做一個更好的人,可以過上更好的生活,所以「我」要做一個更好的馬克杯!!

Image Source: I NEED COFFEE: Life is Coffee Comics #23
雖然周作人在抗戰期間與日本及汪精衛間的曖昧,讓他在國、共兩黨都不受待見,但是他的小品文確實寫的好,尤其是講紹興的烏篷船、北京的茶食一類生活中閒適情調(今人曰小確幸?)的短文尤其好,因為
看夕阳,看秋河,看花,听雨,闻香,喝不求解渴的酒,吃不求饱的点心,都是生活上必要的。
既有才情,又寫自己衷心相信且喜愛的東西,怎麼不好。至於那些翻百科全書、名人筆記做考據,論證中國人究竟有那些壞毛病的文章(比如古人如何活埋?),就讓人看了氣悶生厭。
周作人講喝茶1,說茶道的意思,用平凡的話來說,可以稱作「忙裡偷閒,苦中作樂」,在不完全的現世享受一點美與和諧。咖啡也是同樣的道理。
最重要的是,喝茶(咖啡)之後,再去繼續修個人的勝業,無論為名為利,都無不可,但偶然的片刻悠遊乃正亦斷不可少。
In a crisis like this, in a country like Kenya, any small token of support can work wonders. Even if you don’t support Kenya with your wallet, support it in your heart. Think of the highly-educated, industrious people of Kenya, half of whom are twenty years of age or younger, and of the hopes, security, and actual prospects that they have lost in the last two weeks. Imagine yourself, or your child, in a similar situation, and ask yourself what you would do. And what you would want others to do to help you through this time.再說一遍也不嫌多:對於這地球上所有受苦的人們, even you don't support them with you wallet, support them in your heart !
Whether you send a prayer or a wish or an even more tangible form of support, put yourself in their shoes. Use the freedom that you have—so similar to that which the people of Kenya truly believed was theirs—to wish the people of Kenya the safety and strength to survive what is likely to be a very hard times ahead.
When the first coffeehouse opened in London in 1652, customers were bewildered by this strange new drink from Turkey—hot, bitter, and black as soot (好狠的說法). But those who tried coffee were soon won over, and more coffee-houses were opened across London, America, and Europe. For a hundred years the coffeehouse occupied the center of urban life, creating a distinctive social culture. They played a key role in the explosion of political, financial, scientific, and literary change in the 18th century, as people gathered, discussed, and debated issues within their walls。這應該算 1652 的又一個證據吧...
The first Turkish coffeehouse in England was set up in Oxford by one Jacob or Jacobs, a Turkish Jew, in 1650. The first coffeehouse in London was opened two years later in St. Michael's Alley in Cornhill. The proprietor was Pasqua Rosée, the Ragusan servant of a trader in Turkish goods named Daniel Edwards, who imported the coffee and assisted Rosée in setting up the establishment.The Coffee Book 的說法和 Wikipedia 的文章差不多,書中插圖 The Timeline of Coffee History 在 1650年標示第一家咖啡屋在 Oxford。而 Encyolpedia.com 的文章 The rise and fall of English coffee houses,則是說
The first English coffee house was opened in 1652 by a Greek Orthodox servant from western Turkey, Pasqua Rosee, in the City of London, already England's financial capital. He worked for a Turkish merchant named Edwards. His coffee house was sponsored by merchants from the Levant Company, the trading house that organized trade with the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey). Levant Company officials had become accustomed to drinking coffee--the coffee bean was called the 'Mahometan berry'--during their extended trips across the Ottoman Empire and wished to have coffee when back in London.不過 About.com 介紹咖啡歷史的文章 The Evolution of Coffee House,則是只用一句 "Coffee establishments continued to spread, with the first one opening up in Britain in 1652." 交代這件事。
獨來獨往了一年後,終於和同個實驗室裡的年輕同學們漸漸熟稔,透過他們,才發現圖書館旁的側門外,有一家手藝相當不錯的 coffee house,水準完全不輸以前曾經接觸過發燒友名店。此後到「陽光小鎮」買杯現煮的的肯亞咖啡,成為到淡水校園上課、辦事必不可少的儀式之一。
用過午膳,大夥兒一起晃悠著走到圖書館邊的後門,每個人隨自己喜好點一杯咖啡,有人愛拿鐵,有人愛焦糖,我則特別鍾愛用Syphon煮的肯亞。其實,紙杯和店裡的磁杯比起來,還是差了點味道的。不過每個實驗室的伙伴手頭都有不輕的工作(趕論文、系統,etc),很難得有空閒坐在店裡玩玩小資階級的 Coffee Break,所以只好每個人捧著屬於自己的紙杯,踱回實驗室,邊趕工,邊繼續午餐前未竟的話題。~ 林徽因 · 馬雁散文集 · 蓮燈 ~ 馬雁 在她的散文《高貴一種,有詩為證》裡,提到「十多年前,還不知道林女士的八卦及成就前,在期刊上讀到別人引用的《蓮燈》」 覺得非常喜歡,比之卞之琳、徐志摩,別說是毫不遜色,簡直是勝出一籌。前面的韻腳和平仄的處理顯然高於戴...