Comments on: Cult of the bean

By: Jarvis

Jarvis — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:01:45 +0000

@Frank (or is that Fronk?)
I don’t think I can start to explain, but I’ll go with neither coffee or beer. Tea is difficult to make well and even the British can’t agree on how it should be made or indeed have much ability in making consistently good tea.

@Steampunk
Oh, I would be living in that cafe, as long os the coffee was up to standard.

@All
while the subject of nationality crops up, neither myself of my velomihottie are English, we are Welsh. Ta.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:56:10 +0000

@Steampunk I love that - not Catholic but it seems that this could be a great way to get the lapsed Cognosetti back on the straight and narrow. Penance riding - hill repeats, telephone pole sprint repeats and best of all motor pacing at dawn. And hey in case you had not noticed "Douche" is an accepted vocab word here with no stigma attached. @frank Fronkster, I’m nothing, maybe mid-atlantic? Born in New Hampshire but spent way to much time in London but now I am getting a Lawn Giland accent! So its tea and crumpets when I'm not having double espressos.

By: Steampunk

Steampunk — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:23:12 +0000

I’m really sorry. That was bad form. Chalk it up to a bad week coming to a close. Solo hill repeats at dark-thirty tomorrow morning. Will add an extra one by way of penance.

By: Steampunk

Steampunk — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:08:40 +0000

@frank Oh, I hate to do this: It's de rigueur. Sorry: I'm a douche (another French word.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:27:11 +0000

@Steampunk Indeed. Espresso pre-ride is de riguer (God I love French). Post-ride = pub and a nice, cool (cellar-temperature, not refrigerated) ale.

By: Steampunk

Steampunk — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:45:06 +0000

@frank

“American” and “aestheticism” don’t have much in common, do they? Tea is the stuff Americans threw into Boston Harbor (thereby making palatable only to Americans).

Re. coffee: I’ll take an espresso, but none of this after ride nonsense. A new café just opened down the road. Named Domestique, and yes: proprietor is a cyclist and master roaster. Life is good.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:04:05 +0000

@Rob I can't figure this out. Are you English or American? Or is it the same as my Dutch-ness? Dutch is my first language and that's why my name is pronounced like the gay guy in Father of the Bride, but I was raised here in the You Ess of Aye.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:01:58 +0000

@Steampunk, @Jarvis Please help us Americans out. I can't remember if "tea" translates from English into American as "Coffee" or "Beer".

By: Steampunk

Steampunk — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:22:47 +0000

@Jarvis Oh: it's on! This is going to get ugly fast.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:58:51 +0000

@Steampunk @Jarvis Hey, I'm in on putting golden anything on my crumpet!