It's so old school to have two (or more) search fields isn't it?  Yeah, we think so too.  So we have collapsed it down to one!  But that's not all we've been busy doing!  Not only can you search by name and location by entering them in the one box (e.g., "Espresso Room London"), but you can also enter keywords, say like, equipment!  Interested in finding all the La Marzocco's in London?  Just search for "London, La Marzocco"!  Want to know where you can find Di Bella coffee in Melbourne?  Just search for "Di Bella, Melbourne"!  The same will work for all types of equipment - be it syphons, grinders, and more (including the bean brand).



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Well it is all about the coffee isn't it!  We have redesigned the cafe pages to not only make it easier to write a review, share it, add to your favourites, and view photos - but we've also added new information.  The big addition is the bean type and equipment.  This means of course that you will be able to search by these new additions too :-)  Users will also be able to correct details (like address, profile picture, etc.) which are then confirmed by the Beanhunter team.  Another small (but very useful) addition is showing how many reviews each user has completed.  Reviews can also be sorted by popularity whilst clearly showing how many people like each review (and who those users are).  Oh - the nearby cafes module also shows the distance!  We think it's a great step forward.


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With an ever-increasing volume of great content being added to the site (i.e., reviews, cafes, photos) we wanted to make it even easier to find it and interact with other users.  On the new site you will be able to:

• "Like" reviews (and have this linked to your Facebook account if you desire).
  
• Follow particular users!  This way whenever that user adds new content, you will be able to quickly see when you login to Beanhunter.com or by receiving email notifications.
  
• Share your content automatically (through Facebook and Twitter) and manually (through a wide range of services).
  
• Receive email notifications on a heap of activities - this includes when someone adds content to a cafe you have reviewed.
  
• You will also note that on - just about everything - you can quickly see how recent the content is.

We want you to shine - so we have seriously revamped the user page.  From here, people can see whatever description you have made public, who you are following, who is following you, your latest content, your blog/facebook/twitter (if you want), and an interactive map showing all your reviews!  People can also see your favourites and all of the photos you have added. More sneak peeks coming tomorrow!


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Well it's just been over a year now and Beanhunter is a vibrant community with over 3000 users.  One of our goals has been to keep on improving your experience - making it easier to bring coffee lovers and great coffee together.  That's why we have been very busy at work over the last six months (since the launch of our iPhone Application) on developing the next major version of the site.  We will be launching it very soon, but we wanted to give you a sneak peek of five awesome (and highly requested) new features in the meantime.  We'll release a sneak peek of one major feature a day Monday to Friday this week :)  Keep a look-out here, or follow us on Twitter or Facebook to hear it first.  Oh, and here's #1...

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