Sunday, February 01, 2004


we understand completely

". . he realized that there would be no decent cappuccinos, maybe no decent coffee at all, in this high desert country. . ."

two former starbucks employees run an espresso bar in afghanistan. i hope the mermaid's marketing department is listening! they should definitely be sending these people coffee.

actually, if i could figure out the shipping situation -- how do you send coffee to these guys anyway? -- i'd donate 'em 3 cases of don schoenholt's gillies myself.

however, that there's no decent coffee there might not be right. islamic countries have an ancient and beautiful coffee culture, altho' it is not based in the italian model, naturally. so our intrepid baristas might seek out fine turkish-style coffee. . .

we could bridge many cultural differences here by understanding each other's mode of java, don't you think?

finally, some alties were discussing making risotto in their beloved pressure cookers. long-time readers know i love my kuhn-rikon, which makes beautiful risotto in 7 minutes.

and thus in this hyper-cold weather talk turned to the coffee-flavored dessert risotto. think hot sweet rice pudding. . .

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