Halfway Inn

The halfway café (formally the halfway inn, or so im told) is a quint little coffee shop set within the quirky but beautiful common land of Minchinhamtpon, where cows roam freely on the common’s own golf course.
I gather the café itself is owned and run by the Novalis Trust and serves to bring work and responsibilities for people with learning or behavioral difficulties who are often deprived of opportunity by their disposition.
My colleague and I stopped here for mid morning rest bite whilst working nearby. The menu was slightly limited but the essentials of English breakfasts, and panini’s were there as well as lots of cakes and nibbles
We both opted for mozzarella panini’s and a flat white.
Admittedly there was some slight confusion over the term flat white which came to light when our very milky single shot coffees came out. There was a look of extreme skepticism between us as we tried the coffee. Upon discussion we decided we wouldn’t drink them as weak and milky they were so we had to (rather sheepishly) send them back. Despite our very british trait of not wanting to make a fuss.
We both know we are perhaps slightly pedantic when it comes to coffee and were half expecting a defensive retort. However the barista (for lack of a better word)
seemed very interested, and asked to know more about what we considered to be a flat white. After having a very brief and friendly discussion our barista friend seemed very eager to make us one.
The result was a very paletable flat white. Yum
The food was as you’d expect, you aren’t expecting to be blown away by a panini and this was decent enough, especially the brown breaded one which was topped with lots of tasty seeds. All in all a fairly decent coffee shop with excellent service and personable staff.