffee always makes me want to use the facilities.

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:29 pm Post subject:

Best coffee on Lamma?

There's some tough competition out there and a coffee connoisseur like myself is spoilt for choices. Some of the best ones - besides my current favourite Mochaccino in Tropicana and mojo's special brew - can be found in unexpected places: B&B and New Holiday Mood.

But nothing beats the very very best coffee on Lamma, IMHO: at my home!
I've tried a number of coffee beans available in local shops and nothing was good & affordable enough for my daily home brew. So I have to import it from HK Island and brew it myself, see below:

"Full bodied and silky smooth, a combination of chocolaty Arabian Mocha coffee with beans from the lushy forested mountains of Java. Inhale the tangy aroma."
Enjoying a big mug right now. Aaaaaaaahhhh! coffee

mojo · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 5

Hi Volley,

Yes, truly satisfying high quality coffee is known to have a diuretic property so I take it as a complement that my coffee always make you want to use the facilities.

The cafe is called Lily Garden but actually there's no one called Lily here. (And just to set the record straight I'm a guy and have no intention of faking my gender in the cyberworld) And no I'm not related to that looney scientist Graeme Garden from Goodies. Thanks for writing. Come visit on the weekend.

volley · over 200 messages posted Joined: 19 Nov 2002 Posts: 287

Thanks Lily,

I am now clear on everything.

When you wrote the 'funky gibbon' were you high on coffee then?

Lamma-Gung · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:09 am Post subject:

The local coffee wars are heating up.
New entrant Village Bakery will start offering fresh brewskis at $10/15 from tomorrow, 6-10am only. Directly sourced from a farm in South America where the Bakery proprietor knows the farmers personally...

And, to my sheer horror and utter dismay, i've discovered that the Green Cottage has run out of organic coffee for their Organic Soya-ccinos.
Not that I've tried this exotic brew ever before, but while trying to do some research today for an upcoming blog story on Lamma's growingly sophisticated coffee scene (at least for a Chinese fishing village!) I was thwarted by the unavailability of this fancy concoction with probably the fanciest name I've found so far in the vibrant local coffee subculture...

I had to console myself with a plain Ginger Mocha instead, pretty fancy & expensive at $22 for a medium cup, especially as compared to their famous GIGANTIC, HUMONGOUS, XXXL cup of Latte, by far the largest cup on the island available in a public establishment! And it lasts longer than reading an entire SCMP, I can attest!

I might have to test their French Press and Chococcino brews next time, purely for research purposes, of course...

Has anybody else been trying to find the best local coffee?

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