Sunday, October 26, 2008

心理测试(2)

喝咖啡的時候你會加多少顆奶球?
1.加兩顆以上
2.加一顆至兩顆
3.加一顆左右
4.不加






解析:(奶精的份量代表你希望兩人彼此瞭解的程度)
1.加兩顆以上:你會希望彼此之間擁有很好的默契與心靈的交流,對方可以細膩的察覺你的情緒,兩人往往不需要透過太多言語,就能瞭解彼此的感覺及想法。


2.加一顆至兩顆:你喜歡和愛人之間能彼此瞭解,懂得對方的想法,擁有良好的默契,但彼此也必須尊重對方心中的私密領域。

3.加一顆左右:你覺得兩人在一起給你的感覺是最重要的,能夠有感情作為基礎並互相包容諒解,就能夠達到相處的愉快,並不需要太過深入的瞭解對方的一切。

4.不加:你不太希望被人看透,若有一個人太瞭解你,也許會讓你感到不安。如果你愛上一個人,不瞭解不是重點,而是對方能不能給你愛的感覺。

Thursday, September 11, 2008

心理测试(1)

咖啡具有独特的风味与魅力,很容易令人上瘾,而许多人也视咖啡为一种气氛与浪漫的代表。
请问你喜欢在哪里喝咖啡?
A:像麦当劳一样的速食店
B:温暖雅给的咖啡厅
C:高贵豪华的大饭店
D:舒适的家中客厅
E:欧洲风味的露天咖啡




解析: 喝咖啡的场所代表你喜欢的感情方式

A.像麦当劳一样的速食店 你很容易动心,会被对方身上某一种特质吸引而陷入感情迷思.你和爱人的相处方式比较像朋友一样,属于随性及大而化之,不会特意去营造彼此的感觉

B.温暖雅给的咖啡厅 你所喜欢的爱情是较单纯而温馨的,你虽然不是一个非常浪漫的人,却会努力制造一点小小的气氛来取悦对方,让对方感受到你的爱意.你希望的感情进展方式是渐进而扎实的,彼此能有良好的相知与默契.

C.高贵豪华的大饭店 你喜欢用比较华丽浪漫的型式来经营你的感情,你希望你和情人之间的种种表现; 包括爱情的历程,彼此的形象及相处方式等,都能够让你有面子而令人羡慕.

D.舒适的家中客厅 你喜欢自然又舒适的爱情,希望彼此的相处就像家人一样的和谐,令你身心放松,充满安全感.两人对未来有一定的计划与期待,并且共同为将来而努力.这样的感情是平稳而且可以维持很久的,但是要记得在生活中偶尔有一些小小的惊喜是很重要的.

E.欧洲风味的露天咖啡座 你会花一些心思去创造与众不同的浪漫方式,来让两人对这段感情的感觉是印象深刻而甜蜜的.你对自己有一定的自信,也不介意和大家一起分享你这段爱情的喜悦与美好,但要注意的是, 你也可能会是一个不够实际的人,当感情遇到现实问题时,你可能会招架不住

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

心是一只空咖啡杯
总想盛满着爱的咖啡

一杯咖啡是
一份执着的等待
一份浓浓的思念
还有那份轻盈的无奈

静静的夜晚
风轻轻地吹
溢着淡淡的咖啡
伴着悠悠的音乐
一个人
品味着无痕的伤痛

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Cappuccino

Cappucino 的爱情
三分之一的咖啡=你
三分之一的牛奶=我
三分之一的奶沫=火花
Cappucino=永恒的爱

爱情像cappuccino 浓浓的眷恋泡沫
诱人的气息 多爱不释手
爱是cappuccino 苦苦的美丽滋味
藏在我心头久久

这是萧亚轩《Cappuccino》的一部份歌词

有人说cappuccino象征爱情
所以直译成『加倍情浓』
它的特点是香味盖过苦味
却不失咖啡的芬芳
加奶油块,伴有肉桂棒,淋上柠檬汁
拥有着复杂的味道

经历一场爱情就如同去品尝一杯cappucino
一个精致的咖啡杯
冲出香醇的cappucino
当泡沫开始蔓延,咖啡、奶香飘溢时
人们就会无法抗拒诱惑而堕入爱河
会去慢慢体会的人
才能在苦中尝到甜,在甜中品到苦
热咖啡让人感到温暖
冷咖啡也自有它的风味
即使爱情已逝
Cappucino也依然静谧的散发着幽香
留给人独自啜饮的韵味,难以忘怀

