Thursday, September 25, 2003


regional coffee cultures, part viiii

"if the owner is from montreal, they'll scowl and tell you that coffee shops are meant for hitting on underage girls."

but our faithful anglo-canadian correspondent still works in them anyway.

one of the latest trends in paris is arab coffee shops where you can order a hookah while drinking coffee and listening to arabic music.

and a fun piece from the ny times (log your bad self in and think of bruce: saute, wednesday) quoting -- who else? -- don schoenholt of gillies coffee on the perfect café cubano.

lemme personally say if you're gonna do this at home, the gavina espresso is the one to use. buy the 5-lb. bag, split it into parts, and share with friends or freeze it.

not to mention that the gavinas themselves are the sweetest people (i once spilled red wine all over mr. gavina and he smiled, apologized, and excused himself!).

plus, they have an amazing how-i-escaped-the-revolution story. actually, don schoenholt has his own how-he-escaped-the-cuban-revolution story, but let's leave that for another time. . .

i think this will give you the best i-just-came-from-miami flavor. now this isn't the kind of coffee i would usually recommend, and this isn't a style i myself enjoy. but! if that café versailles taste is what you want, then that's what you want.

finally, i just can't deny it: autumn is here. long-time readers know that i am a hot weather person, so i contemplate the change of season with some dread. but i know many people ski and look forward to the snow.

thus with a reader-service mindset i hereby offer (and early enough for it to make a difference): yoga for skiing. start now to improve your balance, flexibility, leg strength, and ability to turn.

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