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Sunday afternoon - time for cake and coffee
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Kat wrote: "Usually I'm a tea drinker, but today I opted for a large black coffee.Because it's sunday, and because I can.
Who wants cake?"
Me.
You have some awesome cakes in Germany. Can I trade coffee for Martini for a little extra? -:)
I'm always up for cake! Very excited about my chilled food parcel coming from Britain next week, including Rodda's clotted cream. I'll be making scones for a cream tea, mmmm....
I think I'm funny for an American. I love tea, but I could never develop a taste for coffee...
It's all coffee for me in South Africa! Chat coffees, work coffees, cry coffees, need I go on? ;-)
J.J. wrote: "I think I'm funny for an American. I love tea, but I could never develop a taste for coffee..."You can have tea, we don't discriminate :)
Drinking an unsweetened ice tea now actually :D
Jeannine wrote: "It's all coffee for me in South Africa! Chat coffees, work coffees, cry coffees, need I go on? ;-)"I drink coffee at work, because it's easier.
Coming right up.*gets the special cookie jar*
Just you wait until I put Cognac in everyone's cup and then we dance on the coffee table.
We call that Saurer in Hamburg :)brrrrrrrrr :)
Nothing like a double expresso and a donought (from Tim Horton's, of course! I'm Canadian. Death to Krispy Creme!)
I always felt Krispy Creme was such a cartoonish made-up name, it couldn't possibly be a real place. Is it?!?
Oh, I'd do anything for a proper doughnut, Italian food is lovely but they can't do doughnuts properly. And with a nice coffee to wash it down too, that's one thing they excel at here. BTW has anyone tried cronuts? There was such a fuss about them when they came out in London, but I tried one when they came to my area and I wasn't impressed. Far too sweet and sickly.
Nothing can beat the doughnuts I bought with my lunch money at Eastbourne pier when I went to school there. They had one of those machines where you can see the doughnut being made from beginning to end through a glass window.Those were the best!!!!
I remember those machines! I wonder if they're still around?
Nik wrote: "Monday cuisine anyone? -:)"Count me in!
Kat wrote: "*hands over a plate with cake selection*"I wish! A day will come for this too I believe.
*accepts plate*
I prefer coffee, but I drink tea, as I get too strung out on coffee.(Sigh...)
Kat wrote: "I always felt Krispy Creme was such a cartoonish made-up name, it couldn't possibly be a real place. Is it?!?"Sadly.
They put products in the stores and replace "c"s with "k"s I remember having to do a double take with one box of something with three Ks throughout the name. They capitalize the Ks but all the other letters are lower case so they stand out. In the South, home of the KKK, I'm standing there thinking I can't be the only one seeing this.
I'll take a coffee, and I'll promise to drink it while it's hot. I normally put a cup down beside my laptop, and it remains there untouched for an hour. Can't remember when I last drank a cup of coffee that wasn't cold.I do remember the last time I ate a Krusty K doughnut though. It was eight years ago. I brought a box of them to cheer my wife up, who was pregnant at the time and over her due date. She ate half of them and went into labour that night.
To this day, my son has a mega sweet tooth.
Coincidence?
Matt wrote: "...Coincidence?"As we just discussed freewill vs determinism, some may argue - predetermination -:)
My will crumbles when faced with a nice doughnut.
Matt wrote: "I normally put a cup down beside my laptop, and it remains there untouched for an hour. Can't remember when I last drank a cup of coffee that wasn't cold."I do that at work ALL THE TIME!
Glad I'm not the only one.
However, at home I usually drink tea. The real stuff, that is sold loose from huge tins at an actual tea shop and comes in 200 different blends.
Nik wrote: "As we just discussed freewill vs determinism, some may argue - predetermination -:) predoughnutmination?
Kat wrote: "However, at home I usually drink tea. The real stuff, that is sold loose from huge tins at an actual tea shop and comes in 200 different blends."
The thing about a nice cup of tea is that you can't drink it cold, which is why I only ever drink one when the house is devoid of children, and I have nothing to do that might distract me.
Which is hardly ever.
I have to put special time aside fro tea.
Hahaha :)I saw a documentary on tea (and coffee) the other day. They cut open all kinds of teabags from all sorts of brands and analysed what was in it. Just confirmed that I shall continue buying the loose stuff from a specialised shop. It was not pretty.
Kat wrote: "Hahaha :)I saw a documentary on tea (and coffee) the other day. They cut open all kinds of teabags from all sorts of brands and analysed what was in it. Just confirmed that I shall continue buyin..."
Please tell me that they didn't analyse Twinings??!! That's all I ever drink and it has to be bought in the UK as they sell it in Europe but it's not the same. I'm sure that Twinings export the sweepings off the floor. No chance of specialist tea shops in the land of coffee either, unless I have a long journey to one of the major cities. :(
No, Twinings wasn't on the list.It was focussed on Germany. Most notable was the very expensive green tea sold in bags by a "bio" company selling organic foods. It was just tea dust, despite advertising "whole leaves" on the packaging.
The other surprise was the black friesian tea blend sold by Aldi (a discount store), which was of quite high quality.
I like Darjeeling. The queen still likes it. A colonial hangover. Haha
Oh yes, me too!But my current favourite is a black tea blend called "Stade Ahoi". Stade is the town I live in, and it's got a 1,000-year old harbour.
It's black tea mixed with berries and stark blue petals of something, and the rest is the shop owner's secret. It tastes fantastic!
Spekulatius is the German word, it's Speculaas in Dutch.In fact, the Belgians are so fond of it, you can get it all year round in every food shop, and it's the default cookie to come with your hot drink at the café - christmas or not.
Hah! I have a Penny round the corner :)Unfortunately it's a German one, so I'll have to wait until christmas for them to appear on the shelves.
I did carve pumpkins before because it's so much fun, but then discovered that I don't like the taste of pumpkin.So all the pumpkin cakes and pies and whatnot that I made were quickly distributed to friends and family, haha.
Whereabouts in Germany are you? I'm up near Hamburg.
Yeah, born and raised in a village just outside the city boundaries. I spent 15 years abroad though and only recently moved back. I've only been to Cologne once, not counting the train station when stopping over and changing trains.
Because it's sunday, and because I can.
Who wants cake?