Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Café olé is such a perversion... R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Shipley's Donuts: answering Mark > > Mark, it is obvious you've never spent much time in Louisiana when you > talk about coffee. The choices are wide, and even in New Orleans, > where the need for catering to tourists with a Starbucks lust is > necessary, you can choose from MANY blends. > > The most famous is of course Cafe' du Monde, usually drunk as cafe' au > lait with some square doughnuts called beignets, French Market Brand > is another, > > If you notice in the corner of the shot showing the counter, > http://www.sonc.com/shipley > there is a Community Coffee Maker. The coffee in the Pacquet Rouge > (Red Bag) is called Louisiana's State Coffee, and if you visit a state > office in Baton Rouge, you'll likely be offered a cup while you wait > for your appointment. > > In the Natchitoches donut shop, Community Coffee is served scalding. > The denizens of Shipley's would have it no other way. That woman who > put her McDonald's cup between her legs would not have dared try that > with Shipley's coffee! > > In our grocery, you can buy Community in the following versions: > > Dark Roast > Between Roast > Light Medium Roast > Medium Roast > New Orleans Blend® Decaf > Decaf > Café Special > Hotel Blend > 100% Colombian > New Orleans Blend® > > Here in Natchitoches, we are again able to get Nakatosh Coffee, a dark > roast of heroic strength. The way to make it best is French Drip, but > of course there are other ways. Some put ice in the bottom of a > percolator, to ensure the process takes long enough to make serious > coffee. > > Hmmm, time for my afternoon cup! > > Sonny > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@markrabiner.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:32 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Shipley's Donuts > > > > On the West Coast or in Portland at least even the Police don't go > to > > those Donut places there is the Starbucks or better placers with the > > bikers and the yuppies and the high school kids with the piercings > and > > everybody else. > > > > The Drunken Donuts are just like the Hopper Diner in the Painting > except > > there's no couple inside the place is deserted completely at all > times. > > The employees hide in the back room. > > > > I found it interesting while visiting Boston and the surrounding > area > > (the whole state of Massachusetts) a few years ago that it's darn > hard > > finding an espresso or a strong cup of coffee you've got Dunkin > donuts > > instead or Shipleys perhaps. Usually right across the street from > the > > grave yard which is right smack dab in the center of town. > > The coffee is so week you can smell it across the room. And there's > no bathroom. > > What can you do with a weak cup of coffee? > > If its too strong you can put an ice cube in it. > > If its too week there's nothing to do with it except get it out of > the room! > > > > Also here on the West Coast we interestingly put our grave years way > off > > somewhere - not in the middle of town. > > My parents are buried way off in the Burbs somewhere if I ever found > it > > on my own and I'm sure I'd never find my way back home again! > > > > But I'm sure there's a Starbucks or something much better catering > to > > the place. > > > > > > Mark Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon USA > > http://www.markrabiner.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html