So yesterday it was Gail’s, today it’s Starbucks. The CEO has left because of Israel. Gaza. Palestine. There was a posting by ‘Starbucks staff’ basically supporting the atrocities of October 7th. Legal action was taken about using the Starbucks name on such a post. Now he’s gone. There was also trouble by the ‘workers’ about, once again, ‘anything Israel’ in investment, procurement, banking. No mention to ditch their i-phones, heart-monitors or their parents’ life-saving drugs, all developed and manufactured in Israel, but principles should always stop short of inconvenience. Especially when you’re a dickhead. The CEO is a Hindu guy, but presumably that’s close enough to being Jewish or heading a ‘Jewish organisation’, even though it isn’t, for the cancel-brigades. Who probably account for the downturn in the coffee giant’s share price in the last year.

So where can I buy my coffee from? There is a nearby place still allowed to be open amid this seismic wave of BDS-inspired ‘book-burning’ (a considered metaphor as being the most extreme and fascistic of ‘protests’, also the most stupid and destructive) because its kosher. Therefore no-one in there complains about any possible links to Israel.

Today, as Lila and Joey are away and I’m not, we went to another of the wave of trendy coffee shops and restaurants who charge ridiculously. Well, they must be good, right? At those prices?? But I didn’t buy a coffee from Ottolenghi. He’s a fucking Israeli!!!! Ok, partnered with a Palestinian, but… he’s a FUCKIN ISRAELI!!! Although I didn’t go for coffee, I go for Granola. The best granola in the world. Certainly the most expensive. But is my latest addiction and it’s cheaper than heroin, cocaine or cigarettes. And until I discovered it, I didn’t ever eat granola. But this one…

It must be healthy because Ottolenghi is famous for ‘healthy eating’. Well, salads. Lots of green stuff. So, by extension, his granola simply MUST be healthy. Even though it tastes like it’s full of sugar. Though nuts? They’re really good for you. Especially when roasted with sugar. And oats and seeds?? I’ll live to a hundred. My teeth probably won’t, but there ya go. The best thing about it? Much like ‘a puppy is not just for Christmas’, so Ottalenghi’s granola is ‘not just for breakfast’. You can eat it any time. All the time. As long as you still have an income.

Happy Coffee

A xxxx