Inside

 

Every time I meet up with friends we try to visit a different cafe. This is one that I've previously been to with one of my cousins about 6 months ago, that time the staff were very standoffish and unfriendly.

This time it was a bit different, they were friendly and helpful, maybe because last time covid had just been and gone. These aren't my friends above but it looks like this group of ladies were having a really good catchup.

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Grinders Coffee

 

I've got to have a good coffee each morning, something that wakes me up propertly. On a recent visit to a new cafe that's opened in town I saw they had a mural on their wall inside that I think it's advertising the brand of coffee that they use. Sadly eating there was not a positive experience but that's another story...

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Robert Harris

I was able to get my first haircut done last week since we've been in Greymouth, the last one I had was before we moved about 4 months ago so needless to say I looked very overgrown and moppy. Afterwards although the wind was chilly and down to about 10 degrees celsius I had a brief walk through a couple of streets and took photos - the tree on the right has nearly lost all it's leaves in time for Winter. This week our nightly temperature is 1 degree celsius.

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Time for iced coffee

 

I was enjoying a morning out with my daughter last week so we popped into a local cafe where she could visited with her old bosses. It's been mandated here that if you are entering a business you must wear a mask unless you have an exemption and most people have been pretty good. Of course with us nearly going into Summer I had to get my favourite iced coffee.

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In the octopus's garden

Kind of like a Beatles song right? Across the road from our apartment is a group of shops and first in that block is a small cafe called The Octopus's Garden. It looks small and quaint but invitingly cosy when I run past it most mornings. I checked out the menu online and from an article I found in the NZ Herald the pulled pork tacos look ultra yummy.

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The Mad Hatter's Cafe in Kaeo

On our travels this week through Northland there was one day we spent with the other half's cousin Ali, she recommended we stop at this cafe in Kaeo (the small blue painted building to the right).  Kaeo is a very small town that quite often floods when they have heavy rain up there but it's a very old settlement and mostly is occupied by farmers or fishing people.

 Named "The Mad Hatter's Cafe" this quirky little place is in Kaeo, in the far north of NZ. I like anything unusual or different to everyone else and they made a great coffee. This is B posing in the chair.

Decorations on the walls show that odd can be good in a person. I would rather be known as weird because normal is boring in my humble opinion.

And I quite agree with this one, it's always time for tea or coffee. 

Great food, great coffee - Ginger Cafe, Warkworth

This morning was one of those lazy Saturdays where I enjoyed time with a good friend.  They make great coffees with a real oomph to them and lovely food.

It's the Ginger Cafe in Warkworth, north of Auckland. Despite it being a busy little eatery all the waiting staff are friendly and happy to help. This is definitely one of my favourite places!

One Mocha Please!

One Mocha please! This is Gary making me a coffee at Pepper's Cafe in Wellsford.