Poor Husband

Poor Husband has been placed on a default coffee ban through no fault of his own. He too has become initiated into the ways of the Ovaltine, Milo and Quik. In the first few weeks I did still try to prepare a morning cup of Joe for him and Mother-in-Law but then it just became too much. Mother-in-Law has returned to Nestle instant as a substitute but Husband can’t stand that stuff. He tried Rituals a few times but has not been pleased. In a last ditch effort he requested that I at least coach him on how to make a decent home brew. We’ve had varying degrees of success so far. He’s most definitely looking forward to the day when I can go back to preparing his morning coffee drink. Poor thing… although at least now I know he really and truly did appreciate my coffee!

Of Cocoa, Rituals and Watermelons

sunday.22.august.2010

I've had a rather dry weekend by my coffee standards.  I actually did not switch on the Silvia even once this whole weekend! Shocking!  In all fairness, I was hardly home Saturday and Sunday, having lots of weekend chores to catch up on after being away for the last two.

Saturday was blistering hot.  I found myself in the mall, walking around, slightly hungry and craving a sweetness fix.  Bad combination! Then I saw it… the Rituals kiosk.  While I'm no fan of the coffee, their chiller is quite a seductress.  Yes I know it's just sweet powdery nutritional nothingness… but the caramel latte chiller is really yummy! I did ask them to hold the whipped cream.  Ah well, we all have our weaknesses… even Husband deigned to share the drink with me.

Later that afternoon we were visiting Husband's friend, T and had cocktails.  T is currently roasting her very own coffee bean so couldn't partake in any of the alcoholic merriment, but that didn't stop her brother from showing off his mixologist skills.  Husband and I were treated to a fabulous Vodka, raspberry and orange drink ironically called a Watermelon. It tasted so good we returned the next day for more!    

Sunday night hot drinks, I suppose, should be caffeine free… something about getting to sleep at a decent hour on a work night.  Tonight, therefore, although we would rather have had some Moka Sumatra, I decided to make some Cocoa for Husband and myself.  Unfortunately I didn't have the ingredients or the patience to attempt a re-creation of last week's Cocoa Tea, so we had to settle for regular cocoa powder.  However, with the right amount of cocoa, milk, water and honey I was able to create a delightful bedtime treat.  If only we still had a bottle of Baileys in the house…

Defection

Husband has defected. As if he wasn’t bad enough weeks ago when he chose to have a Lipton over a Silvia brewed espresso [read about that horrific incident here], yesterday he went to… to… to… Rituals!!!!! Oh the shame! I had even sent him off to work all fuelled up on the El Machete, but the lure of a mid-morning caffeine break was too much to resist.

Must open my coffee shop soon. We need access to good coffee!