On Thursday 30 Aug 2007 10:03 am, Deepa Mohan wrote: > coffee (or chicory or whatever!) is piping hot, and doesn't cool off > like the large cupfuls do; and the caffeine is in such small doses
Earthenware drink-ware (clay/ceramic mugs or glasses) tend to hold warmth much longer - a fact that made me suffer huge mugfuls of dilute and piping hot coffee in hospital common rooms in the UK. OTOH this silly Bengaluru/MTR penchant for silver coffee cups ensures early heat loss even as you burn your fingers, lips and tongue. > that one can have another thimble, or two, later in the day, without > any worry. I am not a taste nazi when it comes to coffee; I like "pure One nurse in a Hospital (in Bengaluru) had an innovative name for these minute cups of coffee - she would say "Here - have a 'test dose' of coffee" > by tepid stuff. And the two- or four-rupee "baitu" (how come this has > not yet got into the thread...that's one coffee divided by two, that In other words a "by-two" coffee shiv
