by the bean (a history lesson.. sort of)

 



starting Sunday
morning at
the coffee
shop

enjoying a cafe
Vienna
  (shots of expresso
    with whipped cream
     on top)

made me think of
old Salieri

sitting in the cafe's
of Vienna in the
1700's

at that time a cup of
coffee would have to
be ordered by
the bean

with whipped cream
on top
( the wealthier you were
  the better cup of coffee
  you could afford)

and seeing that Antonio
was court composer to
Emperor Joseph

I guess he could afford
a pretty damn good cup
of coffee

sometimes Mozart would
join him at the cafe

I bet Wolfie stuck Salieri
with the bill more than
a few times...

considering the
circumstances

Mozart had to give private
piano lessons to just keep
up with the rent sometimes

while Salieri had the
Emperor's ear ( not
to mention his pocket
book)

just goes to show you
that talent doesn't
always win out in the
moment

sometimes it may
take centuries

it has to simmer a while

much like the coffee
that Mozart and Salieri
would share...by
the bean