Author: Youth Team

Earlier we shared the first part of our Interview with Jonathan from Middletown Coffee Co. Here is the second part – written by Ballymena Today Youth Team member Rachel. If you haven’t already read it please click here to read the first part. Where do you get the ideas for the lunchtime meals, traybakes and delicious recipes? Emma is amazing at coming up with new recipes and dishes. We have Wednesday Special – which is a really interesting dish, and a bit ‘different’ – it can include ingredients that some people have never tried before. This is a trust issue – even if the...

Middletown Coffee Co is one of our favourite places in Ballymena. We took along Rachel from the Ballymena Today youth team to find out some more about them. Jonathan, who runs Middletown Coffee Co with his wife Emma, was generous enough to give us some of his time. We asked him some questions about coffee, setting up business in Ballymena and about living the dream at Middletown.   So, when was your first cup of coffee? Wow! So, my first cup of actual coffee was in my parents’ house on the Carniny Road, Ballymena, and it was instant. I was...