европейский блюз

[avva]

... Не хочется вынимать европейские монеты из кошелька. Путаются с шекелями, а всё равно не хочется.

... Вот сейчас бы прямо зайти в кофейную Sant'Eustachio на одноимённой площади св. Евстахия, и заказать эспрессо у стойки за 0.95.

... Знаете, что прекрасно в Италии? Если вы хотите чашку эспрессо, то вы не заказываете "эспрессо". Вы заказываете просто кофе, un caffè. И это — прекрасно.

... И как жили греческие и римские боги без кофе? На одной амброзии с нектаром? Так и сдохнуть можно. Не по-божески это как-то.

Comments

[cmm.livejournal.com]

OK, guys, now you scare me.
or has Babelfish become AI-complete in the meantime?

(anyway, there are nice Bialetti macchinetas sold everywhere, including IL.  they are not that expensive, and they sure make good espresso from the right coffee.  the "Brikka" model is very nice, for instance).

[avva.livejournal.com]

Нет уж, буду теперь пробовать эту ручную. Врач сказал в морг...

[cmm.livejournal.com]

дык это почти что она и есть, вроде?

[avva.livejournal.com]

Я её и не распаковал ещё даже :)

[gaal.livejournal.com]

Рыбы могут думать!

[cmm.livejournal.com]

да, но большинство из них не подозревает об этом, а следовательно не думает.
мне кажется. :)

[gaal.livejournal.com]

Two philosophers are standing on a bridge.

"Oh, how excellent it is to be a fish," one says, "so free of care, swimming along with the flow all day. Happiness!"

"How do you know that?" cries his friend. "You were never a fish!"

"How do you know that?," replies the first. "You were never me!"

This phrasing's better.

[cmm.livejournal.com]

given enough eyeballs, all phrasings are fishy!

[gaal.livejournal.com]

given enough phrasings, all fish are eyeballsy?

Okay, bedtime for me!

[avva.livejournal.com]

Sure, but can they make good espresso? Ah, mon ami, c’est là la question, n'est-ce pas?

[cmm.livejournal.com]

they sure can make good soup, though!

[gaal.livejournal.com]

I'm a snob and I like my crema.

[cmm.livejournal.com]

that's why I've specifically mentioned "Brikka": it does give you crema.

[gaal.livejournal.com]

What manner of sorcery is this?

[cmm.livejournal.com]

the patented sourcery goes like this:

they've attached a small piece of metal on top of the spout.  the piece of metal has a layer of rubber on the underside, so that it cover the spout nicely.  this way the coffee gets more pressurised before it goes out into the thigy it goes out into, and when it does finally go out, it goes out all at once (not gradually, like in a regular macchineta), and it even has crema on it for a while.

perhaps there are pictures on the intarweb, but I haven't found any.

surprisingly enough, it works as advertised.