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From: john larkin <JL@gct.com>
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Subject: Re: Donuts
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 08:02:03 -0800
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On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:57:54 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

>Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:28:15 -0500, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>> 
>> >On 1/16/2025 6:31 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:16:05 -0500, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >>> On 1/12/2025 10:40 AM, john larkin wrote:
>> >>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 15:19:22 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> I find when I really need to focus on something particularly
>> >>>>> recondite, it's impossible without access to copious quantities of
>> >>>>> strong coffee and donuts. Just wondering if anyone else here has the
>> >>>>> same problem and if so, which brand of donuts works best?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Problem? What problem?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> But dark chocolate is a superior design tool.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We don't have any Dunkin Donuts around here
>> >>>
>> >>> Their coffee is wretched, I should know I grew up with one on every
>> >>> corner, sometimes eight of them in a three mile stretch of road.
>> >>>
>> >>> It seems to be a lot of New Englander's favorite drink for some reason,
>> >>> I'm guessing it's the caffeine that's the best part not the rest of it.
>> >> 
>> >> It's even worse than Starbucks and that's saying something.
>> >
>> >Abusers of the chain here tend to get it served "regular" which means
>> >like a quarter-cup of cream and half-dozen sugars so who cares what it
>> >tastes like naturally I guess.
>> >
>> >Just a $5 generic house-brand bag of Peruvian dark roast through a Mr.
>> >Coffee is better for more civilized use...the UK surely has us beat on
>> >tea but there is little excuse for drinking bad coffee in the Americas..
>> 
>> Last time I donned a stab-proof vest and visited the UK, there was a
>> coffee joint about every 10 yards and some of them served far more
>> varieties of coffee than tea. There's only a couple of teas to choose
>> from but over a dozen coffees. It's an outrage.
>
>We've had a few centuries in which to rationalise our tea blending so
>that purveyors only need to supply a small range:
>
>Builder's tea
>Afternoon tea
>Gnats' p*ss
>As-it-comes
>
>In contrast that foreign Johnny-come-lately, coffee, is still relatively
>immature and in a state of flux (probably caused by stirring it too
>vigorously).

I have two young engineers in my Glen Canyon Design Center and both
are tea drinkers. The place came equipped with a new Keurig so I gave
that away.

One of the kids is a California native and one is from Peru. Makes no
sense.