Japanese coffee - off topic

[A. Vine]

RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>
> The last time I was in Japan I bought a can of chilled coffee, but all it
> says on the can is "Asahi J.O. COFFEE/MILD J.O./This coffee with the tasty
> aroma solely for the refined adults in an epicure sense." I was so charmed by
> this that I kept the can.

When I was in Japan a few years ago, I had to hurry to an early morning business
meeting.  I didn't have time for breakfast or coffee, but I did have a long
train ride.  So I figured I'd buy a coffee out of one of the vending machines
(which are everywhere!).  I was with a Chinese colleague who read the vending
machine labels and pointed out which ones were cold and which ones were hot.  I
wanted hot coffee, as it was a cold morning.  Well, out came a hot can of
coffee.  I picked it up and immediately began tossing it from hand to hand, till
I finally put it in my jacket pocket!  Very silly.  I was laughing so hard, and
wondering what the Japanese normally did when they got a hot can of coffee from
a vending machine.

Moral of this story:  Hot coffee in a can means a hot can.

Andrea