Nothing Indeed!

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Notes David Lynch Signature Espresso

#coffee #link #wtf #David Lynch

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(via lidel)

#coffee #comic #dieselsweeties

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overnighter:

Leslie Buck, the designer of the ubiquitous and iconic Anthora disposable coffee cup, has died.

I remember when this was the cup you got for every takeout coffee in New York City. It’s being surpassed by Starbucks and other coffee stores, who use their own cups now, but it’s still an instant moment of NYC nostalgia for me.

Who knew someone actually designed it! I thought it sprang fully formed, into the hands of NYPD traffic cops.

#coffee #design

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"This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the Grand Army of the battlefield, and the battle takes place. Things remembered arrive at full gallop, ensuing to the wind. The light cavalry of comparisons deliver a magnificent deploying charge, the artillery of logic hurry up with their train and ammunition, the shafts of with start up like sharpshooters. Similes arise, the paper is covered with ink; for the struggle commences and is concluded with torrents of black water, just as a battle with powder."

Honore de Balzac

“Considered by some critics as the greatest novelist who ever lived, Balzac put his excellent health to the test by constant strain until, in 1834, he suffered a slight “brain congestion” and dizzy spells. These recurred two years later and were diagnosed as arachnoiditis, an inflammation of one of the three brain covers. He drank huge amounts of thick, black coffee, which caused stomach cramps and contributed to his high blood pressure, which resulted in hypertrophy (abnormal enlargement) of the left ventricle of his heart. His body became flabby, his skin sallow, and he developed nervous twitches in his face. In 1840 he had a bout with hepatitis and suffered acute lethargy, more facial twitchings, and headaches. Working by candlelight ruined his eyes. In Russia, in 1847, he developed bronchitis, and when he returned to Paris exhausted three years later, his eyesight was completely gone. When he arrived home, the novelist found his faithful servant had suffered a mental breakdown. Balzac remarked, “What an omen! I shall never leave this house alive.” He never did. Within a few months, his overworked heart quit. His masterpiece, La Comedie Humaine, was never finished. As he lay delirious on his deathbed, he called out, “Send for Bianchon [the famous doctor of La Comedie Humaine]. He’ll save me.”

#coffee #Honore de Balzac #quote

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Tom Waits & Iggy Pop in a clip from Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch.

This was before Iggy disgraced himself by doing a car insurance advert.

#video #coffee #punk #tom waits #iggy pop #film #video

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:)

#coffee #:)

Link Starbucks’ Midlife Crisis

#coffee #starbucks #sbx

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Notes Coffee. Tea. Other.: Is This The Dumbest Coffee Size In The World?

Yes, dear readers, it’s the Costa Massimo, otherwise known as the We’re Serving You Coffee In A Soup Bowl Much To Your Embarrassment. This is, in my learned view, the most horrific looking coffee size in the world. The entire idea of drinking coffee in a ~~wanky and characterless~~ financially…