Handwritten Bill

As many of the good old local cafes have been replaced by global coffee companies, the new technology has also changed the tool of sales management. Most of cafes, bars and restaurants now are using the POS system with the touch screen calculator. Since this has been very common for long, I barely recognised this change until I saw this handwritten bill at a tea house, "Trinitea" today.

Coffest

I hardly drink coffee but do like the smell and a good place for coffee. Cafe, 'Coffeest' aims the best quality coffee so they put the superlative suffix '-est' after coffee. What's your favourite cafe in your city?

Starbucks in Insadong

Starbucks in Insadong is the only one branch in the world whose main sign is written in the country's mother tongue. Insadong, a traditional district in Seoul, is keen to preserve its traditional atmosphere, though the actual circumstance is quite commercialised, and therefore initially didn't approve Starbucks' application to open their branch in this golden place. I'm not sure how the negotiation went, but eventually Starbucks made its wish come true under the condition of setting up its sign on the entrance written in Korean. You made it, Starbucks, but I am not happy at all with your achievement, you ugly octopus!

Coffee's Heart

It was the first time ever for me to drink espresso (macchiato), and it took almost 2.5 hrs until I fell asleep that night. Since then, when I need to awaken myself from sleep, I go for espresso.

에스프레소(마끼아또)를 마신 건 이것이 처음이었는데, 그 날 밤 잠들기 전까지 거의 2시간 반이 걸렸다. 그 이후로 잠에서 깨어나야 할 때는 에스프레소를 찾는다.