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" American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100
degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad
stations for purposes of genocide, whereas coffee made with an American
percolator, such as you find in private houses or in humble luncheonettes,
served with eggs and bacon, is delicious, fragrant, goes down like pure
spring water, and afterwards causes severe palpitations, because one cup
contains more caffeine than four espressos. "

Umberto Eco , How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays


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Umberto Eco quote : American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100<br />degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad<br />stations for purposes of genocide, whereas coffee made with an American<br />percolator, such as you find in private houses or in humble luncheonettes,<br />served with eggs and bacon, is delicious, fragrant, goes down like pure<br />spring water, and afterwards causes severe palpitations, because one cup<br />contains more caffeine than four espressos.