Aromas of white chocolate buttons, caramel toffee and apricot Danish, before one panellist piped up “I have that song ‘Peaches’ in my head, by The Presidents of the United States of America." No surprise on the palate then, ‘Millions of peaches, peaches for me’, or indeed us, a Bellini cocktail par excellence.

After adding a drop of water other fruits made a guest appearance, strawberries, pineapple and mango but on the taste we all agreed peaches, in the form of a tart, cobbler, jam or from a can as we went back to the song with part of the lyrics ‘‘peaches come from a can, they were put there by a man.’’