in search of decent coffee…

So far, this search has borne no fruit. I’ve checked out several little shops, the on-campus cafeteria, the grocery store…nada. Yes, I could buy a coffeemaker for ~$100USD to use for the next 4 weeks, or I could switch to solely drinking tea, but I’m too cheap and too stubborn for either of those. One of our buddies picked up a Nescafe Cappuccino mix, and it smelled REALLY good. I thought, “Okay, maybe that sort of thing will get just enough caffeine in my system, and it’ll be all sweet and frothy too…” and bought a can – yes, a can – of powdered Nescafe Café con Leche mix.


In comparison to my beloved Barefoot and the creamy, delicious goodness that oozes from that coffee bar, this stuff is crap. Swill, I tell you. Am I desperate enough to A: not waste my 15Pesos and B: have anything remotely close to coffee to drink it? Yes. Will I bitch and moan and complain about missing a decent cup o’ joe? Yup.

Thank God for bubble-teas. These may be the only saving grace I’ve found thus far, but I know they’ll get old soon.

Today, I did see from a distance a potential oasis de java-liciousness…but, given my track record to date, I might be getting my hopes up...