
Comments for Coffeeshop Crushes #1
Here's to hoping this will restock in the near future? The description alone makes me smile, and I'd love to find a copy and read it myself. RoeI totally flippin' relate to this zine. There's something about an individual serving me caffeine that makes them so much more appealing. Rawr. Sarahadorable and funny andytoomajianthis was really cute. anonymousafter reading this zine, i just want to go to a coffee shop everyday and fall in love Derek BackstabberA one-off zine from 2001 reprinted in April by Microcosm Publishing with a few new additions, cataloging the sometimes awkward, sometimes painful interaction between the java we love and the dreamboats who sell it. Edited by Nicole J. Georges and Jon Van Oast, the zine is split between amusing anecdotes about secret crushes and illustrated comics that chart jittery attempts to gain the attention of beloved baristas. While a good many of the crushes remain simply that, a few gain purchase as lusty encounters of promise that end with embarrassing failures or broken hearts. As one such account concludes: "After a week and a half of coffee themed hot sex, I decided to declare my love. I was more surprised than he. He said 'You know you're cute and all, but.... You're just too weird for me.'" Chris Gehrke, Utne ReaderSweet & light, definately over a cup of coffee in a public restaurant. Someone must make sequels: elevator crushes, public bathroom crushes. D
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