Stuc a' Chroin and Ben Vorich

Stuc a' Chroin and Ben Vorich

Sunday 11 June 2017

Was this coffee shop preparing me for a shock?

The cost of the cake was conveniently hidden.

8 comments:

AlanR said...

I hope it was as nice as the cake probably was.

Sir Hugh said...

Hand-grenade?

afootinthehills said...

Alan - the Americano was average at best and the blueberry and almond cake was tasteless. 2xcoffee+1cake was £8.50. Lynne nicked a bit of cake but didn't come back for more.

afootinthehills said...

Sir Hugh - I think it was a large coffee bean from which far too many cups of coffee had been brewed.

AlanR said...

That's disappointing, for £8.50 it should be praiseworthy at least. Cafe Nero charge about that for the same goods in Manchester.

afootinthehills said...

Hi Alan. It's also a typical charge here and I'll happily pay it for good coffee and cake.

Dave said...

Gibson, I agree; I think we expect to pay a bit of a premium for decent coffee and freshly made cake, and that's fine so long as they are... well, decent and freshly made. But the quality can be inconsistent - and that's being very polite!

And yet, there's a little kiosk on one of our local railway stations - no bigger than a decent-sized cupboard - where they knock up an excellent cup of filter coffee (or 'Americano' as it's described on the menu) for about 60% of the price of the Costa one stop down the line. The fact that the girl who's usually in charge of brewing is young, lissom, olive-skinned and with a smile to brighten the greyest of midlands days (and that's some level of greyness we're talking about) is of absolutely no consequence to a man of my age.

Sadly.

afootinthehills said...

We have nothing locally like your kiosk Dave. Birnam Arts coffee and cake is consistently good we find at around the usual price.

As regards your kiosk girl: I couldn't possibly comment.