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Coffee


On a regular basis I like to catch up with friends that I use to work with. Usually we go to different coffee shops but the last few times we have met up at the Columbus Coffee Cafe at the local Mitre 10 store. For those of you who aren't familiar with Mitre 10, it's a franchise of hardware stores throughout the country that usually have a cafe attached.



My favourite coffee is usually a large mocha with one sugar, sometimes the staff will put a chocolate fish on the side (a kiwi icon) or a marshmallow.


As I was looking around I spotted that the side of one of the counters appears to be full of coffee beans - that's a novel idea.

 Linking up with Blue Monday and Mosaic Monday.

Comments

roentare said…
I would love that catching up with former workers. Now I got none
Iris Flavia said…
T and I used to meet at IKEA for brunch.
Tigger's Mum said…
Columbus coffee is quite good (from memory). I (F) used to go to one with my mum when i was home in NZ.
local alien said…
Mmmm sounds marvellous, and a chocolate fish too! 👍😀
Tom said…
...coffee has never been my thing.
s.c said…
Must taste good and that with your former mates.
Fun60 said…
It's good to catch up with friends and these local cafes offer the perfect opportunity.
Bill said…
We often meet our friends at different cafes to catch up and have a bite to eat.
magiceye said…
Looks like a great place to meet up over coffee!
Veronica Lee said…
A lovely spot to catch up with friends over coffee.

Hugs and blessings, Amy
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
I love good coffee places, especially those not named starbucks.
Sharon said…
Looks like a cute place and a great place to meet up with friends.
Janice said…
Hardware and coffee, a great place for guys to hang out to chew the fat.
Jim said…
We had a couple of places like this, not sure where it was.
Back in the past for sure. A lot of stores earlier had a restaurant
or cafeteria, but gone it that now. Except for our stop on the
highway, Buc-ee's. They sell clothing, sporting goods, most
everthing with gas pumps outside, and FOOD.
I'm doing Blue Monday this week also,
..
EricaSta said…
Yes, we like coffee with friends too. A nice place indeed ... I enjoyed very much. Thank you for sharing at

MosaicMonday

Hugs by Heidrun

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