Spring has sprung (sort of), and that makes it Jane Austen season.
Here’s what we think would be the go-to orders of our favourite Regency names:
Mr Darcy
classic sourdough
Darcy doesn’t have time to think about what he’s buying - he doesn’t care for material considerations and he’s got somewhere to be. He finds a windswept hill, eats half the loaf of bread without anything on it, and gives the rest of it to his horse.
Mr Collins
garlic and rosemary focaccia
Mr Collins buys focaccia because he thinks it will impress Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
It doesn’t.
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
olive bread
Lady Catherine de Bourgh insists on serving olive bread every time Mr Collins dines with her in the vague hope that, because he doesn’t like it, he’ll stop coming.
Elizabeth Bennet
oat milk flat white, one croissant, one pain au chocolat
Lizzie is practical. She comes in at 8am, has her coffee in the Guild Of Dough café, then eats her croissant on her way to Charlotte’s house. Charlotte gets a pain au chocolat because, although her marriage may be one of convenience, her breakfast doesn’t have to be.
Mr Bingley
triple chocolate brownie
Bingley is charming, tall, and has the diet of an eight-year-old. If it’s not wrapped in pastry or topped with whipped cream, he’s not interested. He left a brownie in his breeches once and finding it two weeks later was the highlight of his day.
Jane Bennet
matcha latte and a baguette
Jane drinks matcha for the health benefits, but the baguette is so people know that she’s been to Guild Of Dough.
Mr & Mrs Bennet
farmhouse
Mrs Bennet can’t bear the idea of anything more exciting than plain bread and butter because of her ‘poor nerves’. Mr Bennet brought home a seeded sourdough once and she was forced to take to her bed for days.
Mr Wickham
black americano
Wickham doesn’t actually like coffee, but he thinks that taking it black makes him interesting. He takes an hour to drink it and flirts with everyone in sight.
Mary Bennet
nothing
Mary doesn’t care for bread. Or pastry. Or coffee.
Mary is at home learning a fugue.
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