| Allessindra |
I searched this thread but didn't find anything relating to it.
I've only ever looked at this on the website, so I don't have page numbers.
The entry on coffee on the food&drink page seems to have some confusing numbers.
Cut from the page: wrote:
COFFEE
Price 1 cP; Weight 1/2 lb.
This drink is brewed by pouring boiling water through crushed, roasted coffee beans. Two cups is potent enough to reduce the penalties from the fatigued condition from –2 to –1 for 1 hour.
Brewing your own coffee requires ground coffee beans (5 cp for 1 pound of coffee beans, or 8 cp for 1 pound of ground beans) and a cooking device. You can boil the grounds in a pot, then pour the liquid after allowing the solids to settle, or filter the drink by pouring it through a sieve or cloth. Many travelers prefer the convenience of using a coffee pot (see page 62).
If it's 1cp for 1/2lb of coffee in the first line, why is it 5 cp for 1 lb of coffee further on in the description? And a half-again-uptick for having it ground? Ok, that's not a serious kvetch, tho I'd make it less. Either way, the numbers aren't working out.
(and you know I spent years as a proof-reader when I made an account *just* to post this.)