[Pdx-pm] Tea is weak [was: Perl Testing book]

[Rob Bloodgood]

Joshua Keroes wrote:
> 
> On Jul 27, 2005, at 11:42 AM, Rob Bloodgood wrote:
> 
>> Michael G Schwern wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 07:30:04PM -0700, Randall Hansen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jul 26, 2005, at 6:58 PM, Joshua Keroes wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> PS Actually, I drink yerba mate. And it's better than both Schwern's
>>>>> tea *and* Heumann's coffee.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> heumann doesn't drink coffee, actually.  but thanks to working with  
>>>> me for so long, he's a total espresso snob :)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Real men drink TURKISH COFFEE [1] from BRASS THIMBLES because to
>>> drink more
>>> than that would cause a ball of pure blackness to burn through your
>>> stomach,
>>> the seat you're on, the floor, the ground and eventually wind up
>>> embedded 
>>> in the firey core of the Earth!
>>>
>>
>> Actually, having just returned from Turkey, I can attest that is almost
>> true.  However, I also discovered something else: my wife really likes a
>> dessert called Turkish Delight, which is sickeningly sweet (typical of
>> many Turkish desserts), and inedible to me.  But I found out that if one
>> eats Turkish Delight while sipping Turkish coffee, the extreme sweetness
>> and extreme bitterness neutralize and create a truly delightful taste.
> 
> 
> You can buy Turkish Delight at Barbur Foods on the corner of SW Barbur &
> SW Taylor's Ferry. They stock several brands. 

Thanks, I'll let my lady know.

But there IS one thing we discovered in Turkey that I would VERY much
like to know: does anybody know where to purchase Sour Cherry
Juice/Nectar, in Portland?

Rob