Americans drink coffee by the mug. In Argentina they drink these Dixie cups of coffee. So when I went to Argentina, my hosts gave me this Dixie cup of coffee. I laughed and told them I drink coffee 20 oz at a time.
They warned me about drinking too much coffee. I insisted they fill a big mug up for me because during my presentations I like to have a big cup of coffee.
My turn to present. After they dragged me out of the bathroom, my 3 hour presentation was done in 20 minutes. My hosts, in Spanish told the audience what happened and everyone had a laugh. We Q and A’d the rest of the time and it was actually fun rattling off answers. It was like a 2 1/2 hour lightning round.
Needless to say, at my presentation the next day, I had a 5 oz cup and a large water on the podium.
I had a fiancee’ (late) back in the day, who had a twin brother that lived in Venezuela. The fiancee’ always brought back packages of coffee. The packages were vacuumed-packed, (an unheard-of process, then) and a little hot water run over the coffee with a filter holding it was enough for a cup of coffee.
But you had better be within a few steps of the bathroom when that stuff hit your stomach!
Believe me, I know whereof you speak! ;o]
I can relate. Back in the ‘80’s when I was a Systems Engineer for a computer manufacturer, I had a site visit in North Miami Beach. Got pulled over going to the site. Long story short, I agreed to fly down from Jersey to take a driving test. I flew in one morning and walked up to the Cuban stand next to DMV. I asked for the strongest coffee - and they gave me a little Cafecito (Cafe Cubano). I laughed “Give me a ‘regular’ American-sized cup’. Well, two hours later I was shaking with the jitters. That’s when I learned how strong Cuban coffee is.