Comments on Wife in the North: Dying for a coffee

Why does everyone equate good coffee with Starbuck...

2008-07-09T22:39:00.000+01:00

Why does everyone equate good coffee with Starbucks, for god's sake? What a depressing situation! Of course it's all down to personal taste, but if you are going to drink coffee from a chain cafe, Caffe Nero is about as good as you're going to find, and even that is far from perfection. If you're looking for the most sublime cappuccino known to womankind, pay a visit to Monmouth Coffee Co., round the corner from Borough Market, London (and in Covent Garden, I believe) and you will find it impossible to purchase a shit coffee from Starbucks ever again. Better still, purchase Monmouth's espresso blend (available online, thank goodness)and arm yourself with an espresso machine at home. You'll be drinking some of the best coffee it's possible to drink and saving yourself a small fortune in the process. Finding myself stuck in South Wales due to my partner's job, this is my main consolation and defence again the Segaffredo crap all the cafes so mindlessly serve around here. Hell, WITN, you think Northumberland is bad - try South Wales! I'll swap you for Northumberland any day!!

Love your blog - you have inspired me to write one...

2008-06-02T16:22:00.000+01:00

Love your blog - you have inspired me to write one of my own - but will never be so eloquent! Good luck with the book.

Yup, I tried to get a cup of tea at that particula...

2008-05-26T00:09:00.000+01:00

Yup, I tried to get a cup of tea at that particular village (well, I'm assuming it's Rothbury) on a recent visit home from uni, and found nothing at all was to be had until after 10am. It's quite cute, really, even if my mother and I were forced to loiter on the street for half an hour, only at the end of that period realising that we were standing outside a funeral parlour. Lovely. Ah well, I did get some lovely lemon meringue pie in the end, so mustn't grumble!

I'm glad it's not just me that misses a decent cup...

2008-05-14T16:04:00.000+01:00

I'm glad it's not just me that misses a decent cup of coffee. My nearest Starbucks is 700 miles away! You should try the French stuff.

Up here where we laugh at people who think that No...

2008-05-13T12:57:00.000+01:00

Up here where we laugh at people who think that Northumberland (several hours drive south) is "north", good coffee is actually pretty easy to find; and I bet there is more appalling coffee to be had in London than the rest of the UK put together.

Is the old "feel superior to the provincials" routine just too easy a gag to use?

Dear WINT, have just discovered your blog via an a...

2008-05-12T14:56:00.000+01:00

Dear WINT, have just discovered your blog via an article in the Telegraph, and now feel as though I am the last one in on a great secret - it really is fab and I can't wait for the book to come out, though of course I may well die of jealousy when it does!

The coffee (filter kind) I picked up at Starbucks ...

2008-05-11T23:18:00.000+01:00

The coffee (filter kind) I picked up at Starbucks yesterday was shite. Excuse the expression, but really, you'd think they'd have done it properly.

Is it in England tea can't be done too poorly, like in America coffee can't be done too poorly? Sometimes it can, I guess. But Starbucks getting filter coffee all wrong?

They may not do coffee very well, but you can get ...

2008-05-11T20:04:00.000+01:00

They may not do coffee very well, but you can get a much better cup of tea up north. How was the scone?

I agree with expat mum - switch to tea when out - ...

2008-05-11T09:43:00.000+01:00

I agree with expat mum - switch to tea when out - now I'm NOTB, I only drink coffee in the relative safety of my own kitchen.

Indeed, God forbid that any of us should be heard ...

2008-05-11T09:38:00.000+01:00

Indeed, God forbid that any of us should be heard to complain !! summed up beautifully.

Reminds me of once going to a hairdressers in the ...

2008-05-10T09:48:00.000+01:00

Reminds me of once going to a hairdressers in the country for wash and blow dry- "do you want it washed from the back or the front?". Had a fine cappucino ina hairdressers yesterday though, maybe you should go for a blow dry instead of coffee?? mimi

eeeewwwwwww.

2008-05-08T22:59:00.000+01:00

eeeewwwwwww.

You and stinking Billy must have simultaneously be...

2008-05-08T16:03:00.000+01:00

You and stinking Billy must have simultaneously been having your bad coffee day.

Okay, I'm confused - is "crisps and spread" crispy...

2008-05-08T15:08:00.000+01:00

Okay, I'm confused - is "crisps and spread" crispy bits of bacon and marg or potato chips and marmite? I think I've lived in the US too long haven't I.
Sorry your coffee was bad.

I knew there was a reason why I don't drink coffee...

2008-05-08T10:05:00.000+01:00

I knew there was a reason why I don't drink coffee.

Come on WINT, you've been up there long enough to ...

2008-05-08T05:06:00.000+01:00

Come on WINT, you've been up there long enough to know that the coffee thing just is not going to happen. The tea might be pretty decent though. Try tea with stotty and it'a a different experience.

re swearing mother: it counts

2008-05-07T19:55:00.000+01:00

re swearing mother: it counts

I wear green eyeshadow and am now mortally offende...

2008-05-07T19:36:00.000+01:00

I wear green eyeshadow and am now mortally offended.

It is dull sludge green, not even remotely sparkly, so maybe this doesn't count?

"Never trust a woman with green eye shadow"... thi...

2008-05-07T19:06:00.000+01:00

"Never trust a woman with green eye shadow"... this is not a piece of advice you would have heeded before today?!