Now that I'm not at the Prospect offices, I tend to spend my days drifting from one WiFi enabled coffee place to another in search of variety, internet access, and caffeine. Today, I've been to three different spots -- two independent outlets and one Starbucks -- that were suffering coffee cup shortages. Two that didn't have cups for large iced coffees and one that was missing medium-sized hot cups. What's the deal? Is there some regional cup-shipment emergency? Can we blame al-Qaeda for this turn of events? I demand action!
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Crisis on Infinite Coffee Houses
12 Sep 2006 04:38 pm
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It's like a Gilmore Girl's nightmare. No coffee cups!
The comic book reference is awesomely geeky, though. Almost makes up for the Pluto stuff.
First they came for the coffee cups. And I said nothing, because I drink tea.
heh.
Not to be a big hippie or nuthin', but - oh, okay, I'll be a big hippie. Bring your own travel mug. Cuts down on trash and blah blah blah saves the Earth. Plus eliminates this particular problem, though I'll admit I've never run into it, m'self.
Can we blame al-Qaeda for this turn of events?
We can't afford not to.
Semi-serious question: If I were to switch to bringing my own coffee mug to a place that measures how much coffee to give me by looking at the size of the cup, but I in fact don't want a full travel-mug's worth, rather only my usual medium, how does that work?
In my experience, most places have a fixed price for BYOMug purchases that roughly tracks Medium. It's the cups that typically cost the money, unless it's an expensive blend of coffee percolating, so a couple extra ounces here or there isn't a big deal
Buy a coffee maker.
Intravenous tube.
Buy a coffee maker.
One suspects that Matthew isn't going out to the coffee place for the coffee, but rather to get out of the house.
The best place for coffee in all of America:
http://tridentcafe.com/
Matthew, if you make the trip, the first cup is on me...
Hey Matt,
1. You need to tell http://www.cursor.org that your site has moved so they can update their blogroll. This is a very popular news portal.
2. Where's the reddit alien already? Since you support delicious why not reddit, which actually has the more active political community. The theme this fall should be "No social bookmariking service left behind." http://www.reddit.com
dj, you're right, I have a friend who looked into opening one of those coffee carts, the most expensive ingredient in a Latte is the cup.
It's a good day when I get a comic book reference. I've been arguing at RedState all day (they are seriously discussing whether we should ban all Muslims from entering the country), and a good Crisis post title helps take the edge off...
Cheers.
The best coffee in DC is the Java House, 1645 Q St., NW. The guy will talk to you at length about where he purchases his beans and how long he roasts them. Can't believe he wouldn't have any cups after all that. So after about an hour hearing about his beans, you can walk next door to Fox and Hounds for the cheapest, strongest cocktail in town.
Definitely bring your travel mug! I find that they tend to give you a deal too -- often charging you for a small but filling the (medium) mug up. And if you don't want the whole mug full, just tell them exactly how much you want, never been a problem for me!
Java House coffee is totally weak. The best non-Starbucks coffee I've had in DC is at Capitol Grounds on Pennsylvania.
I never understood the american fascination with the Giant Enormous Buckets Of Coffee. Personally, I drink espresso (usually called a "short black" here in Melbourne) - a very small cup, very concentrated, with nothing added.
I managed to find a couple of places in NYC that could do a decent espresso, but DC was like a black hole for coffee. Admittedly, I haven't been back in 2 years, so it might have gotten better...
Very impressive comic book reference, especially considering that the Crisis occured in 1985-86 when you were, what, five?
I don't know. It may be nerdy to know about COIE, but it's much nerdier to know recent Green Lantern continuity, as Matt seems to from his GL Theory of Geopolitics.
All the google ads on matthewyglesias.com today are for coffee and cups.
Go figure...pot is a controlled substance but coffee isn't. Matt sounded like he had a King Kong sized monkey on his back, lol. I am thinking that Matt might be a large part of the reason there is a cup shortage. ;-)
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Whoa, dude, settle down! It sounds like, cup shortage or no, you've probably had enough caffeine for the day.
Posted by dj moonbat | September 12, 2006 4:49 PM