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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.

Freshers’ Guide: Societies 101

Want to get stuck in to student life, but not sure where to start? Check out our guide to the societies that have something to offer everyone

The Coffee Column: Java

Andrew Wells tries at the coffee from independent and local coffee chain Java, for this week’s Coffee Column

The Coffee Column: Foundation

Coffee Columnist Andrew Wells takes a look at the foundations of this sleek upmarket Manchester establishment

Cup North: Legal Highs

Ellie Gibbs reviews the two day Northern coffee party going on in Victoria Warehouse

The Coffee Column: Grindsmith

Columnist Andrew Wells heads down to Grindsmith in the Great Northern Warehouse on Deansgate to check out the daily grind

THE COFFEE COLUMN: North Tea Power

Andrew mixes things up and heads to North Tea Power for this week’s Coffee Column

The Coffee Column: Anchor

Previous editor Ben Walker steps in to the earthy fumes of Rusholme’s NQ-style community coffee spot, Anchor, where sharing is caring

“I’m not grumpy, I’ve got chocolate in my teeth”

“We didn’t have chocolate like we have now: here, there, everywhere in abundance”—so what sufficed was this little tryst of chocolate and sweetener, taken on the sly from the cupboard

The Coffee Column: Federal Café & Bar

Here at The Mancunion Food & Drink, we’re continuing our revolution against ubiquitous commercial coffee brands, to help independent and passionate retailers to thrive in the caffeine-fuelled world of café consumerism

The Coffee Column

Here at The Mancunion Food & Drink, we’re starting a revolution against ubiquitous commercial coffee brands, to help independent and passionate retailers to thrive in the caffeine-fuelled world of café consumerism

Whipped Coffee Coconut Vegan Cheesecake with Cinnamon Crust

Try this vegan alternative to cheesecake using coconut cream and a nutty oat base

Cocaine, cartels and corruption

Planning on going travelling in South America? Hetty Dillon shares her experience of living in Colombia and shows how there is so much more to the country than the things it is famous for

Review: Spec-TAKK-ular

Hester Lonergan reports on her favourite Northern Quarter coffee joint

Review: North Tea Power

Hester Lonergan visits North Tea Power, a relaxing cafe in Manchester’s Northern Quarter

Herbal Teas: Love them or hate them?

The herbal tea revolution: a health and taste sensation, or is it no substitute for a proper cuppa?

Nespress Yourself

Be your own barista with the new coffee machine phenomenon–The Nespresso.