https://www.ipernity.com/tag/286547/keyword/5483284 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/109/53/5F/286547.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/286547/keyword/5483284 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:02:24 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:02:24 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/49328942 tag:ipernity.com,2019-10-16,doc-49328942 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 07:49:26 +0000 2019-10-15T14:12:14+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/49328942"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/89/42/49328942.5b65ad4b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="144" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I don't drink coffee but it annoys and bewilders me that there is so much choice today in any of the chains which proliferate across our towns and cities. Given that a tea drinker, paying a similar price, gets hot(tish) water slung on a teabag and a finger pointed in the general direction of milk, a semi-DIY experience, it is understandably annoying that unnecessarily complicated coffee concoctions take so long individually to make. It is this, more than anything, that makes the still burgeoning success of the leading brands all but incomprehensible. That and the stupid cup size names, corrupted from the Italian but, in our usage, indicative of pretty much nothing if you're unfamiliar with the sizes.<br /> <br /> TZ70_P1010311CE</div> Coffee Choices - 15 October 2019 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/286547">John Oram</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/286547/49328942"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/89/42/49328942.5b65ad4b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="144" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I don't drink coffee but it annoys and bewilders me that there is so much choice today in any of the chains which proliferate across our towns and cities. Given that a tea drinker, paying a similar price, gets hot(tish) water slung on a teabag and a finger pointed in the general direction of milk, a semi-DIY experience, it is understandably annoying that unnecessarily complicated coffee concoctions take so long individually to make. It is this, more than anything, that makes the still burgeoning success of the leading brands all but incomprehensible. That and the stupid cup size names, corrupted from the Italian but, in our usage, indicative of pretty much nothing if you're unfamiliar with the sizes.<br /> <br /> TZ70_P1010311CE</div> John Oram