What do you want from a cafe?

[NorthernDave]

Bloody hash browns...Nooooooooooo Since when did these become part of a 'traditional breakfast' Give me a fried slice please, or possibly toast

Toast should be included, preferably served on a separate plate. I really grinds my gears when toast is extra on a "full" breakfast.

No to the fried slice....rather the hash browns.

The best places serve both.
Although a traditional caff near work serves the full English with a sizeable portion of chips. And I've notice some places serving bubble & squeak (or something along those lines) on a breakfast.

 

[Dayvo]

And I've notice some places serving bubble & squeak (or something along those lines) on a breakfast.

Bubble & squeak with poached eggs and black pudding on toast/fried bread with lots of tea is the ultimate brekkie, IMO.

 

[bruce1530]

Which is basically a 'flat white'

... where I come from, a “flat white” is a plate.... :-)

 

[400bhp]

Valet cycle parking, preferably carried out by a chimpanzee wearing a fez.

 

[bruce1530]

But the most important thing is that it’s got to be in a place that I want to go, or will be passing reasonably close to.

I can think of one cafe that ticks most of the boxes. Decent food. Decent coffee. Reasonable prices. Bearable toilets. Practically on a national cycle route, and plenty of places to store bikes.

The only downside for me is that it’s only about 5 miles from home. I used to go there fairly regularly when I was just starting out cycling, but these days I don’t stop there, cos it’s too close to home.

 

[T4tomo]

Which is basically a 'flat white' which I came across for the first time in Australia a few years ago.

A flat white is a latte but with less milk and hence proportionally more coffee.

 

[Dayvo]

Seems there's quite a lot of different opinions over what constitutes a flat white: http://www.coffeehunter.org/what-is-a-flat-white/

I go for the last opinion: To me, a Flat White is an espresso with milk where the coffee does the talking.

Whatever, enjoy your coffee.

 

[Elybazza61]

'Is that a carrot I see before me?"

Carrot shaped fondant;'twas a fine carrot cake.

 

[Roxy641]

Will check it out if I'm passing that way. Found the website.
http://westerhamcyclery.co.uk/

Ha, Westerham.cyclery...ask for mark. (he also runs weaterham cycle club from there.)

 

[smutchin]

Which is basically a 'flat white' which I came across for the first time in Australia a few years ago.

Nooo! A flat white is double espresso with milk, essentially a short, strong latte - ideal for those (like me) who find a latte too milky, but like a bit more milk than you get in a cortado.

Americanos are an abomination - the worst of all worlds, with neither the intense hit of an espresso nor the smoothness of a good filter coffee (or 'pourover' as they call it in the wankiest hipster joints).

 

[PaulSecteur]

Vegan options.

 

[jarlrmai]

a flat white sounds like what i'll be ordering from now on!

 

[Biff600]

I've just come back from 18 days working in Amsterdam, and let me tell you, they don't just sell tea, coffee and cake in the cafes there !!

 

[RoubaixCube]

I've just come back from 18 days working in Amsterdam, and let me tell you, they don't just sell tea, coffee and cake in the cafes there !!

Yeah, if only 'electric flapjacks' were legal.

 

[Dayvo]

I've just come back from 18 days working in Amsterdam, and let me tell you, they don't just sell tea, coffee and cake in the cafes there !!

If you've been in the coffee shops in Amsterdam for 18 days, you won't have got much work done!

I think your avatar sums it up pretty well.