[ripe-list] coffee @ RIPE 75

>> to me, the critical question is availability of decent coffee. 
> 
> Decent coffee and desalinated water are mutually exclusive, so good
> luck with that.
> 
> OTOH in Dubai anything is possible if you’re able to pay the asking
> price. I expect at least one of its hotels will have a fleet of gold
> plated Rolls Royces serving coffee that uses water sourced from
> Himalayan glacier ice that’s been towed to the gulf by dolphins. Or
> something.

the question is whether or not i bring beans, grinder, and aeropress.

earlier this month, i had to do so, and was doing it with himalayan
water in thinphu, a tea culture.  my kit worked well, and i was happy to
have it.

i assure you the ietf noc team is assiduous about covering coffee [0]
availibility in the site survey.  i suspect brian's team has that
knowledge for las veg^H^Hdubai.

randy


0 -  x ∉ Y, where x is fourbucks and Y is coffee