Lovely Large Coffee Shop

Advantages: Free Parking, Hot and Cold affordable food, No expense spared in furnishings, great atmosphere
Disadvantages: Can get busy

...Brambles is a beautiful setting for a coffee shop on the banks of the River Wear with affordable hot and cold food. You could have lunch/dinner or snacks here and the food has been tremendous everytime we have visited. The staff are very polite and I think it holds about 100 inside (in a lovely cosy atmosphere) and also around 50-60 outside in a large outdoor seating area. In summer it becomes so busy that they put up a 50 seater marquee also which provides extra shade and shelter whilst eating your scones or sandwiches. I can highly recommend the paninis though, and my partner loves the fact that everything is locally produced and homecooked. If you are ever in the North East Brambles Coffee Shop is a great way to relax after looking round the adjoining Poplar Tree Garden Centre....

traveler12345 07.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Brambles Coffee Shop, Durham

coffee machine.

Advantages: just as god as the cafe's
Disadvantages: expensive to run

...I love my coffee machine but it is expensive. I bought mine new from Argos. It came with two free packs of coffee and cost £105.99. Operating is a really easy, you shove the little container in the top, close, fill with water, press button and hello lovely cuppa coffee! The only problem I have found is that nowhere does the inserts! I've got to drive to another supermarket which I wouldn't normally use to pick up the inserts which is a pain and a cost in petrol They are fairly expensive as well. It would cost you about £6 for 20 cups of coffee, which compared to normal coffee is really expensive. If you opt for the latte inserts, you only get 10, because 10 of the inserts are condensed milk! Talk about rip off. What a waste of money. I would recommend this to people who love coffee and don't have a baby because...

dan001 20.07.2005 · Read review
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Review of Philips Senseo Coffee maker

Great Machine!

Advantages: Quick Work-Out, Cheaper than Power Plates, Great Results
Disadvantages: Only tones your body, doesnt keep you fit.

...This machine is simply a must if you want to tone yourself up and not have the hassle of going to the gym for hours each week! I bought one of these off Ebay, and now so glad i did. Its simply an amazing piece of kit. My Personal Experience At first i thought, surely this machine cant be as good as i've been reading all over the net, people must be exagerating and just trying to sell the machine. How wrong i was.... The first time i used this, i trained at level 10 (ranges from 1-20) thinking i can take it at that level no problem, and sure enough i was ok, i did a few different positions for my legs, stomache and arms. I trained for about 10 minutes, as i wanted to see how much this would actualy do, and sales reports tell me that 10minutes of using this machine is equivelent to 1 hour at the gym. Boy oh boy did i feel it...

Mark_K 27.03.2008 (28.03.2008) · Read review
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Review of Crazy Fit Vibration Massage Plate Exercise Machine

Anyone for coffee

Advantages: Convenient, interesting to watch the world go by
Disadvantages: None

...If you're looking for a coffee, then Bill's Coffee Shop is an odd place to look. It's a bar, for heaven's sake, so why they call it a "coffee shop" beats me. Perhaps they do sell coffee, but I've never seen anyone drinking the stuff there. The grandly named Clinton Plaza is a relatively new, smallish, maze of open bars, shops, and a little bit of sleaze too. It's right on Sukhumvit Road, between Sois 13 and 15. If you're staying in the Manhattan Hotel (recommended), then it's within very easy crawling distance home. Although they periodically have people on the street handing out maps of Clinton Plaza - nice graphics but a little bit rude - it's easy to find Bill's, as it's right at the front on the corner. This is one factor that makes it such a good place. You can watch the world go by here. Sit there for an hour or so, and you...

stravaig 21.02.2001 (23.08.2007) · Read review
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Review of Bill's Coffee Shop (Bangkok)

Starbuck Barista Aroma coffee machine

Advantages: Quick, safe, easy to use, and great value for money.
Disadvantages: expensive to buy

...This coffee maker is just the absolute best. My husband is a coffee freak. In the 15 years we have been married I cannot possible name all the different machines we have brought. On average two a year I should think. For one reason or another they have all ended in the bin rapidly or of course been taken back. So now you have our coffee making history I want to talk to you about the Starbuck Barista AROMA coffee machine. It is not the one pictured above, but it is still a barista. It is for filter coffee all ready ground. It has a removable water reservoir so filling is dead easy. It has a swing out filter tray which takes any filters and is removable again for easy filling and cleaning. The machine never leaks, sits very stable, looks fab in chrome and black and purrs quietly when brewing. Now for the real great stuff. It is so...

muppetmother 03.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Starbucks Barista Machine

great machine it works!

