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coffee. archives. 01.
12.08 i've been getting some lattes lately at starbucks. for my double, short latte, there is stiff competition with starbucks. sometimes i get a double, short americano. i have a bag of ground house blend in my desk at work. i'm probably never going to drink it. what should i do with it? 11/21 i would like a latte. 11.14 a first: bought a "calm" tea at s'bucks. i need to CALM DOWN. 10.08 this guy wants to visit starbucks everywhere. 10.03 the guy at java n' jazz is a fucking moron. i ordered a double espresso over ice and he would not provide a larger cup. he said,'then you're getting a large latte.' i said, 'do you charge for cups?' he said he did. he is full of shit and i HATE him. 10.01i'm getting into black coffee again. just now i got a double americano from java n' jazz. what a revolting name. 9.30 starbucks charged rescuers for water it's all been cleaned up, but still, what an idiot. 9.25 i have been enjoying street-cart coffee lately. i enjoy the cup and the generic flava. and who can beat the price! yesterday i got a double, short latte and felt annoyed at how much it cost. i love how it tastes, naturally, but i was even feeling it was a little too rich. i'm back to drinking my coffee black. there is a particular bean offered by porto rico importing that i've become enamoured of. what is it called? i must call ektorp and find out. who is ektorp, you may wonder. 8.11i might go to starbucks tomorrow. 8.04 hardly anybody argues with me anymore when i order an iced doppio in a grande cup, then proceed to add my very own milk. there was a time when a store on eighth ("8"th) avenue would give me a hard time and try to restrict my usage of the milk. their logic was faulty. sometimes i even order three ("3") or four ("4") shots. i had some damn lousy coffee last night at the dry dog, or the gray dog, or the golden dog pony, or whatever the hell that place was called on carmine street. i had four ("4") shots and i woke up during the night feeling ill. i also woke up this morning feeling kind of ill, and actually entertained the thought of having pepperming tea this morning instead of my usual pot of espresso. i drank some water and had coffee. i didn't drink as much coffee as usual today because of my ill feelings. aside from such ill feelings, the taste was not that good. tasted kind of like dirt. 6.25i had an iced trippio yesterday, and added milk myself. it was good. 6.08 i might go to starbucks tomorrow! 6.06 on sunday, i had an iced doppio with milk in a grande cup. it was so good. i now think of starbucks as a treat and not as a daily staple. this is not a purely economical statement, however. it's more like, i just don't have the same lust i used to have. i make really good coffee at home now with my little stovetop espresso machine and fancy illy espresso. being unemployed has really changed my life. 5.30 maybe i'll go to a starbucks tomorrow. 5.30 everything has changed, again. i hardly ever go to starbucks anymore. 4.08 death! 3.05 stove-top espresso maker gift several days ago, tricky suprised me by giving me a most thoughtful gift. a classic, italian stove-top espresso maker cast in aluminum. i've been getting used to it, and coming up to speed in the art of making espresso with it. my morning routine now consists of making a pot of it, pouring a shot into a demitasse cup, making a latte, placing the demitasse cup/saucer on top of the latte in a mug and sitting down in front of my email. i then enjoy the shot, followed by a latte. thank you, tricky. this is a truly touching gift. note: illy espresso is used. |