Coffee shops

So sad for you MissA. I can't imagine how heartbroken you must be. I wish you strength to carry on.

Posted too soon, but Lindylo, was your ice cream a Polo? I do remember those, in a paper wrapping, and they were delicious

Thank you, all.

MissAdventure, just read your very sad news. It sure has been a couple of sad weeks here for GN. I do hope you have someone nearby with a sympathetic ear and shoulder. Hugs.
At home we like Instant, Kenco Columbian. I usually prefer Costa coffee when out and about. Can't bear Starbucks. Haven't tried Greggs coffee, but their tea was very nice last week.

Misadventure, your lovely daughter is not suffering any more. She is OK. She is up there with the angels, saying Don't cry mum, I'm fine.

So sorry to hear about your daughter Missadventure please blurt all you want if it helps.
My sympathy goes out to you.

Very sorry for your loss Missadventure. Take care of each other. Hugs

Coffee #1
(owned by a pub chain!)

It has helped, so thank you, nottooold. You weren't to know, and I wasn't to know I would 'blurt it out', but I feel better for a little blurt. Thanks you, and thanks all.

MissAdventure. So sorry I inadvertently drew that from you. You must be devastated, I'm sure, but perhaps 'talking' about it on here has helped a little bit. I do hope so. My sincere condolences to you.

Misadventure my condolences on the very sad loss of your daughter. Hugs from me .

Kardomah! Oh for my youth again.
Russian tea with lemon and Welsh rarebit and blushing bunnies to die for.
( hmm thinks, could have cheese on toast for supper?)

Plus one here for Greggs coffee. The only time we drink Costa is when we stop at Strensham services on the M5. We have a number of independent coffee shops around here and they are reasonable and serve good fresh coffee.

Make the annoying Costa emails go straight into your junk mail folder, MissA, or unsubscribe from their mailshots.

On the coffee front, I can drink Costa or Starbucks coffee so long as I have something sweet to eat with it (sugar in it isn't the same). When I need a caffeine kick, like when driving for hours, C & S coffees do the trick. At home we drink a very mild, unbitter supermarket blend and I have it at about a quarter strength.

Greggs coffee is good too.

MissAdventure, my sincere condolences too, I'm sure no matter how 'expected' it must be a terrible shock, especially in one so young.

Absolutely no need to apologise misadventure. We are all thinking of you xx

Thank you. Sorry I took over the thread.

MissAdventure so sorry to hear the death of your beloved daughter, words I'm sure don't really help, but much support and virtual hugs from me

So sorry to hear your very sad news missadventure. Hope you have support from friends or family.

Ooh I can't remember what the Totnes ones charged humptydumpty, but I imagine it was pretty standard and they had some nice food on offer. I haven't frequented Costa for a while so I don't know what they charge now, I do remember having one of their cards which they stamped everytime a coffee was purchased so a full card, 10 stamps I think, entitled the card holder to a freebie. My favourite local coffee shop charges £2.40 for a flat white, with their 10% discount card which they hand out. Too much of course but it's anything between £2.50 and just over £3 in my neck of the woods. It's not an everyday habit though.

Every week Costa would send me an email, and ask me to fill in a survey regarding my most recent experience. Every week I complained! Was it relaxing? No! Was it clean? Not particularly, and so on. Small things please small mind, so they say.

On the subject of Kardomah's - my Mum and Dad met there during the war!

Thank you again. I know how great gransnet is at providing support when folk need it. Its a lifeline.

MissAdventure, please accept my condolences on the death of your daughter

Ohh Misadventure I m so very sorry This is so difficult for so many at the moment I so wish we could help in some way I can’t think of anything worse than losing a child however adult My one wish is that I die before any of my children become ill or worse
Please have a big virtual hug from me xxx