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Cauldron of Ghosts, Sharon speaking.,...
“I love you dearly, Yuri, but you make the worst coffee this side of a Navy mess hall.”
"That's where I learned to make coffee in the first place."
"I know."
She pushed buttons that did mysterious things. “For years, I had a secret belief that the reason we had such a hard time fighting the Manticorans was because of the Navy’s coffee. The deterioration that crap must have produced in the brains of our officers and ratings didn’t bear thinking about.”
The button-pushing ended with a triumphant glissando of flying fingers. Yuri had no idea what she was doing. Programming the heat death of the universe? It was a coffee maker, for God’s sake. What was wrong with letting the gadget’s own computer handle the business?
“And since I got here,” she continued, “my suspicion has been confirmed. I’ve talked to any number of Erewhonese who’ve had Manticoran Navy coffee, and they all swear it’s terrific.”
Her ritual apparently done, Sharon finished tying up her robe and sat down at the kitchen table. “Oh, stop pouting—and have a seat, will you? The coffee will take a few minutes.” Yuri was tempted to respond my coffee gets done in no time at all but wisely restrained himself. As a friend who shared his own insouciant attitude toward making coffee had once said, “Gourmets are subtle and quick to anger.”
From one of my old posts...
This coffee thing is getting hilarious.
My fiancée has this coffee machine, espresso maker, whatever... that looks more like an alien soul snatcher. It appears that a six month course to learn to operate the darn thing is a prerequisite. She is English and she hates American coffee.
The joke goes "If anyone asks you if you'd like a cup of Joe, say no. Joe can taste like anything."
Get a load of this coffee maker. I'd like to try a cup of this.
My sister has an outrageously expensive coffee machine. One of her friends told her. "If I picked my Joe like you pick your Joe, I wouldn't be getting a divorce."
I gotta give it to you.
Some of you coffee drinkers are some serious customers.
