Mexican Coffee at Goodwood Barbecue

Today Janae and I went to Goodwood Barbecue without the kids; they gave us some angry stares since they wanted to go too, but we made it out without them.  I was telling Janae about the Ha' Penny conversation earlier in the day and about how I think we should have Mexican Coffee there sometime.  When the server came around asking if we wanted drinks I ordered a beer but didn't think about the Mexican Coffee until Janae reminded me,  which launched a very drawn out ordering process.  When the server stopped by to see if we needed anything,  I asked if they had Mexican Coffee,  he said probably but that he was not familiar with it so I asked if he could check with the bar then to find out.  He came back and said that they did and I asked if they lit the rim on fire and he said that they do not do any drinks like that and I said "how much is it though?" and he had to go back and find out.  he came back and told me (now I can't remember how much it was though) but I said okay,  and then he went and ordered it,   and later brought it out.  I tasted it,  and it was a coffee,  with a tiny bit of tequila and a tiny bit of kalua probably,   but it was nothing special.  This was my first Mexican Coffee and I was not impressed.

Strike one for Mexican Coffee in general,  but a much bigger strike for Goodwood Barbeque for not knowing how to sell a specialty drink.

The Mexican Coffee Conversation - Ha' Penny

Today I took my office out to lunch on our semi-weekly Friday Matraex lunch to Ha' Penny Irish pub.  Some of us never drink,  and the ones that occasionally drink weren't ordering drinks since we still has a few hours of work left in us,  but the Ha' Penny server was still trying to sell us some drinks.   I asked him a few questions and he became convinced that a "Mexican Coffee"would be a good warm drink for us to have.  He did a real good job on selling it,  talking about how it was a warm drink with coffee,  tequila and kalua with a Bacardi 151 and sugar rimed cup served flaming.   I really wanted one and decided that I would be having one of those soon.