Re: [Leica] Shipley's Donuts: answering Mark

["SonC \(Sonny Carter\)" <sonc@sonc.com>]

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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