Best worst espresso
Puritans, skip to the next article. Ignoramuses, keep chewing on your mouse mats.
These fantastic espresso vending machines grace the hallways of most supermarkets and shopping malls here in Kiev. For $0.50 you get an espresso that, while being pretty ordinary, is actually great value when compared with the $3.50 disgrace you’d expect to receive at Coffee Club or Starbucks. And, aside from operating only in Russian, it offers better service than many of it’s brick-and-mortar competitors.
Just think, how many “coffee” franchise stores could be replaced by $0.50 vending machine? We can only live in hope.
October 14th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Dude, this reminds me of the similar vending machines in Prague & Budapest. Yes, I did have a couple of coffees from them in desperation, and they were surprisingly potable. The drink was pre-sweetened, but different enough to enjoy if i wasn’t thinking of it as “coffee”. Also, there’s a weird Czech “cola” which is really un-cola-like — any interesting soft-drinks or other beverages there in Ukraine?
October 15th, 2007 at 3:58 am
I am glad you are blogging it is surprisingly INTERESTING. Keep it up. Id like to read more!
October 17th, 2007 at 4:34 am
what you’re going on about is kind of like - for months you have played your billy hyde practice pad, thinking, “man this doesn’t get any better” - you, the pad, an mp3 or two. then you get onto a real kit with a real band, and you realise how foolish you were.
aka - go and start a dancing bean franchise in Kiev or something and stop drinking crap coffee.
in other news, i am having chicken kievs tomorrow for dinner.
October 17th, 2007 at 4:42 am
Good to know wen still loves me