Word: mocha
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...sits down, mocha in hand, in a ridiculously comfortable chair, she looks up at the wall and--Lo! and Behold! Three books on the topic she had thoughtlessly e-mailed in weeks before! Saved by the House library, she finishes her paper before Stein Club...
...Seekers of the Perfect Cup, from the people who made the vente mocha Frappuccino as ubiquitous as the Big Mac, comes Starbucks' Barista Utopia Vacuum Coffee Brewing System ($169). The idea is to take vacuum coffee brewing, a method long favored in Europe, and Americanize it--make it plug-in simple, electric and automatic. You put freshly ground coffee in the large funnel on top, insert the funnel's rubber gasket tightly into the water-filled carafe below, push ON and stand back. The water quickly heats to a perfect, sub-boiling 205[degrees]F and gets sucked up into...
...entryway-mate brought over Darwin's buttercreams one afternoon. We broke off tiny pieces together, licked around the edges of the edges to scoop up the filling with the points of our tongues. The doughy chocolate cookies (almost very thin brownies) sandwich four major types of buttercream: raspberry, mocha, peanut butter and mint. Thick as icing, this cookie filling makes Oreo cream taste like Olestra. Since then, I've learned that the cookies come chilled but are better a little warm. They last longer that way; you can break off smaller bits...
...technically correct to say in his essay about coffee drinking [ESSAY, Dec. 6] that "there isn't a Starbucks in sight on Tiananmen Square," there are some just a short walk away. In fact, there are several, where you can enjoy a latte or sip a double-tall mocha. Beijing is transforming itself into a modern metropolis with Starbucks full of Chinese and expats getting their Java jolt. When it comes to coffee bars, Beijing is no latte lightweight. CHRISTOPHER OXLEY Beijing