Cupping mania! Left to right, Oren, David of Counter Culture, the back of Chris's head from Gimme Coffee, Fortune in the foreground, Stacy and Luke, two baristas from PA, and Richard "Moka Java".
Cupping involves alot of very loud slurping, which Fortune referred to as a thunderslap. As we were all slurping coffee off our cupping spoons as loudly as we could manage, a 20-something girl walked into the store, stared around her for a minute, and blurted out: "What have I walked in to, here?!?". Someone said it was a private party and the poor girl left without saying another word.
©Eric Sakowski, 2006