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Subject: Re: [Leica] Shipley's Donuts: answering Mark
From: "Rob Appleby" <rob@robertappleby.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:19:34 +0200
References: <001901c242cc$4dbd2c00$7f938eac@nsula.edu> <009801c242d8$f711c020$633f4d18@gv.shawcable.net> <3D5942B1.1C1290BF@markrabiner.com> <003101c242f5$be67f560$af11a7ac@nsula.edu>

Café olé is such a perversion...
R.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Shipley's Donuts: answering Mark


>
> Mark, it is obvious you've never spent much time in Louisiana when you
> talk about coffee.  The choices are wide, and even in New Orleans,
> where the need for catering to tourists with a Starbucks lust is
> necessary,  you can choose from MANY blends.
>
> The most famous is of course Cafe' du Monde, usually drunk as cafe' au
> lait with some square doughnuts called beignets, French Market Brand
> is another,
>
> If you notice in the corner of the shot showing the counter,
> http://www.sonc.com/shipley
> there is a Community Coffee Maker.  The coffee in the Pacquet Rouge
> (Red Bag) is called Louisiana's State Coffee, and if you visit a state
> office in Baton Rouge, you'll likely be offered a cup while you wait
> for your appointment.
>
> In the Natchitoches donut shop, Community Coffee is served scalding.
> The denizens of Shipley's would have it no other way.  That woman who
> put  her McDonald's cup between her legs would not have dared try that
> with Shipley's coffee!
>
> In our grocery, you can buy Community in the following versions:
>
>     Dark Roast
>     Between Roast
>     Light Medium Roast
>     Medium Roast
>     New Orleans Blend® Decaf
>     Decaf
>     Café Special
>     Hotel Blend
>     100% Colombian
>     New Orleans Blend®
>
> Here in Natchitoches, we are again able to get Nakatosh Coffee, a dark
> roast of heroic strength.  The way to make it best is French Drip, but
> of course there are other ways.  Some put ice in the bottom of a
> percolator, to ensure the process takes long enough to make serious
> coffee.
>
> Hmmm, time for my afternoon cup!
>
> Sonny
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@markrabiner.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Shipley's Donuts
>
>
> > On the West Coast or in Portland at least even the Police don't go
> to
> > those Donut places there is the Starbucks or better placers with the
> > bikers and the yuppies and the high school kids with the piercings
> and
> > everybody else.
> >
> > The Drunken Donuts are just like the Hopper Diner in the Painting
> except
> > there's no couple inside the place is deserted completely at all
> times.
> > The employees hide in the back room.
> >
> > I found it interesting while visiting Boston and the surrounding
> area
> > (the whole state of Massachusetts) a few years ago that it's darn
> hard
> > finding an espresso or a strong cup of coffee you've got Dunkin
> donuts
> > instead or Shipleys perhaps. Usually right across the street from
> the
> > grave yard which is right smack dab in the center of town.
> > The coffee is so week you can smell it across the room. And there's
> no bathroom.
> > What can you do with a weak cup of coffee?
> > If its too strong you can put an ice cube in it.
> > If its too week there's nothing to do with it except get it out of
> the room!
> >
> > Also here on the West Coast we interestingly put our grave years way
> off
> > somewhere - not in the middle of town.
> > My parents are buried way off in the Burbs somewhere if I ever found
> it
> > on my own and I'm sure I'd never find my way back home again!
> >
> > But I'm sure there's a Starbucks or something much better catering
> to
> > the place.
> >
> >
> > Mark Rabiner
> > Portland, Oregon USA
> > http://www.markrabiner.com
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In reply to: Message from "SonC \(Sonny Carter\)" <sonc@sonc.com> ([Leica] Shipley's Donuts)
Message from Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] Shipley's Donuts)
Message from Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com> (Re: [Leica] Shipley's Donuts)
Message from "SonC \(Sonny Carter\)" <sonc@sonc.com> (Re: [Leica] Shipley's Donuts: answering Mark)