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Coffee Review: Kontrol Coffee
ninjarefinery.com is built around two pillars. Gaming and Coffee. The crossover of the two is obvious to me. Marathon gaming ...
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The history of the Café Latte
We’ve been a little quiet on the coffee-front recently. Largely due to wanting to find the best way to deliver ...
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The Evolution and Global Impact of the Nespresso Machine: A Revolution in Coffee Consumption
I’ll be honest, as a bit of a coffee snob, I’ve always looked-down on the Nespresso machine. Largely due to ...
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We have a new sister site: neverplayed.co.uk
It’s been a little quiet here recently. Mostly due to just struggling for time to get things written-up. We’ve got ...
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Quick Look: Coffee Talk
I think we all know by this stage that here at ninjarefinery.com, we love gaming and coffee. So a game ...
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The coffee roasting process
When we buy coffee, we often read about flavours and roast profiles. Dark roasts, light roasts, medium roasts. Heck, a ...
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A history of coffee in the UK
Coffee has a long and interesting history in the UK, dating back to the 16th century when it was first ...
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How do they decaffeinate coffee?
Coffee is really popular around the world for its unique taste and stimulating effects, and a lot of us love ...
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Christmas Giveaway!!
Happy ho-ho-holidays everyone! Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, it’s still a great time of year when friends, family and ...
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Blog: Ninja Refinery Update
It's been a little while since anything has been posted up here. Not for lack of want, or even for ...
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Quick Sip: Cold Brew Coffee Guinness
It's no secret that here at ninjarefinery.com we love coffee. And whilst it's likely not as apparent, Guinness is good ...
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Java Update: Coffee on the road
Sometimes, you're out on the road, possibly hitting service stations on the motorway or even in the middle of an ...
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Java Update: Getting the best from your Aeropress
Man, do I love the Aeropress. A seemingly innocuous collaboration of two plastic tubes and a rubber stopper. How has ...
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Review Ratings – Update
This is just a quick one but a worthwhile note on how ratings are changing a little here at Ninja ...
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Java Update: Coffee at home doesn’t have to cost a fortune – Hario V60
The hobby of home coffee-making can be a little bit snobbish, and people can get waaay too far into the ...
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Ninja Refinery’s Best of 2021
I'll keep this relatively short, because all the work is done in the listing, reasoning and plotting-out of the best ...
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Blog – Coffee changes
It's been a little while since any posts, but that's fine, it's in the name of progress behind the scenes ...
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Blog – Small Changes
Nothing drastic going on here, in fact, nothing much going on, hence the update. I've tried to invest time in ...
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Blog: Post 300!
It's been a little while since I've put anything up here. Although I have a lot of stuff half-written and ...
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Java Update – Crackd Coffee: G-Force
The third and final review of the Crackd coffee trilogy. G-Force, the dark roast. I love a dark roast coffee, ...
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Java Update – Crackd Coffee: Gamr
Number two in my review of the Crackd Coffee roasts. Gamr is up, and damn, it's a contender for one ...
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Java Update – Crackd Coffee: Focusd
Crackd Coffee is a UK coffee roaster, that roasts and sells gaming themed coffee’s! When I found a UK-based gaming-focused ...
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Ninja Refinery 2021
I think it's fair to say that 2020 has been erm…..a substantial year. Global pandemic aside, I had a son ...
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Java Update – Tiki Tonga 232
I'll be honest, until I got a follow from Tiki Tonga Coffee Roasters on Instagram, I'd never heard of them ...
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The Cannonball Coffee Double
Cannonball Coffee are one of my favourite coffee companies, and recently I purchased a couple more of their roasts. The ...
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The Coffee Mate – Santa Petrona
The Coffee Mate were good enough to reach out not so long ago, and send me through two different bags ...
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Java Update: Cannonball Coffee
Cannonball time: It's easy to write coffee's-off as a gimmick when they focus on the "strongest ever" or "ultra-high caffeine" ...
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Ninja Refinery 2020
A whole new decade is upon us! 2020 is going to see the release of the next generation of consoles, ...
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Nescafe Azera – Nitro Coffee
I'll be honest, if you say Nescafe I just think of "Gold Blend" and horrible freeze-dried coffee. It isn't for ...
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Quick sip: Costa Coffee in a can
Over the weekend I saw that Costa Coffee have released a range of canned, cold coffee drinks. Never one to ...
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Keeping up with coffee and games
The past month has seen quite a drop in me creating and publishing posts. Not so much because I have ...
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Java Update: Percol – Protein Latte
Coffee drinks are always fun to try. The spin that people put them on generally boils down to new flavours, ...
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Monster Energy – Monster Espresso Drinks
In my lifelong quest to try the biggest variety of coffees and coffee-based drink, I often find myself taken aback ...
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Java update: Rave Coffee “The Italian Job”
Rave coffee is a name I've heard several times over the past couple of years, but I've never gotten around ...
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Java Update: Cornish Coffee “The Original”
When you think of coffee, you think perhaps of Italy or France? With the rise of single origin beans, you ...
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Coffee: Mastering the Moka Pot
Until a little while ago, a Moka Pot wasn't something on my radar. That little stovetop kettle thing that you ...
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Java update: Coffee Cola
Let's be fair, when you see the words "Coffee" and "Cola" bunched together, you'd perhaps expect them to be on ...
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Java Update – Starbucks Cold Brew
I gave the Costa cold brew a bash and it was ok. How does the Starbucks attempt hold up? Pretty ...
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Java Update: Alpro Caffe – Coffee and Hazelnut
It's personal taste, but I think it's fair to say that the combination of coffee and hazelnut is a classic, ...
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Java Update: Cold Brew at Costa
Cold Brew has been a pretty big deal in the past couple of years, with every man and their dog ...
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Java Update: Bay Bank – The Baytown Coffee Company
Frankly, it's embarrassing how long it's taken me to get this review together. Not only did The Baytown Coffee Company ...
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Java Update: Baytown Coffee Company – Christmas Blend
One of the best coffee findings in recent years is that there is a relatively local (North Yorkshire) coffee roaster ...
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Java Update: Starbucks Doubleshot Espresso (in a can….)
My coffee coverage is going to improve, I've got bags of beans to get through, but I don't rush the ...
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Getting back into the swing of things
2018 has seen a pretty slow content-feed so far. With the Christmas break, work, a holiday and doing a part-time ...
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Trying something new
Now I've gone past 100 posts published, I've started to see some patterns in what I'm doing. That's no bad ...
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100 published posts!
It's perhaps no major event to most, but here at Ninja Refinery, it's a big deal! Starting off as killthekage.com ...
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Coffee Review – Loading Coffee
I've waited for the right coffee to hit me for the first review on here. Sure, any coffee would be ...
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Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
I love coffee, simple as that. I brew and grind and try every bean and blend that I can get ...