The coffee lady at Bram market

4th June 2009

There are some very fashionable markets around here -  Mirepoix and Limoux, for example - where you buy a few vegetables but the main point is to meet friends in a café on the square for a coffee.  And there's nothing wrong with that.

But Bram market seems more old-style French.  The object of the exercise is to stock up for the week with the freshest of produce - of which there is an abundance - and, if you bump into friends along the way, so much the better.

And the best coffee I've ever drunk comes from a lovely lady who has a van she brings every week.  (She also does Castelnaudary market on Monday mornings.)  She opens up at some unearthly hour of the morning and you can smell her coffee all around the market.

She opens the side of the van and puts some stools outside and it's very difficult to walk past without stopping to buy.  She also has a wide range of coffees she'll grind up freshly for you.

Not sure why I've just blogged this.  I certainly don't want to attract any more people to Bram market!