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Didn't get up in time - the preparation of of coffee requires serious mental bandwidth - to prepare some seriously good coffee before watching current affairs (Andrew Marr on BBC1); so, coffee will have to wait until Andrew Marr has finished.
 
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Didn't get up in time - the preparation of of coffee requires serious mental bandwidth - to prepare some seriously good coffee before watching current affairs (Andrew Marr on BBC1); so, coffee will have to wait until Andrew Marr has finished.
News without coffee? I hope you've sequestered all sharp objects.
 
News without coffee? I hope you've sequestered all sharp objects.

To my mind, I did very well; I managed to leave my bed, shower, dress and be installed at the TV by 9 a.m. (I may have mentioned this before, but I am not a morning person; making coffee would have required at least a further 15 minutes of lethargic activity).

However, lacking house elves, adoring acolytes, servile spouses of the kind fantasised about by some gentlemen, or anyone else to do the needful (Decent Brother, to his credit, had headed out to do some necessary shopping), the only problem was that it took over an hour and a half before I could prepare my first cup of coffee the day.

Well, it is high time for another........
 
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I'm out of Rwandan coffee.

My sympathies.

I will admit that when I am down to my last bag, some slight symptoms of panic - you know, flutters in the stomach - dry mouth - tense temples that need to be rubbed to soothe them - begin to set in.

So, I will always try to have at hand on for two day's worth of coffee reserves in the house.....
 
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My sympathies.

I will admit that when I am down to my last bag, some slight symptoms of panic - you know, flutters in the stomach - dry mouth - tense temples that need to be rubbed to soothe them - begin to set in.

So, I will always try to have at last on for two day's worth of coffee reserves in the house.....
I have other flavours still.

But I prefer tea.
 
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Yeah, that seemed a bit ambiguous.

I am a tea person.

But posting on a coffee (fanatics) thread?

For myself, I occasionally drink tea.

In general, I don't much care for it, especially what is served here in my corner of north west Europe - since childhood, (yes, I drank coffee as a child, and loved it - I was the kind of kid who hated sweets, what Our Cousins Across the Pond call 'candies', milk chocolate, ice-cream, and so on) I have always far preferred coffee.

More recently, I have begun to acquire a taste for teas from the countries of western and central Asia, including everything from Turkey, to India, and taking in Russia, too, as well as the respective "Stans", those places where an impressive tea culture exists and where good quality tea is served beautifully and with respect.
 
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Very well, then, I shall hold you to that promise. And thank you most kindly.

Always looking for more cheese recipes.

Well check out the cheese thread! I enjoyed a coffee at the Geneva autumn fair including a military surplus sale, no not tanks or weapons but items useful for household use or camping. I did buy some nice Swiss army chocolate rations, both milk and dark.

A link (only in French or German sorry).

http://dicks-armyshop.ch/?page_id=752

http://www.automnales.ch/
 
Well check out the cheese thread! I enjoyed a coffee at the Geneva autumn fair including a military surplus sale, no not tanks or weapons but items useful for household use or camping. I did buy some nice Swiss army chocolate rations, both milk and dark.

A link (only in French or German sorry).

http://dicks-armyshop.ch/?page_id=752

http://www.automnales.ch/

I have lost count of the number of Swiss Army knives that I have lost, misplaced, had feloniously removed, given away, or (yes, very stupid of me this one - and genuinely accidental, having tossed them into the wrong bag in a hurry) had confiscated in airports.

What else have you bought?

And, what has this to do with coffee?

Milk chocolate leaves me so cold I never touch the stuff; even as a child, I loathed it. Only dark for me, I'm afraid.

Now, there is a time and a place for serving milk and coffee - and it differs dramatically and drastically between north and south Europe.

"Never drink a cappuccino after noon" I have been advised, advice I will happily follow when in Italy. Or, its equivalent in Spain, or France.

But - when I am in sun deprived northern Europe, and it is deepest, darkest winter - (time is so elastic, don't you think? That which is a breach of social etiquette in the afternoon in southern Europe, becomes entirely acceptable between Hallowe'en and the vernal equinox north of the Alps, to my mind) I think our climate allows for the consumption of milky coffees in winter.
 
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I have lost count of the number of Swiss Army knives that I have lost, misplaced, had feloniously removed, given away, or (yes, stupid this one - and genuinely accidental having tossed them into the wrong bag in a hurry) had confiscated in airports.

What else have you bought?

And, what has this to do with coffee?

Milk chocolate leaves me so cold I never touch the stuff; even as a child, I loathed it. Only dark for me, I'm afraid.

Now, this is a time and a place for serving milk and coffee - it differs drastically and dramatically between north and south Europe.

"Never drink a cappuccino after noon" I have been advised, advice I will happily follow when in Italy. Or, its equivalent in Spain, or France.

But - when I am in sun deprived northern Europe, and it is deepest, darkest winter - (time is so elastic, don't you think? That which is a breach of social etiquette in the afternoon in southern Europe, becomes entirely acceptable between Hallowe'en and the vernal equinox north of the Alps, to my mind) I think our climate allows for the consumption of milky coffees in winter.

Well I was just giving a head-up that I posted my cheese recipes. Also I drank a very nice coffee at the fair. Chocolate, especially dark goes very well with coffee. I actually didn't buy Swiss army knives but Swiss Army chocolate and biscuit rations. Some of my friends prefer milk chocolate. I prefer dark by far. Gotta accommodate everyone though. I did buy some nice thermal socks actually.
 
Well I was just giving a head-up that I posted my cheese recipes. Also I drank a very nice coffee at the fair. Chocolate, especially dark goes very well with coffee. I actually didn't buy Swiss army knives but Swiss Army chocolate and biscuit rations. Some of my friends prefer milk chocolate. I prefer dark by far. Gotta accommodate everyone though. I did buy some nice thermal socks actually.

Well, yes, on the "accommodate everyone" argument, I see your point, to a certain extent. Indeed, I'll buy milk chocolate if someone I know likes it - such as my mother, or the carer (both of whom love chocolate).

But if anyone who knows me is fool enough to turn up with such an offering for me, there is murder in my heart.

Nice thermal socks? What material?
 
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