tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post6130579857259601275..comments2024-01-09T13:36:58.648-03:00Comments on Corrugated City: Downtown ValparaisoMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-89088335931174911402007-09-11T10:39:00.000-04:002007-09-11T10:39:00.000-04:00Please do not return unless you have something ins...Please do not return unless you have something insulting to say about Chile.<BR/><BR/>Coffee <I>can</I> be good but it's always served so bloody cold. I always specifically ask for my <I>cortado</I> to be very very hot and it still usually arrives tepid. I just keep sending it back until it's hot enough or when i can see that the milk foam is clearly spit foam from a disgruntled <I>barrista</I>. The excuse i hear time and again for cold coffee is: "But the water is boiling hot from the machine and it can't be any hotter." To which i reply, "Err, yes. But the milk needs to be heated otherwise the temperature of the <I>entire</I> coffee is reduced." Rocket science.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-16374207918593171162007-09-11T02:09:00.000-04:002007-09-11T02:09:00.000-04:00Starlights rocks, their logo, their absolutely sen...Starlights rocks, their logo, their absolutely senseless name, everything - it's such a crass ripoff we could be in Beijing, if only Santiago had smog. <BR/><BR/>It's hard to find coffee in Chile but not that hard and once you do it's decent as hell. Also, <I>cafe literarios</I> are totally chill and they stress the book-coffee connection a lot more than anywhere in the states. Yeah, starbucks + barnes 'n noble but <I>cafe literarios</I> knock that commercialized shit out of the park. <BR/><BR/>Excuse me while I vomit I just wrote way too much nice stuff about Chile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-38521543660038620632007-09-09T13:18:00.000-04:002007-09-09T13:18:00.000-04:00Also, a couple of years ago it was a nightmare try...Also, a couple of years ago it was a nightmare trying to get a cup of real coffee. Nescafe rules here. However, it's now pretty normal for restaurants and cafes to have a proper coffee machine. Starbucks and its chilean rip-off Starlights are increasingly popular. So it's not impossible to get a good cup of coffee, just that the idea of spending an afternoon in a cafe reading a book is anathema to chileans.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-32821125722989799152007-09-09T13:15:00.000-04:002007-09-09T13:15:00.000-04:00Al: cafe culture pretty much doesn't exist in Chil...Al: cafe culture pretty much doesn't exist in Chile although it's changing quite quickly. However, i don't think chileans will ever embrace the argentine style cafe culture much like the british will never embrace the french style cafe culture. Both the chileans and british are too impatient to spend hours sipping coffee when there are better things to be done!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-77761600624761337882007-09-08T02:26:00.000-04:002007-09-08T02:26:00.000-04:00hi matt, How's the coffee culture in valpo comp...hi matt,<BR/><BR/><BR/> How's the coffee culture in valpo compared to beunos aires?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-4158691603938361322007-09-07T03:33:00.000-04:002007-09-07T03:33:00.000-04:00Hey, thanks for the shout-out. I'll probably be d...Hey, thanks for the shout-out. I'll probably be doing a weekly link thing so if you don't mind I'd like to include your blog in it if you don't mind, as you seem to be a Chile blog that updates more frequently than others. You're under no obligation to reciprocate :)Mamacita Chilenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00591882075295087687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-14945457629887457092007-09-06T20:29:00.000-04:002007-09-06T20:29:00.000-04:00You're right..nescafe isn't real coffee...but to m...You're right..nescafe isn't real coffee...but to make nescafe they have to toast and crush real coffee beans...so parts of valpo usually smell of fresh-roasted coffee. Nice.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-43050198671159212182007-09-06T20:25:00.000-04:002007-09-06T20:25:00.000-04:00Coffee? Nescafe no-es-cafe! And yeah good job do...Coffee? Nescafe <I>no-es-cafe!</I> And yeah good job dodging that bullet the valpo hippies they seem like they're really full of themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com