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Tuesday, April 29

nes + milk

coffee history has been made.
where: 3rd ave betw 23 + 24
what called: push cafe

i was recently exposed to a new coffee phenomenon. at this israeli cafe, one is served a hot glass of milk with a huge dollop of nes, the instant coffee that i heart. it is then left to you to stir it until it reaches a stage of coffee goodness.

i have taken to re-creating this beautious thing in different ways.

the simplest and most direct way is to create a cup of hot milk and insert the dollop. if it is happening in a nice glass, then this should be seen as very authentic and good.

another way i've developed is to prepare a vintage ll bean thermos with a dent in it (from a very unfortunate coffee-related mishap that is likely described in another bulletin) of 1% organic milk and bring this with me to my internship at a very famous crazy hospital where i keep a small can of nes. i prepare a cup as needed in this way.

another way is the decaffeinated version which is not as good since it is not nes, but an organic decaf coffee product. same idea, but the taste is not the same and the same satisfaction and pleasure is not had when opening the product jar since it is not the small red can plastered with images of coffee beans. it is the same procedure, but the coffee material is different.

Labels: coffee, decaf, decaffeinated beverage, enjoyment, thermos

Sunday, January 13

oren's coffee infraction

i have come to respect oren's as a proprietor of coffee. it is positioned around the corner from my school and i have a coffee card with many marks on it. i have learned to put a lot of milk in the coffee from oren's because it is strong. i went through a sugar phase wherein i placed two ("2") packets of pure sugar in the attractive brown package in the coffee and stirred with the wooden, note, not plastic straw, type stirrer. so when i was in grand central station the other night after a long long work day and was preparing to celebrate or in other words par-tay, i sought out a decaffeinated coffee beverage from oren's. i said, 'may i have a small decaf' and was told by a young, ill-groomed, attitudinally impaired young man, 'we don't have any decaf.' i checked my watch so that when i make customer service contact with oren's, i can accurately report the time. it did not take me long to feel better, but still, this was a disappointment.

Labels: coffee, decaf, decaffeinated beverage, oren's, par-tay