brooklyn gal for a while

cup of coffee, container enough

I fell in "heart" with NY coffee before I ever tasted it. Those cups
are just so freaking cute! Of course, as long as you wont miss your teeth from decay, it is quite tasty too.
But what I dont understand is the placement of the full cup of coffee in a flimsy little paper sac. what is that point of this? Is there someone out there who thinks it easier to carry this way? Or do most people who are desperate for caffine tenderly carry their little bag of legal/socially accpetable drugs through the rain to enjoy at a later time? Am I alone in wanting to actually drink the warm beverage while it is still warm?
Recently though I happened to grab a cup from Balthazar on my way to work*. This cup had a serious lid. I'm talking the best renovation of the plastic coffee lid since DD created the sipper/nipple hybrid. There was this slider mechanism (kind of like on spice jars) where you could open and close the lid! Yes, more plastic to fill our landfills, but less spilling coffee into my purse while walking down Spring St; this seems universal balence enough for me.


*A roomie recommended their coffee and pastries . . . my opinion, less than stellar on both accounts

posted by gordian knot @ Friday, December 30, 2005