Espresso, which is the main ingredient for most of the Paperback s menu choices, uses the strongest and purest beans of the darkest roast. This makes for a drink stronger than any other coffee. Most of the Paperback s other coffees are use espresso as a base, and many add frothed milk. A latte, for example, is espresso with more milk and less froth. Sensing my skepticism, Craig described the appeal of coffee to me like a sage.
People use coffee like a minor drug.
It s a pickup in the morning, a feel-good drug. I wondered to myself how anything that tasted so god-awful could make someone feel good. But Craig continued, The syrups and flavors make it interesting. They allow flavor and caffeine at once. To prove it, Craig poured me a single mocha latter.