Sunday, January 20/2019

Bus to Cambanella’s for Sunday lunch, meeting Bill and Jane who are also reliant on the bus while their car is being repaired. Sunday buses to Pyla few and far between, so we order coffee after the meal mainly in order to use up the time between finishing dessert and the arrival of the next Pyla bus. Proprietor does not seem happy and makes a face. Nescafé, he suggests. Yes, we reassure him. Message basically that they are extremely busy and have no wish to make either Greek or filter coffee. But a reminder that Nescafé is available at virtually all Cypriot (and for that matter Greek) restaurants, and usually for a higher price than Cyprus (=Greek=Turkish) coffee. Some level of holdover from post war years when it had status as a foreign product? Not simply a jar to be pushed to the back of the cupboard in case of emergencies, anyway, although in this case there seems to be some acknowledgement that Anglo customers may consider it second best.