Today was planned to be another Friday ride with Big George. However as always seems to happen with Big George something had cropped up so he could only do a short trip. I worked out the shortest ride we could do is 0.30 miles (according to my cycle speedo) to Stephanie's Coffee House in Eaton, Norwich. We both agreed that was a bit too short so we decided on a quick 20 mile loop before returning to rate Stephanie's Coffee House in advance of a very quick ride home.
The ride itself was quite eventful as once we got into the country the roads were far icier than we had realised. After a few back wheel skids we both got very tentative and rode accordingly more slowly. This also cut down on the conversation as we had to have full concentration on not slipping over and our limited multi tasking skills couldn't cope with chat at the same time. With the slow pace, and a puncture thrown in, we arrived at Stephanie's Coffee House later than expected.
In the outside seating area on 'Eaton Common' outside Stephanie's coffee house in Eaton, Norwich. |
Stephanie's Coffee House's main competition is from the nearby Waitrose which has recently started to hand out free coffee, like a sort of coffee based soup kitchen, to anyone in need of it. However Stephanie's Coffee House provides a far more relaxed location if you want to have a good natter (and there was plenty of that going on in there today).
As always I went straight to view the cakes and award the effective cake selection rating. It was a rather sparse collection although what there was looked good.
Rather sparse cake selection. Maybe there had been a run on cake today. |
With my Hot Chocolate I ordered a raspberry and something (can't remember what) flapjack. I thought both the Hot Chocolate and the raspberry and something flapjack were very good and both scored well. The Hot Chocolate had a nice cinnamon (I think) sprinkling on it that gave it an extra spicy taste, which I liked.
My hot chocolate and raspberry and something flapjack. Both rated well. |
Hot
Choc Quality
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Guest
Hot Drink Quality
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Effective
Cake Selection
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Cake
Quality
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Ambiance
and Atmosphere
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Café
Rating
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7.5
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5
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5
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7
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6
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6.10
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