SUNNYDEI

Mmm Coffee

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a bit of an addiction to tea.
I love green, white, red, fruit and herbal tea and own about 30 different kinds.

However, in the last year I have really developed a strong appreciation for good coffee too.

I love creamy flat whites, milky lattes, zesty americanos and pretty much everything in between as long as it's of high quality!

The guys at Press Coffee House have very kindly sent me some of their coffee to try and before I tell you about the actual coffee I must say I completely fell in love with their packaging and design.

They also included a cute little taster pot of fig jam from Harrogate Preserves Company.

The coffee I got sent was Yirgacheffe Reko (Ethiopia).

The coffee is really smooth and zesty with undertones of mango and peach.

Unlike some coffees which can leave a velvety finish on the tongue this coffee tastes clean and crisp.

It's not a very strong coffee which I really like as too much caffeine can leave me feeling a little jittery.

You can buy a 250 grams bag of Reko for £7.50 which I personally think is really worth it as this coffee has such a lovely distinctive taste.

It really is a treat in the morning!

Till Next Time,

Dei x

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Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animals (Pt 2)

Christmas has been and gone, but me and the boy were lucky to have two Christmasses this year!

One with his family in England and a postponed Christmas with my Lithuanian family in Northern Ireland.

My mum is an absolutely amazing cook. She always makes amazing food when I come which I can't find anywhere else.

Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animals (Pt 1)

Merry Christmas lovelies!

This is post is very late because I have been very busy all day eating, napping, drinking and burning a hole in the sofa.

Today is really a Christmas celebration part 1 as on the 27th we will have a second postponed Lithuanian Christmas in Ireland with my family.

The boys mum is amazing with her Christmas table decorations so I just had to make some pictures of it.

This was probably the best cooked ham I've ever had, home cooked by Oliver's dad David.

With all the meat, chocolate and cheese it's safe to say that I have probably consumed about a weeks worth of saturated fat in one day. I don't even feel bad about it!

For one of the boy's parents present I bought a custom made Lithuanian Honey cake (Medutis) which tastes absolutely heavenly.

I hope your Christmas has been as lovely as mine!

Festive Love,

Dei x

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It's almost Christmas!!

It doesn't really feel like Christmas Eve, it seems that Christmas has sneaked up so fast this year.

This evening I will be doing the last touches of gift wrapping, playing with the cats, watching Christmas episodes of Friends and drinking lots of Chococinos.

Oliver's parents house always looks stunning at Christmas and this year they have the most amazing real Christmas tree which smells like a magical winter forest.

Sunny the Ragdoll kitten loves Christmas because there are lots of shiny decorations to play with.

Which also means that he tires himself out and then falls asleep on me and pretty much everywhere around the house.

Wrapping Presents

I'm really not very good at wrapping presents and in all honesty and I usually get bored after doing one or two. I've tried to keep myself a little more excited about wrapping by buying some nice wrapping paper on a budget.
The roll of paper below is from Paper Chase and has a really nice crafty look to it.

I bought the name tags from Poundland, they came in a really nice set of 36 cards with 4 different designs and all for a £1! Bargain.

The Blue and Red Polka dot paper are from Primark and I think they were only £1 or £1.50 a roll.

I also bough three single sheets of wrapping paper as I absolutely fell in love with the Blue Sheep textured paper from Clintons, plus they had a buy one get one free deal so I just couldn't say no...

The other sheet I chose was the cat printed one below because, well it has cats on it!

I can't take credit of the packaging for this one.

We bought some hand made natural soaps from the Leeds Corn Exchange Christmas craft market last weekend and the lady was kind enough to wrap it up for us. It took a lot of self control not to keep this for myself.

Another sheet of paper which I think is absolutely stunning is the Reindeer paper which I bought from the Dean Clough Gallery shop in Halifax.