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They say if you leave a monkey on a typewriter for long enough they will produce the works of Shakespeare.

Similarly if you leave a human being on a espresso machine for long enough and it will eventually produce a decent extraction. The problem is that there is no consistency.

Such is the case at Tre Bicchieri, which came highly recommended from the Rathdowne Cellars (highly recomended for Spanish wine and sherry) newsletter. I suppose they are neighbours on Rathdowne Street - what can you expect?.

The first problem with Tre Bicchieri  is the cafe itself. The haughty staff give no indication that you have to physically get up and order from the counter. They are quite happy to leave you sitting there.

The second problem is the coffee. The full fat milk version arrived about ten minutes before the (no, I don’t approve) low fat.

The third is the over extraction of the coffee. Jak calls this tasting burnt. What it means is that either the group is too hot, filled with too much coffee, left to extract the flavour for too long or a permutation of all three. The aftertaste was really nasty and I have now resolved to return all overextracted coffee as I should have done on this day.

While I’m at this I may as well keep kicking - I don’t reackon Tre Bicchieri’s custard filled pastries. They are far to sickly sweet.

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