To expect coffee?!?!

I’m equally coffee dependant, and never go anywhere without a supply of my preferred blend.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail, etc.

I never have caffeine but always have decaf coffee in the house so you'd have to make do with that 😄

I don’t know how anyone can drink coffee 😂 tastes so weird 😂😂

YANBU!

I have a travel mug with a built-in french press- perfect for this situation as long as you bring your own coffee as well, obviously.

When you say they are probably going to have hordes of guests down from London, do you mean because they are well thought of and everyone will want to stay in touch or because they are now living in a touristy area?

Just wondering if they are making sure their guests are slightly uncomfortable so they DON'T get hordes of visitors and end up essentially running a free air b n b.

No you wouldn’t. Because I wouldn’t be friends with someone like that so you wouldn’t be at my house in the first place 😆

It's the same when I visit a friend,, she hates coffee so it isn't something she ever has in. She has the hugest array of teas, but no coffee! Which is fair enough, she doesn't drink it so doesn't have it. There must be a coffee drive thru or a mcdonalds or something nearby?

They are not real friends. Run.

We don't all live in towns.

I'm gobsmacked at some of the responses on here - "facilitating an addiction" !!!

If you host any kind of guest it is reasonable to assume that they might want a hot drink, unless you know they don't drink tea or coffee, and a soft drink just doesn't hit the spot the way a hot drink does. It doesn't even have to contain caffeine.

I guess some posters never have visitors or they just don't know how to host.

Individually wrapped coffee bags are a better option than jars of instant coffee. My favourite brand is Taylors.

What does ‘the opinion of a cow’ mean? I’ve not come across this one before.

I always take a French press or stove top coffee maker with me if staying somewhere I’ve not stayed before. Plus ground beans. I can’t drink instant coffee (it’s not actually coffee) so wouldn’t leave things to chance.

I’d feel exactly like you do. I’d be in bits. Reasonableness is irrelevant when it comes to morning coffee.

That happened to me once. I came down hungover and they only had decaf!!! I nearly died. Now I always take a small container of coffee with me whenever I stay anywhere including hotels because they never provide enough sachets in the rooms.

I sympathise as I feel the same way about tea. Although I can survive with a coffee instead but my day never feels right till I've had a tea.

Yes I did think of these important points. However it seems like a desperate situation so it is necessary to explore all options.

I agree Deliveroo a not a cost-effective means of buying coffee and the temperature can be an issue, depends the outlet dispatching the coffee and the rider as well. I find spillage was greater problem but over the years many outlets have improved their approach to packaging the coffee for delivery. Plus you can add a pain au chocolat to your order to make the delivery fee slightly more worthwhile.

I'm a coffee drinker, can't stand tea but always have some teabags for visitors . It's just common sense . As would keeping some coffee in if you're a tea drinker.

I hope OP has found somewhere , supermarkets aren't open till 10am on Sundays , not sure about other places .

You do know most of your visitors drink tea because the jar you've got in the cupboard has been there so long...

I drink tea at my parents house because they drink instant coffee and it's never a decent one.

Did you get it OP? I am rooting for you!!

This reminds me of one of my sisters who in the days before she had children, would invite us to stay but would have no food or milk in the house. She was near a small supermarket and you'd offer to go and get some milk and bread and she'd hand you a shopping list.

I always have sachets of coffee and Options hot chocolate in my work bag. You just never know.

I dont drink any hot drinks. I live alone so no tea or coffee. Or actually milk either. But i do tell people this if anyone is coming over, which isn't often hence why I don't buy any.
I think the sachets is a good option for next time

I was 😱 when recently staying in a budget hotel in London and there was no kettle/teabags for a morning cup of tea. You had to go downstairs which is considerably better than your situation OP but it still meant getting dressed etc when I wasn’t quite ready for that (having not had my first tea of the day, obvs).

So, sympathies. May the coffee gods smile upon you at 10am. I don’t drink it myself so never have it in but I always ask guests if there’s anything they need before they come to stay.

I take my stovetop coffee pot with me and a bag of coffee when I go to any airBnB. If I went to a “friend’s” and there was no coffee I dunno, I’d be reassessing our whole relationship. Is there any way back from this??

But where would they bring it from if there's nowhere nearby that sells coffee?

Plus it would cost a fortune and be cold by the time it got there is there was somewhere that delivered.

You have my sympathy OP. I've had this a few times and always take a little Tupperware of emergency coffee and a coffee filter. Fully admit I'm totally addicted and can't remember the last time I ever went a day without coffee, tea in the morning simply doesn't cut it! I genuinely found it easier to quit smoking than abstain from coffee/ not have a coffee in the morning. My wife was a total non coffee drinker when we met but even she has now decided she likes it! I

Ooft that’s rough. Hope you get some soon! I would really struggle too.