Friday, September 26, 2008

Wienercoffee

There's a coffee machine at my work that is made for an office environment: you put your cup on the little platform, push a button, and it fills your cup with the kind of coffee you selected. The choices are things like coffee, coffee with milk, cafe au lait (no, i haven't figured out what the difference between 'coffee with milk' and 'cafe au lait' is), espresso, choc-espresso, hot chocolate, and so on.

One of the choices is wienercoffee. There is no space between the words 'wiener' and 'coffee'. It took a few days before I was comfortable enough to ask someone about it (he giggled too). Of course, a brief internet search revealed that this is vienna-style coffee, which is essentially whipped cream and coffee.

Anyway, yesterday I was brave enough to try it. And it's delicious. Suspiciously similar to both the coffee with milk and the cafe au lait produced by the machine, but I'm comfortable with that.

1 comment:

PJD said...

Thanks for the laugh.Mental images alone were worth it. I envy your time up there- and your "uncle" Dave and band will be in Finland soon- expect some contact!
love you dear,
Aunt Pat