Michael Moynihan: Livin’ la vida mocha — when did the Great Coffee War start in Cork?
There must have been some kind of massed battle between baristas of various types on Patrick’s Street, with victory going to those fond of the diesel-flavoured coffee (or coffee-flavoured diesel)
I sometimes feel a bit like Napoleon mapping the retreat from Moscow, but only if the coffee shops are being swallowed up by the Czar’s forces.