In The Midst Of A World In Crisis It was Time For A Coffee Break

Hello there. Hope you're feeling well.

I mentioned in a previous post that one of the things I wanted to do in this week of leave I'm having is to use the cafetiere for the first time. Something I've never done before and in view of my Italian background embarrassed me.

I say "embarrassed" but let's be clear. The reason for this was quite simple. Coffee for me comes into that group along with Indian food and rugby as things I didn't dislike but given the choice I'd go for something else.

And let's be clearer. The choice instead of coffee would be tea.

But still a packet of ground Lavazza coffee had been bought months ago, the cafetiere years ago, and I did wonder when hard Brexit (remember that?) becomes a reality when would I actually use them again.

Cometh the pandemic economic dystopia moment cometh the time for coffee continental style.

So you start with the necessities.

The package is classic Lavazza which according to the blurb gives an aroma of chocolate. There are various other aromas available including "Wood and tobacco" to which I say "What?"

But no matter. The cafetiere was made warm as per the instructions and I put a couple of dessert spoons in. I poured the water (hot, not boiling) and waited as per the instructions for a few minutes.

Then I poured the coffee into the cups. For the wife coffee is with milk. For me no question it's black. Which is odd given that I prefer a lot of milk with my tea. but there you are.

And the result? Well the wife liked her coffee and I liked mine. It was the best cup of coffee we've ever had at home. We could have imagined that we were in a perfectly sunny day in Pisa if it wasn't for the fact that it was an unusually pouring down with rain afternoon in Penarth.

But if you think that's a complete victory for Lavazza and I've been 

sponsored by them nothing could be more further from the truth. 

Let's put it this way. 

For the rest of the day I drank only tea.

Until the next time.