Welcome To Coffee Corner

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In case you can't read the reference on the mug,
it says "Friar Lawrence V.lll.147".
It's a pun from Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet

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Coffee is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in drinker's eyes;
Being vexed, a sea nourished with milk tears.
What is it else? a cappuccino most discreet.
A choking latte and a preserving sweet.

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I saw this Romeo & Juliet quote and couldn't imagine Shakespeare waxing poetic of Cappuccinos and Lattes so I looked into it and found the original quote. Someone adapted it to coffee with precision and craftiness for our amusement. Poor Shakespeare, reduced from Love to Latte :rolleyes:

Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;
Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears.
What is it else? A madness most discreet,
A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.

~ William Shakespeare
 
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1925. View showing a car in the parking lot of the Wilshire Coffee Pot restaurant. The restaurant and coffee shop was located at 8601 Wilshire Boulevard, on the northwest corner of Stanley Drive and Wilshire Blvd. A giant coffee pot sits on top of the building. Ben-Hur Coffee is featured.

There are many more photos of 1918 - 1940 of Los Angeles businesses shaped like animals, food, or vehicles, including their addresses in this link...some still standing: http://waterandpower.org/museum/Programmatic_Style_Architecture.html

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