Noir comme le diable,Chaud comme l'enfer,Pur comme un ange,Doux comme l'amour. Black as the devil,Hot as hell,Pure as an angel,Sweet as love. -- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838)
Noir comme le diable,Chaud comme l'enfer,Pur comme un ange,Doux comme l'amour.
Black as the devil,Hot as hell,Pure as an angel,Sweet as love.
-- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838)
I've been looking for an authoritative source for this quotation for a long time, as it describes how I think coffee should taste. Lo and behold it's been hiding in my copy of Bartlett's the whole time.
Posted by: Joe | 21 December 2006 at 04:39 PM