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Originally posted by munch:
You used to be able to fill up your own bottles at the spring.
Can you not do that there any more ?

You still can at the many springs around the hills. We sometimes use the one at the top of the nearest lane.

Last weekend was the annual "dressing" of the wells which is a rather pleasant pagan ritual thanking the hills of the gift of clean water.

Jono

Coffee!

A tuna smoothie

Something cold, white and from California via my local Sainsbury.

I look at the vintage and cast my mind back to when a time 2006 was so far in the future that it took a bottle or two of something cold, white and from California to even contemplate the year 2006.

Tempus fugit.

Good old Wolds tap water, no need for the bottled stuff here!!!

A surprisingly good Greek wine

Papaioannou Pinot Noir 2006

Light, complex, lovely acid/mineral balance. A good fish red.
dn'l

With my one Polish friend Szymon, Wódka Żołądkowa Gorzka. Almost a litre of it followed by a shot of Wyborowa!

Tomorrow will be much better for the conscience!

George

1/2 a litre of Wódka & a shot of Wyborowa; it was only Tuesday George!

I had a glass of Nuy Rooi Muskadel 2007 yesterday evening.
It's a lovely pale pink silky sweet muscat from South Africa.

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Originally posted by GFFJ:
With my one Polish friend Szymon, Wódka Żołądkowa Gorzka. Almost a litre of it followed by a shot of Wyborowa!

Either you or Szymon have superb taste! Do your friends bring this stuff over from Poland, or have you found a decent source over here? I really should do a run, last time I went to see Marisha et al I gave her about £45 when she was going to a cash and carry (she and her husband own a shop) and she came back with 40 bottles! Mind you that was in 2004 and I hear inflation has hit a fair bit since then!

Oh, I'm on tiramisu flavoured coffee, not quite sure why the tiramisu, prefer normal stuff (not instant though).

Well, I went to bed, remembering to set the clock early as I had a seven o'clock start and was right as rain! Perhaps the three mile bike ride did help clear the head a bit!

My friend Szymon brings it, and at 23 POL for a half litre that works out about a fiver! One bottle was just opened and we enjoyed the both!

On the other hand the Wyborowa was actually Polish Bols, but by then perhaps it did not matter!

Early night tonight now as we have another early start tomorrow!

Now I am enjoying a real Columbian Coffee. Using a little Italian Mocka pot!

George

Are you using one of these George?

That is the boy, but just a big taller than in the photo. Came from Whittards on special offer a couple of years ago after I ruined my first one, which I bought in 1984!

Makes a lovely drink, with good ground coffee. I do not do the pfaff of grinding my own. I just avoid keeping it very long, by drinking far too much of it! My favourite is Co-op Fair Trade Columbian. Not expensive and much nicer than some very expensive ready ground coffees!

George

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Oh, I'm on tiramisu flavoured coffee,

Isn't that coffee flavoured coffee?

A lovely brew of loose leaf tea in a pint mug.

Glass of rosé from Planeta (Sicily). Not usually a fan of still, pink wine but can easily make an exception for this on a balmy May evening.

I think these devices make lovely coffee George, especially compared to a cafetiere.
We've had one for about six years.
We've been enjoying illy espresso;
usually far to expensive, but I got a good deal.
It'll be a dark day when the illy runs out,
so I'll try The Co-op Fair Trade Colombian.

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Originally posted by BigH47:

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Oh, I'm on tiramisu flavoured coffee,

Isn't that coffee flavoured coffee?

No, that's coffee pudding flavoured coffee!

I think these devices make lovely coffee George, especially compared to a cafetiere.
We've had one for about six years.
We've been enjoying illy espresso;
usually far to expensive, but I got a good deal.
It'll be a dark day when the illy runs out,
so I'll try The Co-op Fair Trade Colombian.

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Originally posted by BigH47:

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Oh, I'm on tiramisu flavoured coffee,

Isn't that coffee flavoured coffee?

No, that's coffee pudding flavoured coffee!

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Glass of rosé

A surprisingly often overlooked wine IMHO.

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Originally posted by 555:

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Glass of rosé

A surprisingly often overlooked wine IMHO.

Agreed. I am not the biggest fan of whites in general and when I was in France last year and it was too hot to drink reds (they weren't that pleasant anyway unless you paid loads) I drank almost exclusively rose.

Nice summer wines.

Mark

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 555:
These Pots are the best coffee makers there are on the planet.
I have every size there is and a few others.
Munch