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<p><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="20241" data-permalink="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.wordpress.com/2016/11/10/ocd-obsessive-coffee-disorder/20161109_142329/" data-orig-file="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/20161109_142329.jpg" data-orig-size="2988,2784" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G920I&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1478701409&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="20161109_142329" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/20161109_142329.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/20161109_142329.jpg?w=1024" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-20241" src="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/20161109_142329.jpg?w=2988&#038;h=2784" alt="20161109_142329" width="2988" height="2784" srcset="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/20161109_142329.jpg 2988w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/20161109_142329.jpg?w=150&amp;h=140 150w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/20161109_142329.jpg?w=300&amp;h=280 300w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/20161109_142329.jpg?w=768&amp;h=716 768w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/20161109_142329.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=954 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 2988px) 100vw, 2988px" />Melbourne has high expectations when it comes down to coffee.<br />
On one street you might find 5 coffee shops and all roast their own beans and make coffee in every possible way: cold drip, hot drip, aeropress, coffee machine, brew stations and on, and on, and on. Customers are expecting the best coffee: almond magic with latte art which is matching the latest coffee trends from the World Barista Championships; or may be organic Fair Trade dirty chai or Natural process beans from Kenya served in Chemex??? Everything you can imagine&#8230; and even much more than that.<br />
But there is a price for indulgence. Coffee in Melbourne is expensive, strong and traded like a liquid gold.</p>
<p>I think anytime soon coffee will become a currency by itself. If you buy something considerably expensive a salesman would likely to tell you that it costs as much as one latte a day for a year or something like that. My latest example was in a shop where salesman said: &#8220;Think different. Imagine that this iron costs as much as two lattes a day for a few weeks&#8230;. may be for 6 or so&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Hmmm&#8230;  For me it sounds like: &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, it costs something like 1/64 of your diamond! And diamonds are so small!&#8221;. Small part of expensive thing is still expensive.</p>
<p>Knowing where coffee comes from, how many beans are required for one cup of coffee and how much it costs, purchase of one iron make me feel like a coffee plantation owner with a village of slaves. That&#8217;s how much one cup of coffee can influence on my imagination.</p>
<p>Drink gold-feel gold!</p>
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<p>Кофе в Австралии самый популярный напиток после воды из-под крана. Но, наверное, и самый дорогой. Алкоголь не в счет, этот беверидж вне времени вне конкуренции.</p>
<p>А кофе? Кофе в Австралии &#8211; престиж, время препровождение, повод для знакомства, для снобизма, идиотизма и необходимизма. А еще это валюта &#8211; коричневое золото &#8211; является мерилом продаж на рынке нестандартных товаров. Покупаете пылесос, а продавец вам: &#8220;Это всего лишь стоимость одного кофе в день на протяжение нескольких месяцев&#8221; и ты говоришь: &#8221; Пустяк&#8221;, а подсознательно понимаешь, что эта покупка будет дорогой, и невкусной.</p>
<p>Измеряя мою жизнь чашками кофе, я почти сознательно закладываю в нее вкусовой подтекст. Но самое интересное в этом контексте то, что он ещё и легконаркотический.</p>
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