On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:38:13 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:06:37 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:


Nice to hear your cheery voice again Vic.

Yes, I drink my coffee black but sometimes with friends in the city
may have a macciato or piccolo as a long black takes a while to cool
enough to drink and a short black goes too quickly. In Oztralia, a
long black is one shot of espresso in a standard cup topped up with
hot water (dopio is two shots).

However at home in Malaysia I surrender to my perversions and have
black coffee asian style (hot water poured through a gauze funnel)
with at least half an inch of sweetened condensed milk in the bottom -
called "kopi panas" (hot coffee). Without the milk it is "kopi o" and
iced coffee is "kopi ais" or "kopi o ais". We try to go to Chinese
establishments as generally they make the best coffee, the Malays make
the second best and the Indians make the worst.

I took a young nephew to a new mall at Bukit Tingi between Kuala
Lumpur and Port Kelang the other day and introduced him to tiramisu
cake and iced cappuccino. He was horrified that my esspresso coffee
cost 5 Ringit (AUD $1.50) as normally kopi costs between 1 and 1.30
Ringit. Has become addicted to tiramisu though.

Perhaps a bit more than I wanted there, since you've managed to make
me a bit jealous of your coffee experiences.
Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
But I did ask. Thank you for your response.

As to you being master of your own home, your innocence and naivity is
quite endearing. Most of us live quite happily under that impression
though.

My regards to your owner and the other owners (if daughters) who have
you around their little fingers.
cheers,

I thought I made clear my understanding of all that but perhaps I was
too subtle, forgetting I was speaking to somebody probably hopped up
on caffeine, and coiled to jump at conclusions. In any case thanks
for the reminder.
Cheers to you Cap (Coffee Admiral Peter.)

--Vic