"I wouldn't put it past your mother to use the trick. It's a good one, makes it taste better and coffee back in those days was cheaper than buying fancy chocolate." Peggy sipped her wine and felt her cheeks reddening from the alcohol.
He was right about the berries though. "Yeah they taste rather like the most sunny day sitting in strawberry patches with fresh lemonade to drink and the berries to eat..." she said, leaning forwards a little, "Honey, you got some crumbs.." she muttered before using her fingertips to wipe the cake crumbs from his chin.