One of the problems I have with Dutch coffee is that, not only is it usually made (nowadays) in crappy Douwe Egberts or Nescafe machines with crappy little coffee pads, but that it's only sold by the tiny little cup. I miss the days of sitting down for breakfast at Cafe Zola with a whole French press pot of Kenya AA or Celebes to split with Charles or with a larger group of friends. You just don't get coffee by the pot here.
Except at the teahouse in Anserdennen in the Dwingelderveld.
We take a nice 45 minute bike ride about 9 kilometers from our house (an hour if Maui is running alongside) to this great little spot in the woods for coffee by the pot, homemade apple pie (with whipped cream - natuurlijk!) and/or a little picnic basket of cookies and breakfast cake.
It seems to be awfully quiet now that tourist season is open, but they have a few new pieces of playground equipment for Aldus to climb on, and they'll be open weekdays through the winter.
That place looks so wonderfully pleasant... Well worth the 45 min bike ride!
Say, does anyone ever recognize the Block M on Charles' hat as Michigan?
:)
Posted by: Amanda | September 09, 2008 at 05:18 AM
we were in a small pub a while back and the waiter walked up and said (in english) "excuse me sir, we do not allow hats to be worn in the restaurant, even if you are a wolverine's fan."
I was flabbergasted at several levels. It turns out the kid went to EMU as an exchange student.
- Go Blue
Posted by: the guy with the M hat | September 09, 2008 at 01:51 PM