Coffee And . . . Table For One, Please!

Last week Howard broke the carafe for our coffee maker. The odds were high for his being the one to break it; he makes the coffee every morning. And darned good coffee it is, too.

But I haven't been able to find a replacement that works -- replacement carafe, that is, not replacement Howard! My beloved 12-cup Braun sits unused on the counter. I have been using this gizmo:

A French press pot, which is a bit of fuss and bother, but makes outstanding coffee.

Let's have some, shall we?

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Hahaha... you can see right through the roof of the conservatory in the lid of the French press!
Yes, that's me taking the picture. Ah, real life.

Today I am linking to Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch, Vintage Thingies at Coloradolady, and Thrifty Thursday at Bloggeritaville. Check at the end of the post for links to all three fun blog parties!

And come back tomorrow, because I'm posting a Giveaway on Friday.
It also has French in its name, but it is not my French press!

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Meanwhile -- back at the ranch --

It is mid-morning, and time for a little "coffee-and."


Did your parents or grandparents call it that?

"I'm having coffee-and."

Which meant -- coffee and ... a cookie, a slice of pound cake, an English muffin, an entire cheesecake, whatever. Howard's family never drank just a cup of coffee. I'm not sure if they thought it would burn a hole straight through your stomach lining,
or if it was just an excuse to have a little bit of that yummy and.

But it always struck me as a pretty good rule to live by.

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Let's have some coffee-and. The coffee, good freshly ground Colombian, is in the French press, steeping:

A Blueberry and Peach bar that Annie made
and a few sweet summer grapes wait on a small plate.

I like my coffee black and strong, especially when it's this good, so I pour a generous cup . . .

Now isn't that nice?

In this vignette:
the French press pot my daughter Alida gave me a few years ago,
a wooden tray I got on the Clearance shelves at Homegoods,
an early 2oth century hand-crocheted tray doily from my mother-in-law,
a Blenheim pattern silverplate spoon,
soft linen damask napkins, old, with hand crocheted edging, I think from a church rummage sale,
cup, saucer, and plate from my Mikasa Far East china, which I bought 30 years ago when we lived in Pittsburgh,
and have added to a lot from Ebay.

All that for a snack!

Don't forget to come back here tomorrow to see what That Old House is giving away!

But today ... check out the blogs below, for more blog parties -- tales of thrify finds, and a lot of beautiful tablescapes! Discover new blogs!

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Have fun! -- Cass