Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder?

All through meltdown Darrell and I often found ourselves reminiscing about our very favourite chai latte of choice, partaken (pre Covid) when we are in town and want to spoil ourselves.

Well, yesterday Darrell found himself in the right place, at the right time and decided to break his Covid duck and indulge himself in said latte.

As he stood at the counter he couldn’t help but notice that the lady started to prepare a drink in a glass, this is when Darrell started to have reservations being a creature of habit and hoped that this was perhaps an exotic drink for another customer. He didn’t say anything, but found himself a table outside and waited for his drink to be bought to him.

However, the glass was indeed for him and not the large comforting cup and saucer of yore, but did it taste just as wonderful as both he and I had reminisced about?  Sadly no, chai latte should, in Darrell’s eyes be sipped slowly and indulgently, in the glass it seemed to cool quickly ……. and it tasted different.

He finished it, but said he won’t be returning for another chai latte at least ……. but all is not lost as Coffee #1 also in town do a very nice chai latte too, so next time either of us has a whim and a fancy while out, we will sample one of theirs instead and should it not to be up to our exacting standards then we must consider that it’s not “them” but us, after almost twelve months of enforced abstinence perhaps it’s our taste buds that have gone a bit haywire!  We will, naturally, keep you informed.