I was on LHR - ARN yesterday which went to row 10 or 11, myself in row 2.
One CC dealing with the food while the other stayed in the galley preparing the drinks.
It took them roughly half the length of the flight to reach the last rows of CE, drink refills only happened after that and seemed almost to be a slight nuisance since those requests interrupted their gossip time in the galley...
Maybe I will try the "ask 2 drinks from the start" approach next time