The One Where we struggled with Coffee
'F.R.I.E.N.D.S' is the most obsessed series of all time. People who watch 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S' or have watched this show can watch it on repeat. My best friend is one of those people. One evening while sitting on the bench of our college garden, we both were getting bored and started looking at WhatsApp DPs of people. She suddenly found a DP of a guy with the background having the same 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S' setup. And she started flipping over that. We searched for that place and found that it was in the same city we were in. So we planned to go there and feel the look of the cafe.
It was about 1.5km from the point where the bus dropped us and I was suffering from a muscle pull in my legs.
Anyways we decided that 3km walk of pain. Trust me, I tried to explain through this blog how much pain it was but couldn't so just erase and continue to write normally. After taking several halts of about 1 minute each after every 100-200 meters, we finally reached the place.
It was a beautiful place and was not very highlighted like other posh restaurants. Only keen eyes could look for such a beautiful place like that. We went inside and it was amazing. A large screen where 'F.r.i.e.n.d.s' was playing. Suddenly we saw that amazing orange couch and as soon as we rushed to sit on it, the waiter came saying "ma'am that's booked, you have to sit somewhere else". So, with all the willingness to sit on it and not being able to, we sat on the side table.
Now, we had to order something and we could hardly choose, we thought of drinking something. And here comes the twist, we settled to order Espresso. It was our first time to drink such a strong coffee and we thought to try it anyhow.
As we called the waiter to tell him what we want, he started warning against our order. And the conversation went from him convincing us not to drink espresso and we convince him to bring it on. To support his point he tried to tell us the exact recipe and proportion in which coffee is mixed with water. And with all our gained knowledge from Youtube, we told him we know about the proportion and its bitterness. But being a pure soul he kept on trying to convince us to change the order and we being stubborn as we are, continue to ask him to bring it on. After getting defeated, he went to bring 'the espresso', maybe this convincing game went for about 5-7 mins. And we continue enjoying the episode of the show and the theme of the restaurant. All the major lines from the show were written on the walls and all the casts were been portrayed.
After waiting for about 5mins, the waiter brought espresso in little cups with whipped cream on them. As he placed our bombs on our table, he gave that weird look like we are going to end our lives. And I was thinking, again and again, why is he looking at us like that. "Espresso hi toh order kiya hai" with my stupid-ass having no clue of what is going to happen next.
The whipped cream on the top of it was one of the best-whipped creams I have ever tasted. As I was enjoying it peacefully I saw my best friend mixing it with that espresso. And without thinking twice I did the same. This is what people do. Without asking a single question do the same as a best friend is doing. As soon as I rotated my spoon inside that cup, for 1 sec my whipped cream was there and the next sec it was not there just mixed so fast. Well, to worsen the taste more she added brown sugar to it and had no idea about what it is going to taste, I did the same. Now, we took our first sip and knew what we have done. It was horrifyingly bitter and a normal person with no abnormality won't order it in the first place. We got to know why the waiter was warning us. But who said we don't have any abnormality, my best friend took it in one shot and after drinking half of that 50ml shit, I couldn't count the number of faces she made in record 5 secs. Realizing the vision in front of me I started praying. I consume less sugar normally and like my coffee a little bitter. So, I started showing off saying "it is nothing for me, I like bitter coffee", and she challenged me to drink that espresso in one go without leaving a bit. And making a face like that's too easy for me. I pour that bitter liquid into my mouth. GOD! It was something else. Just cannot be described in words. Horrifying is the word.
Our brain started misbehaving and there were several bombardments of caffeine inside our heads. Our willingness to admire the place died. We even did not wait for the bill to come instead went to the counter to pay for the shit we ordered. As soon as we were about to leave, we saw the orange couch empty and our misbehaving brains ordered us to sit on it shamelessly, knowing that it was booked, and started clicking pictures. And to add up to this, we ask the waiter to click us too.
As we went outside, we could barely walk properly. It was like getting high with coffee. There were continuous bombardments of caffeine inside our small brains. But I don't know it was coffee or we took a rest at that restaurant, we took no halt while walking and went straight for 1.5km.
This adventure did not end here. A guy stopped us saying "excuse me", I thought he is going to ask the address of someplace so I make the answer inside my head that "we don't know" but he asked something completely different, "Are you a time traveler?", I asked him "why?", to this, he replied, "I see you in my future". It was totally unexpected. So, I said, "Excuse me". To which he said that he is filming a video and need someone to act in it. I walked away from him telling, he must find someone else for this.
