After a few months' acquaintance with European 'coffee' one's mind wea…

Mark Twain
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After a few months' acquaintance with European 'coffee' one's mind weakens, and his faith with it, and he begins to wonder if the rich beverage of home, with it's clotted layer of yellow cream on top of it, is not a mere dream after all, and a thing which never existed. ✨ Mark Twain (2015). A Tramp Abroad: Mark Twain's Collections, p.218, 谷月社
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