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A brewing success: Withington’s new Something More Productive

A brewing success: Withington’s new Something More Productive

Stepping into Withington’s newly treasured coffee spot, we speak to the owner of Something More Productive
Bored of breakfast? Try this…

Bored of breakfast? Try this…

Tired of miserable mornings before uni? Or have you had enough of that 99p cereal? Either way, start semester two with a bounce in your step with these quick breakfast recipes
A Bavarian breakfast at Albert’s Schloss

A Bavarian breakfast at Albert’s Schloss

The Mancunion reviews Albert’s Schloss as they join the race in the competition for Manchester’s best breakfast
The Manchester Coffee Festival run-down

The Manchester Coffee Festival run-down

Manchester is a city of many things, including great coffee. We scouted out the industry’s best beans and brewers at the Manchester Coffee Festival
“Live, laugh, lube” at HandleBar

“Live, laugh, lube” at HandleBar

Introducing HandleBar, Fallowfield’s newest and most fiercely independent café/bar
The sustainable student: Five ways to be environmentally conscious on a budget

The sustainable student: Five ways to be environmentally conscious on a budget

Being sustainable as a student doesn’t have to break the bank – here are five ways that you can be a greener student in Manchester
The Gilmore Girls Aesthetic: Finding the beauty in autumn

The Gilmore Girls Aesthetic: Finding the beauty in autumn

As the autumn months draw in, The Mancunion examines how the popular series Gilmore Girls can inspire the perfect day-to-day autumn lifestyle and the importance of finding joy in the colder weather
Exile: The newest Fallowfield hub

Exile: The newest Fallowfield hub

We review Exile, a newly established café in Fallowfield
COVID-19, community, and café culture

COVID-19, community, and café culture

Rhiannon Ingle ruminates on the prominence of coffee and café culture during Covid
Your Pret BaFREEsta: Pret provides students with free hot drinks for a month

Your Pret BaFREEsta: Pret provides students with free hot drinks for a month

Pippa Dennis tells us all about how you can get free coffee from Pret for a month, and how it might make the pandemic slightly more bearable…
The commercialisation of coffee: style over substance at Pot Kettle Black

The commercialisation of coffee: style over substance at Pot Kettle Black

Food writer Anneliese Murray explores the idea that coffee shops are giving in to the culture of style over substance
It’s time to spill the tea on coffee

It’s time to spill the tea on coffee

Many students enjoy, and rely, on coffee but what are the effects on the body?
Spilling the tea on Britain’s tea addiction

Spilling the tea on Britain’s tea addiction

It’s time to spill the tea – Victoria Evans talks all things caffeine and the nation’s favourite drink
The best places to study in Manchester

The best places to study in Manchester

From procrastination to pro-caffeination, writer Ry Jackson gives you the low down on some of Manchester’s best spots to get your work done
The Manchester café crawl

The Manchester café crawl

It’s no myth that Manchester is teeming with independent coffeehouses, and with so many to choose from, I’ve selected 3 of my favourites. My first stop on this ‘café crawl’ was Chapter One Books in the Northern Quarter.  An independent coffeehouse and bookstore, it offers a quirky medley of all things abstract.  Part of the […]
Milk and Honey: Hope in abundance

Milk and Honey: Hope in abundance

Explore Milk and Honey, a volunteer led cosy café just next to the University, with plenty of events and projects happening over the next few months.
Everything’s changing: food on campus

Everything’s changing: food on campus

Read about the changes to food on The University of Manchester’s campus and whether more can be done to help students in their day to day lives
Chapter One Books: a serene study space

Chapter One Books: a serene study space

I’s worth the extra 10 minutes on the bus

Take a break the right way

Few of us are strangers to a daytime siesta. James Johnson takes a look at the new way of taking a break; ‘coffee-napping’

Cup North

Alec Wilby visited Cup North – the Manchester Coffee Festival – to see what all the buzz was about.