When we dropped down to Ecuador a few years ago...
by Paul 
, Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 20:21 (570 days ago) @ RayLee
we stayed at a nice, cheap hotel somewhere along the route to Quito. Breakfast was included with the cost of the room. When we walked into the dining area we were greeted with "¿agua o leche?" (water or milk?). It caught us off guard and we had to request a repeat, at which point we were STILL in the dark as to what was being asked! No cultural context was the problem. It turned out they wanted to know if we wanted hot milk or hot water to mix our instant coffee in. We didn't have a decent cup of coffee the whole time we were visiting, nothing but instant granules were to be had. I guess I take our fortune of living in a top coffee producing region for granted.
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- Ground or beans? -
Paul,
2023-05-02, 09:49
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- Big coffee plastic tubs here. -
Hoot,
2023-05-02, 10:36
- There's a lot to be said... -
Paul,
2023-05-02, 10:43
- I wouldn't know about that.... ;-) - Hoot, 2023-05-02, 12:07
- Louisiana,Community Coffee,Sweet Sun Tea Green or Black - E Sisk, 2023-05-03, 04:04
- There's a lot to be said... -
Paul,
2023-05-02, 10:43
- I DRINK TEA -
JT,
2023-05-02, 11:01
- I DRINK TEA - Paul, 2023-05-02, 11:28
- Drank hot tea for the first time at 50. -
cas,
2023-05-02, 16:51
- Been drinking black coffee for more than 60 years. -
JimT,
2023-05-02, 17:00
- Been drinking coffee since -
Paul,
2023-05-02, 17:02
- Me ... in the mornings - JimT, 2023-05-02, 17:19
- "Legend" has it I was 3. - Hoot, 2023-05-02, 18:01
- Been drinking coffee since -
Paul,
2023-05-02, 17:02
- Been drinking black coffee for more than 60 years. -
JimT,
2023-05-02, 17:00
- Ground Only. - JimT, 2023-05-02, 11:46
- Ground or beans? -
RayLee,
2023-05-02, 19:29
- So I re-ask the contessa..... -
RayLee,
2023-05-02, 19:51
- When we dropped down to Ecuador a few years ago... - Paul, 2023-05-02, 20:21
- Ground or beans? -
Paul,
2023-05-02, 20:22
- In Mozambique, breakfast in the bush was a bread roll and -
JimT,
2023-05-02, 20:39
- Café da manhã! -
Paul,
2023-05-03, 07:27
- I am not sure of the 'slang' for "breakfast" in Brazil but -
JimT,
2023-05-03, 08:09
- Not sure about slang, the only thing I ever heard it called - Paul, 2023-05-03, 15:37
- I am not sure of the 'slang' for "breakfast" in Brazil but -
JimT,
2023-05-03, 08:09
- Café da manhã! -
Paul,
2023-05-03, 07:27
- In Mozambique, breakfast in the bush was a bread roll and -
JimT,
2023-05-02, 20:39
- So I re-ask the contessa..... -
RayLee,
2023-05-02, 19:51
- MY caffiene comes from Diet Pepsis but the wife... - Hobie, 2023-05-03, 06:32
- Out of the past -
Catoosa,
2023-05-03, 10:40
- FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT - JimT, 2023-05-03, 10:52
- Both, mostly ground - Slow Hand, 2023-05-04, 04:17
- Big coffee plastic tubs here. -
Hoot,
2023-05-02, 10:36