The perfect coffee, served to me in Sydney harbour by a barrista that obviously had a real talent.
'It was a pleasant cafe, warm and clean and friendly and I hung up my old waterproof on the coatrack to dry and put my worn and weathered felt hat on the rack above the bench and ordered a cafe au lait. The waiter brought it and I took out a notebook from the pocket of the coat and a pencil and started to write.'
[Ernest Hemingway]
Last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire: Living a low-key, modern-day life in Scotland.
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