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Tucking Mill View, Blighty —

Wake up in a beautiful countryside cabin in the rolling hills of south western England. What do you want as you sit on the porch and look at the view? Coffee. Yep, coffee. Caffeine. Cup-o-Joe.

I went into the cabin kitchen to find some coffee left for us by the thoughtful landlord. Start with one jar of mud colored instant coffee. Add boiling water. Get a cup of bitter and dull coffee with all the flavor of a road kill fox on the side of the M1.

This is an example of the typical cup one will get all over the island nation. You would think that after all the places in the world these jolly round dudes had conquered that they would have brought back some good coffee.

Tea – yes. Coffee – sadly no.