Holt,
Mon-Fri 09:00-2:00,
Highly Recommended
Back in May, when I was first riding again after my 7 weeks on crutches (not sure if I’ve mentioned my knee injury before🤔) Ray wrote to me and suggested I check out the Treehouse community cafe in Holt. I thought I had replied thanking him for the suggestion as I added it to my cafe recommendations list.
So, a couple of weeks ago, when Andrew (who is notoriously hard to please) said he could only manage a short ride, due to an urgent afternoon appointment, it was no surprise when he suggested Holt as our destination (as he always does). However rather than go to one of the usual suspects I now had Rays suggestion up my sleeve.
I showed Andrew where it was in Holt and he quickly said he knew where it was (he didn’t).
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| On the way to Holt (again) |
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| Outside the Treehouse in Holt |
The barista was extremely friendly although rather surprised I wanted a hot chocolate on such a hot day. However this was nothing as Andrew requested a cortado which is the latest poncing coffee fad. The poor lady had not heard of it but pointing to her lovely coffee machine she said she was prepared to give it a go if he could give instructions.
Once he had explained the number of shots, amount of milk and order it was all put together we picked our cakes and went to the out the front, outdoor seating area.
Andrew was rather shocked when I explained they were a community cafe staffed by unpaid volunteers and weren't expected to be able to produce fancy coffee for hard to please customers.
When it arrived he was very apologetic for his actions before telling her although it looked nothing like a cortado it did indeed taste like one, which I think she took as a compliment..JPG)
Excellent drinks and cakes in the out the front, outdoor seating area
My hot chocolate was pretty decent as were the cakes and it was nice to be away from the tourist cafe area of town. I would certainly highly recommend a visit and they may even have a cortado on the drinks menu.
Coincidentally later that day I happened to notice I had never replied to Rays original message (rude) but was now in a position to rectify my oversight by telling him I’d now actually gone there (nice save). If anyone ever has any suggestions of new cafes to visit let me know and I’ll try and check it out.
Next week I'm off to Yorkshire for a weeks imaginary racing with Andrew, Big George and Ali meaning plenty blogging action from me to clog up the cloud with even more.
Scores
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Guest Hot Drink Quality |
Effective Cake Selection |
Cake Quality |
Ambiance and Atmosphere |
Café Rating |
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6.1 |
7.2 |
7.6 |
7.4 |
7.9 |
7.24 |
Route
Click here to download 32 Mile Alysham Holt loop GPX file for your GPS
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