Advantages: it does asa it says
Disadvantages: might make you feel dizzy

...i can say that this is a great machine it really works and gives you good results i wouldnt say the best but you can certainly tell after a period of time that your body has toned up, i havent got one of these myself but i would like to get one when i can afford it lets say. the vibration on this machine is not like a massage its more intense and when you stay on it for quite a while you will feel your muscles tightnen thats when you know its working. so i definatly gives this machine a thumbs up, i suggest you buy this machine if your too lazy or bored to go to the gym because you can do many exercises on this in the comfort of your own home. this is a great machine and would recommend this a good buy...

sxyLizzy 16.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Crazy Fit Vibration Massage Plate Exercise Machine

Say Goodbye to Coffee Shops!

Advantages: Tastes brilliant, you'll never need to leave the house for great coffee!
Disadvantages: A little overpriced

...simply divine, you get more than most packages, the packaging is very smart, and well, it tastes awesome! No more coffee shops for that must have fix, huh? Buy it. You won't be disappointed! -Necormancer (BTW it was ment to be 'Necromancer', but i mispelled it, oops!)...

Necormancer 16.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Illy Espresso Medium Roasted Ground Coffee

E Machine - E Monster

Advantages: Very good spec for the price
Disadvantages: Not very well train PC World Staff

...Like many people say, including myself "don't buy a computer from PC World" this is mainly because half of their staff don't seem to know as much infomation as they should about computers, me being a 14 year old boy if I went in there I am sure I could be more helpful then some of their staff! But to the point we needed a new computer because my old one which I had in my room became defunct so we looked in the PC magazines and found out what the prices were and then in the newspaper a massive advert as always for PC World! Right in the front...E Machine, E Monster 800DVD modal...for the price it was a fantasic spec (at the time of purchase) a Intel Pentium III 800Mhz processor with 128Mb of memory to go nicly with it. Also included was a DVD-ROM drive, the only let down was the monitor and graphics, the monitor offer was a 15" if you use...

al.humbie 28.04.2001 · Read review
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Review of E Machines (Shop)

A COMMON SENSE(O) COFFEE MACHINE

Advantages: Super fast coffee delivery, Lovely fresh flavour, Compact design
Disadvantages: Pod's can be expensive if you do not shop around; Water tank needs to be filled with hot water

...of coffee; rather a very warm offering dribbles into the cup. This is easily remedied though by filling the water tank with hot rather than cold water. The Pods can also be on the expensive side if purchased from supermarkets, Tesco and ASDA sell bags of sixteen pods for around £3.30. Far better to pick them up in shops such as Poundland or the 99p store, or as I do on the internet on eBay ? this gives far better value for money, plus a far great range than the decaffeinated/normal that supermarkets carry. Also, because this is a machine that produces cups rather than jugs of coffee, the process could get a little time consuming if ? for example ? you wish to produce more than a couple of drinks. Plenty of pod changing and water tank refilling will keep you away from your dinner guests, although there is the option to purchase a larger water tank...

tractor-boy 26.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Philips HD 7810/60/61/69 Senseo Black

WAKE UP and smell the coffee

Advantages: good quality merchandise,reasonable prices, wonderful coffee
Disadvantages: disorganised service, sell outs

....Nevertheless I clicked on it and soon learned that TCHIBO is a long establised German company who specialise and trade in coffee - having a number of coffee shops throughout the continent. A European Starbucks! (I'd never heard of them!). For a coffee specialist what surprised me most was the limited range of coffee for sale. Basically there were two options Mild or full strength...available as grounds for use in filter machines or instant. Ground coffee was £2.29 for full strength (250g)the mild being a couple of pence cheaper! Instant cost £1.80 (100g)full strength,again mild was a couple of pence cheaper! I opted for one of each in the full strength. So I got out my faithful mastercard and submitted my order. The order was proccessed quickly and smoothly and I received an email almost instantly from them to tell me that all was well About a week...

scribbelle 07.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Tchibo Coffee Shop