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...Harl Cook, a fortyish man whose sideburns are frankly graying, and his Norwegian wife Tulla, a handsome Nordic blond who leads one to believe that American ways agree with her. Both show good taste and candor, and come to Cambridge after successfully establishing a similar shop in Provincetown...
...Provincetown he met Tulla, and this was a significant day in the American history of the coffee bean. Tulla, which means "little girl" in Norwegian, had a seafaring grandfather who once ran short on whale cargo near Java, so started carting coffee back to Norway. Tulla's grandmother soon learned how to make quantities of good coffee, as did her daughter and her daughter's daughter, Tulla. "And I was a little girl, once," she laughs when she explains her name. She seems to have a sort of quiet discipline which will insure the shop's cleanliness, and has herself...
Between them, Harl and Tulla drink about 21 cups of coffee a day: Harl, only three ("or I go through the ceiling"); Tulla, 18 ("I just love it!"). They have 20 kinds, ranging from "Angel's Bosom" (Cuban black coffee with lemon peel) to "Cafe del Diablo" (Java Semarang, blended with mint.) Harl says Boston is "just a hick town when it comes to coffee. None of the restaurant suppliers knew what an espresso machine was." Harl and Tulla also serve pastry, cheese, and sandwiches...
...competition, Harl thinks he's getting along very nicely. Cafe Capriccio, according to reports he's received, never approached making a serious cup of coffee. And Tulla and the lovely plump lady at Patisserie Gabrielle are on the best of terms. "There's really room for four or five coffee shops, if each is distinctive," Harl believes...
...Cicero and Caesar, a clique of about 300 politicians held the power and managed all elections, with the result that riots and proscriptions followed each other in rapid succession. The condition of the proletariats, or common rabble, became steadily worse; but during the long quarrel between Marius and Tulla their support was essential for the success of either party, a fact which led to many measures for their relief...