To expect coffee?!?!

If it's life or death, maybe pack it yourself in future! I can relate...

Not a big deal.
As a child my parents never had coffee in the house- ever.

I had this before when staying with friends. Unbeknown to me they had decaf tea only. Driving home I felt awful, like a really bad hangover, husband was the same. We stopped at a service station and got tea and coffee and felt miles better. It was only when we visited again we realised they were completely decaf and put two and two together.

Same. I have a friend who only has decaf which is no bloody use in the morning, so I take my own. Having said that I think it's basic hospitality to have tea and coffee in for guests

I didn't vote because you didn't allow for what I'd do - wake them up and ask where I could get my caffeine fix.

Probably a way to discourage the hordes of visitors who will descend on them like a cloud of locusts - and not bring any wine, chocolates or pay for meals out.

If anything is essential in your life you take it with you.

Cafetiere mug. Best travel purchase ever

YABU. I used to buy coffee in for guests, but it was so rarely used that the last time I offered to make a coffee, the grains had turned grey 😳

I now take the sachets from hotel rooms so that I have a few just in case, but I wouldn’t necessarily think to buy it in specially unless I knew someone didn’t like tea.

Never thought I'd be eagerly waiting for an update as to whether a stranger on the internet manages to get a coffee. But here I am 🤷‍♀️
OP has my sympathies, I can't start the day without my beloved Tassimo coffee!

Next time you'll know to bring your own.

Their other visitors aren't your problem.

However DO NOT turn up at my door and ask for a hot chocolate because that’s all you drink. Fuck off Louise, you’re 53

Gold!!

I think this post was intended with a lot of humour and as a caffeine head has provided me with a lot of laughs!

I hope they provided decanted snacks from the supermarket in a see through bag tied with a ribbon and calligraphy note attached. Oooo and some homemade bath salts too.

I would expect coffee, as in it's normal.to have some around even if you don't drink it for guests, i would have thought? We're a non tea house but always have some in for visitors. Having said that my dad rarely has coffee in even when we are visiting as he doesn't drink it. He always caters very well and has great booze though, so swings and roundabouts!

If you literally cannot start your day without drinking coffee, you're the one with the problem.

We don't drink coffee and it's forever slipping our mind to keep stocked. We have a jar of instant for when people come over and want one, including tradespeople etc, as none of our family drink it - and it's always going out of date, or turning into one solid block, as we never use it.

I don’t drink coffee but daughter and husband do so I’d have an array to offer you. However DO NOT turn up at my door and ask for a hot chocolate because that’s all you drink. Fuck off Louise, you’re 53

Having said that, since my daughter moved back home, there are three Whittards hot chocolate, and four flavours of bastard Nesquik. I’m not resentful at all about how much space it takes up

We have tea and coffee but we don't routinely have milk, so any unexpected visitors would have to drink it black, as my husband and I do.

Taylor's coffee bags are the answer. We never travel without them

Same. There's a lot of us about!!

I'm with you OP. I need a coffee as soon as I get up. I don't always fancy a second cup during the day, but that first one is a non-negotiable and I feel like I haven't begun the day without it.

Some great suggestions for future-proofing but I agree a petrol station is your best bet. I'd be in my car already hitting the A-Roads looking for a Costa at this point.

Let us know how you get on!

I think it is normal to have coffee around when you have visitors, unless you forgot to mention that they live in a country where coffee just isn't available or isn't culturally expected. For all those who are saying "just drink tea instead" - not everybody likes both. I don't, and would only drink tea in a real emergency, which I don't think this is yet. (For anyone else who doesn't like tea and occasionally has to drink it, the trick is to drink it black and very, very weak, so it's essentially water with a slight kick to it.)

I would tough it out for now, then get some coffee as soon as a shop opens and tell them what you're doing but in a friendly, not confrontational way - "hope you don't mind but I couldn't find any coffee anywhere and I really fancied some, so I'll pop out and get a jar now, do you need anything else while I'm there?" (They might then say "oh sorry, forgot the mention the coffee is in such-and-such a place," but if they don't, they're unlikely to be actively offended as you're offering to do them a favour too.)

I bet there is coffee hidden away at the back of the cupboard somewhere, but you missed it in your frantic searching.

They’ve probably stuck it in a decorative tin that they didn’t know what else to do with, and it’s got pushed right to the back.

I always get fruit tea in for MIL - she only visits every 4 months or so. Every time I think “I’m sure I bought some tea for her last time”, fail to find it, buy more, then some time after she has left find where DH carefully stored the last lot in some random vessel - a little ceramic pot marked “sugar”, underneath a packet of lentils in a glass jar, behind the microwave in an ice cream tub etc.

Yanbu. I don’t drink coffee but we have a jar of coffee in the house for those who visit and prefer it to tea!
who are these weirdos?!

Another vote for checking facilities in advance so I’d know whether to pack the aeropress.

I don’t drink coffee on an empty stomach but would not enjoy a holiday without good coffee available when I want it.

Depending on the region I’d be checking on water too. Thames Valley tap water really needs to be filtered to be palatable, while tap water in Scotland is delicious.

we do have a LOT of choices for alcohol. As the booze is far more expensive I always believed we are good hosts.

I could accept that, but be warned i would be drinking booze in place of coffee. A good coffee liqueur would work in the morning 😂😂
I need to get myself fit for human interaction

I agree! I can't stand the smell or taste of the stuff and I hate making it for other people. I think there might be a small jar of instant in the cupboard but it's probably out of date but it'll do if someone really wanted a cup.