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posted at 8:49am, 20 Aug 10 by Alex [ 29 comments ]

Last weekend we were sampling our Machu Picchu and Kilimanjaro coffees at the Vintage At Goodwood festival – and like thousands of others, had a fantastic time – despite the ‘hot drinks weather’!
It was great meeting so many people who loved our coffees and were embracing the vintage styles – you can see more of our photos from the weekend on Flickr or tag yourself on Facebook!
Next stop for the Container House is the Edinburgh Fringe (you can find us from TODAY situated near Udderbelly and McEwan Hall), so in the spirit of fun, we want you to caption the image of our Events Manager Yasmin and a gentleman who paid us a visit.

Friday FUN

I’m not feeling very creative today, so my best caption offer is “Yasmin found it hilarious when the captain’s trousers fell down to reveal his vintage boxer shorts” – I’m sure you can do better….

The rules are simple; Post your caption in the comment box of this blog post by 5.30pm today – enter more than once if you like!

The most creative (as decided by the Cafédirect judges) will be chosen and announced on the blog on Monday.
We’ll send some Cafédirect Machu Picchu and Kilimanjaro to the person with the winning comment. Prizes can only be sent to a UK or Republic of Ireland postal address.

Share the link with your friends to get some competition going!

Good luck!

Vintage style at the Container House at Goodwood

posted at 12:33pm, 18 Aug 10 by Siobhan [ 0 comments ]

We had an amazing time at the Vintage at Goodwood Festival last weekend and were really excited to be part of such an exciting and new event! Judging by the atmosphere there I’m sure it was the first year of many!

It was especially exciting for us to be at this festival curated by Wayne Hemingway as he also designed our super stylish Container House too! It was great meeting all of you there and having such stylish people visit the Container House!

Here’s a selcection of our favourite photos from Vintage…

Rene is originally from Tanzania came into the Container House after her sons spotted the Tanzanian flag! She told us that her family have been coffee farmers for generations. Unsurprisingly - the whole family voted Kilimanjaro as their favourite!

Great vintage style at the Container House!

Taking the taste taste - Machu Picchu vs Kilimanjaro.

Rain doesn't faze these stylish ladies! Machu Picchu or Kilimanjaro...

Were you at Vintage or at any of the other stops on the Container House tour?

We’ve uploaded photos to Flickr and Facebook so make sure to have a look and tag yourself if you’re there. Even if you couldn’t make it to Vintage check out the photos to see the style and glamour from the weekend.

Recipe of the month: Mocha Cupcakes

posted at 12:44pm, 17 Aug 10 by Alex [ 2 comments ]

August’s recipe of the month comes from our friends at Rachel’s who have some creative and tasty uses for their yoghurt and our coffee! These moist coffee cupcakes with a mocha frosting are a perfect afternoon treat!

Ingredients for 12 cupcakes

For the cakes
- 2 tbsp Cafédirect Machu Picchu Freeze Dried Coffee, dissolved in 1 tbsp warm water
- 225g butter, softened
- 225g Fairtrade caster sugar*
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 225g plain flour, sifted
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp Fairtrade cocoa*, sifted
- 2 tbsp Rachel’s Low Fat Bio Live Natural Yoghurt

For the frosting
- 250g icing sugar, sifted
- 80g unsalted butter, softened
- 25g Rachel’s Low Fat Bio Live Natural Yoghurt
- Decoration (optional)
- San Cristobal Drinking Chocolate

Method
1. Preheat the oven 170°C/Gas mark 3 and line a muffin tray with paper cases.
2. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add the eggs and then the flour, baking powder, cocoa and mix thoroughly. Add the yoghurt and mix again.
3. Spoon into the mixture into the cases and then bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and firm to touch.
4. Leave to cool slightly in the tin before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
5. To make the frosting mix all the ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until smooth and glossy.
6. Spoon and spread the frosting over the cup cakes and then decorate as you wish.

*If you’re feeling adventurous, you could try using our San Cristobal Drinking chocolate in place of the cocoa and use slightly less sugar to compensate!

All Friends of Cafédirect will have the chance to win a Rachel’s Summer Hamper in August newsletter which goes out this week. Sign up here to receive our newsletter.

Friday Fun – vintage style!

posted at 8:53am, 13 Aug 10 by Siobhan [ 7 comments ]

Today we’re off to Vintage at Goodwood and so we have some vintage inspired Friday Fun!

Vintage will host a fully functioning pop-up High Street, with renowned brands from the past and present, including Waitrose and The Body Shop as well as Oxfam recreating their first ever 1948 store! There’ll also be catwalk shows, vintage hair and beauty salons, a cinema, the Vintage Marketplace of vintage clothes – and much more!

So, today we’d like to know if you could have one vintage item – maybe a favourite toy from your childhoodor a retro piece of furniture from your house when you were younger – what would it be? Alex would love a Nintendo Gameboy. Yasmin would have her collection Sylvanian families (she might check out the Sylvanian Family shop at Vintage!). I’d go for some vintage furniture so will definitely spend some time looking at Vintage!

Post your comments below by 5.30 today to be in with a chance of winning. The person with the most imaginative entry (as chosen by Cafédirect judges!) will be announced on Monday on ur blog and will win a vintage Cafédirect tea-towel & tea caddy set!

Good luck

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