Day 7

Under a week and I missed Day 6: it was a partly sunny Easter Sunday - we spent it walking around Capitol Hill. The art museum up there had a new exhibit - a collection of Japanese woodblock prints from the 17-1800's. Part of the collection was an early print of the Great Wave ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa ) - it is a beautiful print but the other more tranquil nature scenes from the same series were perhaps more interesting to me.

So, to catch up - Day 7 of things that inspire happiness: the short cappuccino.

I think at this point I've sampled this drink from every coffee shop in the greater downtown Seattle area. There are two schools of thought on the cappuccino in this city. Some coffee shops treat it as a short latte, with more actual milk mixed with the espresso than milk froth. (otherwise termed the wet cappuccino) The other is to have the espresso with only the thick layer of milk froth on top. (dry cappuccino) Either way the general idea is to have the primary taste be the espresso, with a secondary taste of the steamed milk, and not too much of either. The result is a very well balanced drink, and my favorite coffee variation.