04-10-2026, 06:27 PM
image translation suggests Bitter vs Acidity?). Any chance you can ask your language expert to help resolve the mystery?
There was some guessing about the left-right lettering, as it was too blurry. But knowing it was coffee she was fairly certain the left side said bitter. She said that’s an aspect of coffee which is popular in Brazil and now in Japan. Her first guess for the right side was sour, but that sounded like something was lost in translation so I asked for clarification and she said, yes, subtle sourness, more like umami.
That’s the best I can do for now, but the next time I’m in Japan I have some coffee research on the docket.
Railroad Ave Bullet Train (Cinderland to Hilo Express - just 7.5 minutes!)
Yes, let’s reclaim Railroad Avenue, bring back the tracks as the alternate route to Hilo, A Better Puna New Railroad Rail Trail, with an express route, multi stop local, and parallel walled from the tracks protected bike trail. We can dream, right?
There was some guessing about the left-right lettering, as it was too blurry. But knowing it was coffee she was fairly certain the left side said bitter. She said that’s an aspect of coffee which is popular in Brazil and now in Japan. Her first guess for the right side was sour, but that sounded like something was lost in translation so I asked for clarification and she said, yes, subtle sourness, more like umami.
That’s the best I can do for now, but the next time I’m in Japan I have some coffee research on the docket.
Railroad Ave Bullet Train (Cinderland to Hilo Express - just 7.5 minutes!)
Yes, let’s reclaim Railroad Avenue, bring back the tracks as the alternate route to Hilo, A Better Puna New Railroad Rail Trail, with an express route, multi stop local, and parallel walled from the tracks protected bike trail. We can dream, right?