cup o' coffee

yesterday i was on my way to a cafè in the octagon, when i passed by a starbucks. i've passed this starbucks countless times in the five months i've been in dunedin. i have never been in, however, because when i arrived in new zealand, i vowed not to visit any american establishments - even the mccafè, which doesn't exist in the states.

but, as i'm walking past this starbucks yesterday i realised that starbucks would have filtered coffee.

see, because filtered coffee does not exist in this country. i don't own a coffee maker, so my flat has instant coffee (i won't even mention how disgusting the stuff is). at a cafè, you can only get espresso drinks.

and i dearly, dearly love filtered coffee. and i miss it so. and there is nothing quite like sitting down with a nice big cup of coffee instead of the itsy-bitsy little flat whites that seriously you could finish in one gulp and only take about 15 minutes to drink, even if you are drinking as slowly as possible (they are quite tasty though, don't get me wrong).

so, i am embarrassed to admit, i turned and walked into starbucks and bought the biggest cup of coffee i could (sizes! what a fantastic concept).

i leave new zealand in two weeks and i couldn't hold even wait that long.