So I was ‘sprung’ today taking a picture of my lovely piccolo @casalapin x26. A minute later, the barista brought me over this one because he said the first one wasn’t ‘beautiful enough’. That’s #passion for you #coffee#bangkokcoffee#bangkok ❤️
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