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Espresso



爱恨分明的牡羊,如同古代惩奸除恶的侠客侠女一般,有着与生具来的侠义心肠。热情有活力的他,生命力特别旺盛,遇到困难绝不轻言退缩,喜欢迎向挑战的个性,让他们像离了弦的箭,笔直朝红心飞去。为了配合牡羊急促的脚步,一杯热情洋溢的意大利浓缩咖啡正是最理想的选择。煮得快,喝的快,浓郁滚烫的意大利浓缩咖啡,最能为牡羊的冲劲添加动力!

好想好想我的星座咖啡也有一则浪漫传说,可惜性情激烈的牧羊座却没有一段轰轰烈烈的爱情传说。。。既然没有故事,那么就写意大利浓缩咖啡的点滴。。。

意大利浓缩咖啡就是Espresso,有on the spur of the moment与for you 的意思。为了配合意大利式咖啡壶瞬间萃取咖啡的特殊功能,冲制一杯完美的Espresso需要世界上炒得最熟的一种咖啡豆,研磨成很细的咖啡粉末,以极热但非沸腾的热水,借由高压瞬间冲过咖啡粉,将咖啡的精华完全萃取出来,从而得到一杯香醇浓厚的咖啡。Espresso的表面通常会浮着一层红棕色薄薄的咖啡脂(crema),而这就是Espresso诱人香味的来源。由于Espresso是高浓缩的咖啡,所以都使用小杯品尝。

一个小小的杯,盛着香浓醇滑的咖啡,让人感到它的精妙、典雅和珍贵。不管是煮咖啡时弥漫出来的芬芳,还是饮用后浓苦的口味,都让人回味无穷。也许这也代表着我的爱情吧,深深的情,虽然短暂,虽然苦涩,但是没有后悔,没有憎恨,留下来的也只剩百般滋味的回忆。

如果你感到你的爱情也是一杯Espresso,请不要感到悲哀。因为Espresso是调式咖啡的基础。滋味浓厚的Espresso,加入热水就成了美式咖啡;加入牛奶和肉桂粉,就成了Latte, 多加奶泡则是Cappuccino;加入牛奶和巧克力酱,可成了Mocha; 只加奶泡,则成了Macchiato; 加鲜奶油,又成了香甜的Espresso Con Panna。不同的机遇,让Espresso有不同的结局。可是无论最后的味道是怎么样的,总是有苦有甜,有些酸涩也有些浓郁,但是它最后还是一杯醇香的咖啡,而你的爱情也亦然。

