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Re: Beverages

Postby WWordsworth » Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:45 pm

I bought Monsooned Malabar here a few times
https://thecoffeehopper.com/

Haven't been up that way much for the last few years, since Mum passed away.

When I worked at my last place the coffee supplied was undrinkable.
I bought my own Alta Rica.
Best of the instants in my opinion.

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Re: Beverages

Postby KeenCook2 » Thu Apr 28, 2022 11:08 pm

Alta Rica seems to be on offer at Asda this week so have just added it to the next online order ....

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Re: Beverages

Postby Renee » Sat May 14, 2022 10:05 am

I pay £5.50 for Alta Rica. It is on offer in Asda at the moment.

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Re: Beverages

Postby WWordsworth » Sun May 15, 2022 10:50 pm

Ah
I need to get some for work.
Thank you.

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Re: Beverages

Postby Pepper Pig » Mon May 16, 2022 10:02 am

Do they do decaff?

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Re: Beverages

Postby WWordsworth » Fri May 20, 2022 7:25 pm

We were talking about teabags recently.
I have used Yorkshire for years but recently I have found the strength very variable.
My current box is really really strong, a bit too much for an old bird like me in the morning.
I have now switched to M & S breakfast teabags and I like them.

Still use the teapot though, not keen on a teabag swirled round a mug.

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Re: Beverages

Postby Stokey Sue » Fri May 20, 2022 10:04 pm

I was reading an article on Fiona Beckett’s website about fino Sherry and one of the experts said that if you wanted to check out fino without spending a lot, Morrisons at £5.99 is a typical fino

Just had a small glass, really nice, good recommendations

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Re: Beverages

Postby Stokey Sue » Wed Jun 01, 2022 6:40 pm

Morrisons have a poorly advertised offer, buy 3 or more wines from The Best range, and get 25% off (England only I think)

I bought 4 bottles so it was 4 for the price of 3

Discovered when I put it away I’m buying wine faster than I’m drinking it :D

https://groceries.morrisons.com/browse/ ... %7C1244411

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Re: Beverages

Postby Amber » Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:26 pm

Our Morrisons has a different offer, any three for the price of two. Sainsburys (and I think ASDA/Tesco) also have 25% off six or more. (But not usually in their ‘express’/corner/local shops :thumbsdown

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Re: Beverages

Postby WWordsworth » Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:53 pm

Going back to gin, Bombay Sapphire £19 and Tanqueray £20 per litre at Sainsbury's today.

I do buy other stuff there too....

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Re: Beverages

Postby Amber » Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:14 pm

We (I!) keep stocking up on these offers, but I find the cheap booze seems to ‘evaporate’ very quickly :o :oops: :roll: :D :D

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Re: Beverages

Postby WWordsworth » Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:14 pm

Yes, it's a problem here too.

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Re: Beverages

Postby Wic » Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:16 am

It’s a well known fact that alcohol evaporates in the atmosphere. All you have to do is take the top off …

On Sherry, when we lived abroad and could get Duty Free, we drank Tio Pepe. When we returned to the real world we looked for alternatives. At the time, and it was years ago, Waitrose's Fino was vary similar. Nowadays we don’t live near a Waitrose, so I don’t know what it’s like these days, but the Tesco one is good and so is the Sainsburys version. It’s purely personal taste, but I like them better than Morrisons. We tried Lidl once, but never again!

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Re: Beverages

Postby Stokey Sue » Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:45 am

M&S sherry is very good, if you can find it, in my local M&S food they hide it down at floor level

I mainly get the Manzanilla but the Fino is good too.

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Re: Beverages

Postby scullion » Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:01 am

tomorrow, i'll be making elderflower liqueur.
(pick your elderflowers in the sunshine.)

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Re: Beverages

Postby Wic » Thu Jun 09, 2022 2:49 pm

> M&S sherry is very good, if you can find it, in my local M&S food they hide it down at floor level

Thank you, Sue, I’ll look for it. Six o'clock just can’t happen without a glass!

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Re: Beverages

Postby halfateabag » Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:47 pm

Hub likes that M. Sherry but I shall have to take a look in M&S as I am struggling to find it anywhere locally.

On T. We normally find a T bag makes 2 very acceptable cups for us. I bought some Lapsang Souchong (loose) recently £6.25 for 225 grams. Good job we only use a pinch in our T pot along with assam for our morning cuppa. 225 grams should last the rest of the year.... Loose leaf tea is becoming harder and harder to find these days.

Wordle in 4, so easily could have gone for the wrong letter....

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Re: Beverages

Postby Amber » Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:15 pm

We were given a bag of ‘Good Morning Sunshine’ coffee. It’s very very nice but at approx £10 a bag, it should be :shock: !

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Re: Beverages

Postby smitch » Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:58 pm

Amber wrote:We were given a bag of ‘Good Morning Sunshine’ coffee. It’s very very nice but at approx £10 a bag, it should be :shock: !


We buy Dark Woods coffee quite often. Their roastery isn’t too far from us, just over the border in West Yorkshire. There’s a nice little brew tap in the same building.

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Re: Beverages

Postby Stokey Sue » Fri Jun 10, 2022 12:21 am

I haven’t been buying very fancy coffee post-Covid, though I’m getting back to it as my sense of taste improves

For over 40 years my fancy coffee place of choice has been the Alg aka the Algerian coffee stores in Soho
I need to go and try a couple of suitable beans, most of theirs run about £6- £8 but they start at £5 and go up to £24.50 for Jamaican Blue Mountain

https://algeriancoffeestores.com/collec ... gle-origin

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