I like coffee. I like Star Trek.
I've had a mild interest in the raktajino, a Klingon coffee drink commonly consumed in DS9. I've looked up a few fan theories and fan recipes. I haven't seen any references to a canonical recipe, so I get that there's a bit of fun and personal preference involved.
The only thing I don't understand is why raktajino is commonly claimed to be made with liquor. On the one hand, I understand why Klingons might want a stiff additive to their caffeine. However, the context in which characters on DS9 drink it does not suggest the presence of intoxicants. I recall at least a few occasions in which bridge officers, while on duty, drink a raktajino. Surely even synthol is not OK when you're on shift for Starfleet.
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shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol · 21 pts · 2y
An IRL reason: it was a cocktail made with coffee liquor at Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas.
shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol · 27 pts · 2y
Hold up: I lied. (I realized I was commenting on Daystrom and went to go get a source.)
I was thinking of...
Here's the recipe for Raktajino:
n3m37h@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Sharpiemarker@feddit.de · 8 pts · 2y
Coffee+Prune juice = Emergency teleport to the nearest restroom/holodeck.
Jaccident@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
They just beam the poops out!
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
See that’s what I said!
Jaccident@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
It’s a popular theory that I first encountered on The Greatest Generation, though I think it must have come up organically many times since the 1960s!
bradboimler@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Oh, man, it would've been PERFECT if they sold that. I regret not going when I had the chance.
OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org · 12 pts · 2y
Ah, the Quark approach:
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
What is the Slip to Strip conversion? Is it just 100:1?
OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 2y
According to memory alpha wiki:
100 slips = 1 strip
20 strips = 1 bar
There are also bricks, but no known conversation rate exists for that amount.
askryan@startrek.website · 8 pts · 2y
I've seen people suggest adding alcohol, but I think the idea is to simulate that Klingon coffee would have a sharpness or bite to it, rather than assuming that raktajino on the show would actually have alcohol. I played around with some recipes for fun and I actually mixed a few together and found something pretty delicious. I mix Turkish coffee, a small amount of whipped milk, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, and a little honey.
qantravon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
That's very strange, I've looked at a few recipes and never seen alcohol as an ingredient. It usually is just coffee with some spices, usually including cinnamon.
ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website · 3 pts · 2y
I just assumed it took Mezoamerican influences back and added peppers, Klingons like food that fights back
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Only when O'Brien makes it