This ring: how much coffee could I have bought with this ring?!

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

What kind did you get? I really like the African blends.

It's Ethopian from their Black Apron line. Good, but not great. And, not Peet's.

[€uroMeinke]

Here in San Antonio the closest Peet's is in Denver, or Chicago, which means I need to get on a plane or join a cattle drive to get a good cup.

In the meantime, I found a Starbucks on the river and have been filling myself up with Maple Machiatos.

Perhaps, Mr. Lewis, you should open your own shop?

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Perhaps, Mr. Lewis, you should open your own shop?

Bah, even Chock Full o' Nuts has gone trendy.

Gimme a ten cent cuppa mud in a dirty cup and a slice of blueberry pie.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Bah, even Chock Full o' Nuts has gone trendy.

Gimme a ten cent cuppa mud in a dirty cup and a slice of blueberry pie.

For pie Pilgrim Cafe in Belmont. I'll bet they can do a cuppa mud in a dirty cup, but their pie is divine.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

For pie Pilgrim Cafe in Belmont. I'll bet they can do a cuppa mud in a dirty cup, but their pie is divine.

If we're talking good pie, we used to do Bepple's Pies. Really good pie with excruciatingly bad service. Now they're gone.

But I'm not talkin' good pie. I'm talking the stuff that sits on the counter under a plastic lid on a cake tray next to the coconut cake.

My parents always favored nesselrode pie, which is, as one web site put it, basically instinct. As a child, this pie scared me. Must have been the rum.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

If we're talking good pie, we used to do Bepple's Pies. Really good pie with excruciatingly bad service. Now they're gone.

They're gone?!?!

I did not know! I did see La Nouvelle Patisiere is gone (or moved off Union Street) and I loved them, not cheap, but real honest to merde French pastry