Coffee is my homeboy. I want to share quickly the joy of living in a country with good coffee. Coffee comes in small cups, not 20 ounces (damn you, Starbucks). Coffee is served in all forms in all locations (espresso, cafe au lait, and macchiato) and with the exception of cappucinos, they are served as they traditionally should be. Cappucinos have incurred the unfortunate quality of including chocolate, which is actually a mocha where I come from. Otherwise, it is all smooth sailing with me and coffee in the Maghreb. I can even order it in Arabic: "brit kahwa b lhlib, afak."
One of my favorite qualities about coffee here is that even coffee out of a machine is yummy. We have a machine in the basement of Amideast where all items cost 3.5 Dirhams (about $.40). The options include cappucino, cafe au lait, cafe court, cafe long, cocoa, and even a strange tea drink. There are options to increase or reduce the amount of sugar, and all drinks are mixed by the machine in front of you with a little stir stick. Yum. I don't deny the fact that going to get coffee also gives me the excuse to go in the basement and talk with my teacher friends.
Coffee is my homeboy. I want to share quickly the joy of living in a country with good coffee. Coffee comes in small cups, not 20 ounces (damn you, Starbucks). Coffee is served in all forms in all locations (espresso, cafe au lait, and macchiato) and with the exception of cappucinos, they are served as they traditionally should be. Cappucinos have incurred the unfortunate quality of including chocolate, which is actually a mocha where I come from. Otherwise, it is all smooth sailing with me and coffee in the Maghreb. I can even order it in Arabic: "brit kahwa b lhlib, afak."
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