It was such a sudden incident that we did not know how to react to it.
We came back to our hostel at about 6 and were too tired. So, we thought of sleeping at 10 and couldn't do that till 1am. The caffeine inside our body did not let us sleep and we both promised not to do such a stunt again in the future.
It was about 1.5km from the point where the bus dropped us and I was suffering from a muscle pull in my legs.
Anyways we decided that 3km walk of pain. Trust me, I tried to explain through this blog how much pain it was but couldn't so just erase and continue to write normally. After taking several halts of about 1 minute each after every 100-200 meters, we finally reached the place.
It was a beautiful place and was not very highlighted like other posh restaurants. Only keen eyes could look for such a beautiful place like that. We went inside and it was amazing. A large screen where 'F.r.i.e.n.d.s' was playing. Suddenly we saw that amazing orange couch and as soon as we rushed to sit on it, the waiter came saying "ma'am that's booked, you have to sit somewhere else". So, with all the willingness to sit on it and not being able to, we sat on the side table.
Now, we had to order something and we could hardly choose, we thought of drinking something. And here comes the twist, we settled to order Espresso. It was our first time to drink such a strong coffee and we thought to try it anyhow.
As we called the waiter to tell him what we want, he started warning against our order. And the conversation went from him convincing us not to drink espresso and we convince him to bring it on. To support his point he tried to tell us the exact recipe and proportion in which coffee is mixed with water. And with all our gained knowledge from Youtube, we told him we know about the proportion and its bitterness. But being a pure soul he kept on trying to convince us to change the order and we being stubborn as we are, continue to ask him to bring it on. After getting defeated, he went to bring 'the espresso', maybe this convincing game went for about 5-7 mins. And we continue enjoying the episode of the show and the theme of the restaurant. All the major lines from the show were written on the walls and all the casts were been portrayed.
After waiting for about 5mins, the waiter brought espresso in little cups with whipped cream on them. As he placed our bombs on our table, he gave that weird look like we are going to end our lives. And I was thinking, again and again, why is he looking at us like that. "Espresso hi toh order kiya hai" with my stupid-ass having no clue of what is going to happen next.
The whipped cream on the top of it was one of the best-whipped creams I have ever tasted. As I was enjoying it peacefully I saw my best friend mixing it with that espresso. And without thinking twice I did the same. This is what people do. Without asking a single question do the same as a best friend is doing. As soon as I rotated my spoon inside that cup, for 1 sec my whipped cream was there and the next sec it was not there just mixed so fast. Well, to worsen the taste more she added brown sugar to it and had no idea about what it is going to taste, I did the same. Now, we took our first sip and knew what we have done. It was horrifyingly bitter and a normal person with no abnormality won't order it in the first place. We got to know why the waiter was warning us. But who said we don't have any abnormality, my best friend took it in one shot and after drinking half of that 50ml shit, I couldn't count the number of faces she made in record 5 secs. Realizing the vision in front of me I started praying. I consume less sugar normally and like my coffee a little bitter. So, I started showing off saying "it is nothing for me, I like bitter coffee", and she challenged me to drink that espresso in one go without leaving a bit. And making a face like that's too easy for me. I pour that bitter liquid into my mouth. GOD! It was something else. Just cannot be described in words. Horrifying is the word.
Our brain started misbehaving and there were several bombardments of caffeine inside our heads. Our willingness to admire the place died. We even did not wait for the bill to come instead went to the counter to pay for the shit we ordered. As soon as we were about to leave, we saw the orange couch empty and our misbehaving brains ordered us to sit on it shamelessly, knowing that it was booked, and started clicking pictures. And to add up to this, we ask the waiter to click us too.
As we went outside, we could barely walk properly. It was like getting high with coffee. There were continuous bombardments of caffeine inside our small brains. But I don't know it was coffee or we took a rest at that restaurant, we took no halt while walking and went straight for 1.5km.
This adventure did not end here. A guy stopped us saying "excuse me", I thought he is going to ask the address of someplace so I make the answer inside my head that "we don't know" but he asked something completely different, "Are you a time traveler?", I asked him "why?", to this, he replied, "I see you in my future". It was totally unexpected. So, I said, "Excuse me". To which he said that he is filming a video and need someone to act in it. I walked away from him telling, he must find someone else for this.
It was such a sudden incident that we did not know how to react to it.
We came back to our hostel at about 6 and were too tired. So, we thought of sleeping at 10 and couldn't do that till 1am. The caffeine inside our body did not let us sleep and we both promised not to do such a stunt again in the future.
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