Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Morning report from the barristas

No definitive report this morning.  Kidney numbers are still very good.  Heart rate is back down to reasonable levels. Still some achey pain, but nothing piercing.  No C. Diff. test results. That test takes a little time to run,  so it's not likely that we would have a response today.

My job is to bring the oat milk iced lattes from the hospital coffee shop.  They have a neat machine that seals the top of the cold drinks.


Looks a bit like a reel to reel tape player.  For you kids, that was the pre-cassette tape mechanism for high fidelity. 8 track was lower fidelity. (Do I own a reel to reel deck? Of course I do.) The drinks come out like this:


You get a straw with a pointy end so you can pierce the top.  As an experienced hospital dad, I'd say their coffee vendor is pretty good.  For some reason, I give extra barrista points when the coffee vendor is a kiosk/cart as opposed to a permanent installation.  

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ha. The wonders of plastic. 🙃 ☕️
Hope it was yummy. So you are your own barista — the cafe hires no human worker?
Praying for Jake’s speedy recovery from whatever bug 🐜 is messing w his system. ❤️‍🩹 Hope they figure it out soon and y’all can go home to your own comfy beds. 🤗🤗🤗

Larry and Jen said...

The cafe has human workers. They use the sealing machine for cold beverages.