愿所有人的爱情,像咖啡遇到牛奶,从此虽苦亦甜,不再孤单。

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

爱尔兰咖啡


从痞子蔡的文集中,看到了爱尔兰咖啡的传说。。。
故事是这样的。。。

据说爱尔兰咖啡的发明人是都柏林机场的酒保。因为横越大西洋的飞机常会在这个机场加油,旅客下飞机休息时很喜欢喝杯爱尔兰咖啡,所以它就随着飞航而传到世界各处。
酒保在都柏林机场邂逅了一位美丽的空姐,可能是一见锺情吧,酒保非常喜欢这位女孩。他觉得她就像爱尔兰威士忌一样,浓香而醇美。可是她每次来到吧台,总是随着心情点着不同的咖啡,从未点过鸡尾酒。可是这位酒保擅长的是调鸡尾酒,他很希望她能喝一杯他亲手为她调制的鸡尾酒。后来他终於想到了办法,把他觉得像爱尔兰威士忌的女孩与咖啡结合,成为一种新的饮料。然后把它取名为爱尔兰咖啡,加入菜单里,希望女孩能够发现。
只可惜这位女孩并不是细心谨慎的人,所以一直没有发现爱尔兰咖啡。酒保也从未提醒她,只是在吧台内做他份内的工作,然后期待女孩每隔一段时间的光临。后来她终於发现了爱尔兰咖啡,并且点了它。
爱尔兰咖啡是酒保为女孩创造的,所以也只有空姐能点到。从酒保发明爱尔兰咖啡,到女孩点爱尔兰咖啡,经过了整整一年。
当他第一次替她煮爱尔兰咖啡时,因为激动而流下眼泪。为了怕被她看到,他用手指将眼泪擦去,然后偷偷用眼泪在爱尔兰咖啡杯口画了一圈。所以第一口爱尔兰咖啡的味道,带着思念被压抑许久后所发酵的味道。而她也成了第一位点爱尔兰咖啡的客人。
那位空姐从此非常喜欢爱尔兰咖啡,只要一停留在都柏林机场,便会点一杯爱尔兰咖啡。久而久之,他们俩人变得很熟识,空姐会跟他说世界各国的趣事,酒保则教她煮爱尔兰咖啡。直到有一天,她决定不再当空姐,跟他说Farewell,他们的故事才结束。
Farewell,就是不会再见的再见,跟 Goodbye不太一样。他最后一次为她煮爱尔兰咖啡时,就是问了她这么一句:Want some tear drops?因为他还是希望她能体会思念发酵的味道。
她回到旧金山的家后,有一天突然想喝爱尔兰咖啡,找遍所有咖啡馆都没发现。后来她才知道爱尔兰咖啡是酒保专为她而创造的,不过却始终不明白为何酒保会问她:“Want some tear drops?”。没多久,她开了咖啡店,也卖起了爱尔兰咖啡。渐渐地,爱尔兰咖啡便开始在旧金山流行起来。这是为何爱尔兰咖啡最早出现在爱尔兰的都柏林,却盛行於旧金山的原因。
空姐走后,酒保也开始让客人点爱尔兰咖啡,所以在都柏林机场喝到爱尔兰咖啡的人,会认为爱尔兰咖啡是鸡尾酒。而在旧金山咖啡馆喝到它的人,当然会觉得爱尔兰咖啡是咖啡。
调制爱尔兰咖啡需要30cc 左右威士忌和150cc左右咖啡,比例约一比五,因此特制的耐热高脚咖啡杯有两条金线。把爱尔兰威士忌倒至烤杯的第一条金线,加糖,点燃酒精,烤杯,旋转杯子,好了,熄掉酒精,加入热咖啡,浮上鲜奶油。用烤杯的方法可以去除刺喉的烈酒中的酒精,让酒味变淡,却没有降低酒香与口感,与咖啡更能够直接的调和。因此爱尔兰咖啡既是鸡尾酒,又是咖啡,本身就是一种美丽的错误。

不管这传说是不是真的,但是这故事很美。。。 谢谢痞子蔡。。。

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Salty Coffee


He met her at a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her, while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him.

At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised but due to being polite, she promised. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, and she thought to herself, "Please, let me go home..."
Suddenly he asked the waiter, "Would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee." Everybody stared at him, so strange! His face turned red but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him curiously, "Why you have this hobby?" He replied, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are still living there." While saying that tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched. That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart. A man who can tell out his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about home, has responsibility of home... Then she also started to speak, spoke about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family.

That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story. They continued to date. She found that actually he was a man who meets all her demands; he had tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful. He was such a good person but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty coffee! Then the story was just like every beautiful love story, the princess married to the prince, and then they were living the happy life... And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that's the way he liked it.

After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter which said, "My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life's lie. This was the only lie I said to you---the salty coffee. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time, actually I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to change so I just went ahead. I never thought that could be the start of our communication! I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything... Now I'm dying, I afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth, I don't like the salty coffee, what a strange bad taste... But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life! Since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you. Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life. If I can live for the second time, still want to know you and have you for my whole life, even though I have to drink the salty coffee again."

Her tears made the letter totally wet. Someday, someone asked her, "What's the taste of salty coffee?" She replied, "It's sweet."