Coffee prices

[simongt]

Althought I've a lot to do the morn as I'm due for the slice & dice table at the hospital on Friday morning, I've decided sod it, I'm going to my favorite coffee stop and have the only decent coffee I'll be getting for the next few weeks.
I'll be confined to barracks for a month after discharge, then I have to take it carefully for several weeks movement wise after that, so great coffee, here I come - !

 

[Rusty Nails]

Speaking of greasy and salty, what's KFC all about?

A bucket of spiced and salted lard and random animal bones with a picture of George Michael on the side. Youd need a serious grudge against yourself to eat that.

I don’t mind a bit of salty, nutrition free rubbish now and again as a stopgap but even I draw the line at KFC after my one and only visit.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Stopped at one of my regular places today. Ordered a flat white and a sticky toffee cake. The Manager decided the piece was a bit too small so gave me an extra slice for free. You don't get that at Starbucks!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Stopped at one of my regular places today. Ordered a flat white and a sticky toffee cake. The Manager decided the piece was a bit too small so gave me an extra slice for free. You don't get that at Starbucks!

I went into a nice cafe late one afternoon and there were only 2 slices of chocolate cake left

I asked for one and the manager was just tidying up as I was getting served
He said "I'm just closing up so we'll never sell that last one and it's a bit small anyway - do you think you can manage both"

my wife rolled her eyes and I got 1 1/2 slices of cake

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Used to visit Cafe Nero a lot when I got a free one every week but there is none anywhere near me now. Nearest is across the border.

Most of the coffee I drink now comes from a Nespresso machine. I have one at home and one at work, with a milk frother at each location too. From the selection of samples you get with each machine I pretty much stick with a couple of favourites which allows me to do a mug sized coffee, an espresso and a latte depending on what I want at the time.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

I went into a nice cafe late one afternoon and there were only 2 slices of chocolate cake left

I asked for one and the manager was just tidying up as I was getting served
He said "I'm just closing up so we'll never sell that last one and it's a bit small anyway - do you think you can manage both"

my wife rolled her eyes and I got 1 1/2 slices of cake

It's the little things that always brighten up your day!

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Stopped at one of my regular places today. Ordered a flat white and a sticky toffee cake. The Manager decided the piece was a bit too small so gave me an extra slice for free. You don't get that at Starbucks!

Watch yourself on those Starbucks cake slices, you can cut your mouth on them.

 

[mjr]

when i started riding on club rides over a decade ago i used to take £5 note and expect change from coffee and cake , nowadays your lucky to get change from £10

There are still £5 coffee+cake deals in coastal Norfolk if you know where to go (some local cyclists publish maps or at least stop names), and some places around here are famous for "Chelsea-on-sea" prices. Mostly "rijo" coffee which isn't bad, but of course it doesn't support the local roasters.

There was one tourist-aimed pub in Thetford Forest that redid all its internal brickwork with smooth white render and hiked its prices up so drink+cake was over £10. That was about a decade ago and it's still boycotted by at least two cycling groups.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

reminds me 0 I should try a coffee shack that has apparently opened up just round the corner from where I normally turn back on my normal ride
I keep missing it because it is on a road and I normally go on tracks to either side of it!

 

[mjr]

I remember when Heston Blumenthal tried to revive Little Chef. He genuinely worked tirelessly to reinvent the menu. All the execs really wanted was to trade off his name and just knocked all his menu ideas back.

There were a few (maybe three) decent menu items that appeared after that, but there was still a load of dross and it was too little too late, hamstrung by their few remaining branches closing earlier than nearby competing service stations like the horrific Moto (formerly Granada) chaired by late reality TV business guru Sir Gerry Robinson.

Has anyone tried "Brightsides" yet, the new roadside cafes run by the Loungers (which run the various Lounge cafe-bars and Cosy Clubs in town centres)? I think so far there's only a few in the far southwest, plus the Ram-Jam on the A1.

 

[mjr]

Oh, and Greggs coffee isn't too shoddy either.

Sometimes it isn't. Sometimes it is. Greggs don't seem great at quality control. It's probably a lottery on which machine has which settings and when it was last serviced.

The food seems to be going more and more junk food with some pretending to be sandwiches, though. Plus the notorious high-fat sausage rolls. At least you don't yet come out smelling deep-friend like most of the US chains, though.