[Leica] Friday in the coffee shop

[Don Dory]

Well, that and the whole banana plantation era.  Although a Pulitzer prize
winning author in one of his books somewhat bemoaned the loss of income
from the work.

Don
don.dory at gmail.com

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026, 1:50 PM Nathan Wajsman via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Coffee is one of my problems when I visit the US. It is either horrible or
> horribly expensive. Living in Alicante, I am used to paying no more than
> 1.50 EUR for a café solo that will keep me going for hours.
>
> Incidentally, I am reading a book called Uncommon Grounds right now, by
> Mark Pendergrast. It is a history of coffee going back to ancient times in
> Africa to today. The book is a bit too US centric for my taste, but it is
> an intersting piece of economic history. Also explains why Central America
> is such a mess.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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> > On 7 Aug 2026, at 15:10, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings to all.  You might be noticing a theme; I could be addicted to
> > coffee based on all the images in coffee shops.  I visit a town in
> upstate
> > New York fairly frequently; there is a coffee shop in the downtown area
> > that has great bagels and solid coffee; the bagels go home to family, the
> > coffee doesn't make it home.
> >
> > In any case, Uncommon Grounds is a local chain which can be found in
> > several towns in upstate NY.  This one is pretty busy, always with a
> > guaranteed line if you don't get there at open.  The image today is one
> of
> > the team members taking a reasonably large corporate order while the rest
> > of the shop hums.  In the spirit of bars everywhere the lighting is dim:
> >
> > https://dondory.smugmug.com/Minimalist/n-j7PCgZ/i-sCpPLJW/A
> >
> > All the best.
> >
> > --
> > Don
> > don.dory at gmail.com
> >
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