Un plan que nunca falla conmigo es que me inviten a tomar un café, pero que sea literal, no solo un decir para terminar yendo a una feria de comida, una plaza, o la luna, que aunque puede que lo disfrute también, me queda el pesar de no poder degustar el cafecito.
Así que cada tanto, me escapo (como ya lo han visto en otros post) y me voy a comprar un café con nombres raros o mezclas atípicas, pero si paso por una de las franquicias de La Tienda Del Café, si o si debo entrar y consumir, no importa si es la versión gourmet o solo un cortadito, pues ese es uno de mis lugares felices para desconectar.
De todas los locales de esta franquicia, el que más me ha gustado es el ubicado en Banfield, que si bien no es tan amplio como otros, tiene una calidez particular que lo hace un refugio en medio de la tormenta, sea física o mental, y que me ayuda a bajarle varios grados a la ansiedad que a veces me consume por querer resolver muchas cosas en poco tiempo,
Algo que siempre suelo hacer es revisar el menú, sencillo en cuanto a fotos y diseño, pero con nombres que te invitan a querer cerrar los ojos y pasar el dedo por el listado hasta decir "quiero esto" sin siquiera saber de qué se trata, o cuanto cuesta.
En las fotos solo tenía para un solo producto, así que tomamos una malteada entre dos. Como ya conocía la de oreo, fue la que pedimos, mientras yo veía pasar las enormes tazas de café sin poder pedir una para mi, pero me conformaba con habernos sentado cerca de las máquinas, y poder percibir ese aroma del café recién colado. Viví la misma experiencia ( o una similar) pero a través de un sentido diferente, y entre el olfato y la memoria, pasé un momento agradable, mientras mi pequeño disfrutaba de su malteada, de la que solo probé un poco de crema a solicitud de él.
A plan that never fails with me is to be invited to have a coffee, but it has to be literal, not just a saying to end up going to a food fair, a square or the moon, which although I may enjoy it too, I am left with the regret of not being able to taste a coffee.
So every once in a while, I escape (as you have already seen in other posts) and I go to buy a coffee with strange names or atypical blends, but if I pass by one of the franchises of La Tienda Del Café, if or if I must enter and consume, no matter if it is the gourmet version or just a cortadito, because that is one of my happy places to disconnect.
Of all the stores of this franchise, the one I have liked the most is the one located in Banfield, although it is not as spacious as others, it has a particular warmth that makes it a refuge in the middle of the storm, whether physical or mental, and that helps me to lower several degrees to the anxiety that sometimes consumes me for wanting to solve many things in a short time,
Something I always do is to review the menu, simple in terms of photos and design, but with names that invite you to want to close your eyes and run your finger through the list until you say “I want this” without even knowing what it is, or how much it costs.
Believe me I've done it, although I don't end up buying what I select due to lack of budget, but it's a game that amuses me like a little girl.
At some point I will be able to make it possible. What I do ask for is a good coffee, hot without burning, and if I am accompanied by my son and the money is enough, any dessert, although he is always the one who eats more.
In the photos I only had enough for one product, so we had a milkshake between two of us. As I already knew the oreo, that was the one we ordered, while I watched the huge cups of coffee pass by without being able to order one for myself, but I was satisfied with having sat near the machines, and being able to perceive the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. I lived the same experience (or a similar one) but through a different sense, and between smell and memory, I spent a pleasant moment, while my little boy enjoyed his milkshake, of which I only tasted a little cream at his request.
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