After months drinking decaf, I’ve made a tentative start back on to the hard stuff. In an attempt to go beyond the very limited choice available at the local supermarkets, I stopped in to the Bristol Coffee Company’s outpost in Thornbury last weekend and picked up a bag of their ‘Colombia Supremo’ blend. It’s very good, though I’m not sure that it’s any more to my taste than my former regular standby, Lavazza Qualità Oro.

In the picture there is some ‘Colombia Supremo’ espresso in a red cup made by Wm Bartleet & Sons that was one of a pre-owned pair I bought from ‘The Magic Cottage’ charity shop in Abergavenny the weekend before it burned down.