Members of the Scottish parliament have spent time complaining about the quality of the free coffee they get.
During Scottish parliamentary corporate body questions on Thursday afternoon, which deals with the inner workings of the parliament building, independent MSP John Wilson asked about food wastage from functions inside Holyrood.
After being suitably assured that all food wastage went on to be composted, Conservative MSP Mary Scanlon chipped in to the debate to say she would actually like to see the wastage of her free coffee increase because it's so disgusting.
"Many of us would actually like to increase the amount of food for disposal, and I refer in particular to the coffee in committee rooms," said the MSP.
"On behalf of my colleague on the audit and education committee, Colin Beattie, and colleagues across this parliament from all parties, can I ask that the corporate body will ensure that new and existing ... MSPs get a decent cup of coffee in committee in session five?"
The SNP's Linda Fabiani, who was representing the corporate body, seemed taken aback by the criticism of the coffee and said that the fact the coffee urns are often empty means other people don't have a problem with it. She reminded Scanlon MSPs had previously been treated to coffee tastings to agree on the nicest coffee.
"I guess it's all a matter of taste," said Fabiani.
"I quite like the coffee we get in committees. In fact, I think we're very lucky getting coffee in committees – I mean, it's hard times now, it's austerity."
She added: "I'm trying to think on my feet of a solution here. You could get some very good coffee bags and we could probably supply some really hot water?"
Having successfully navigated the coffee question from the Conservative benches, Fabiani was then grilled by her own party in the shape of Mike MacKenzie MSP, who threw his weight behind the coffee complaints.
"I share Mary Scanlon's concerns for the coffee and I compliment her, actually, on her efforts to improve the quality of the coffee," said MacKenzie as Fabiani banged her head off her desk.
"One thing I have observed that may help the corporate body is that on odd occasions I've been in committees that have met very early in the day and on those occasions the coffee seems to taste much better.
"I would suggest that part of the problem, at least, maybe the fact that at times coffee is left standing in those vacuum flasks for quite a long time and that impinges on the quality of its flavour.
"So if the corporate body are going to direct their activities in such a way to improve the quality of the coffee, maybe they could look at minimising the amount of time the coffee is in those vacuum flasks."
Finally, Fabiani, exasperated, raised a plastic bottle and said: "Perhaps the next corporate body could look at this but could I suggest people get a bit more healthier and drink a bit more water."