Following up on conversation about words for weak coffee, Carol in Wilmington, North Carolina reports that her mother-in-law’s term for strong, boiling-hot coffee is punished water. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Water in a Dunce Cap”
Our conversation about terms for watered-down coffee prompted a voicemail from Carol Bottoms.
She’s in Wilmington, North Carolina, and she said,
My mother-in-law for years used the term punished water for coffee.
She liked her coffee strong, almost boiling, so she would call it punished water.
I love that.
That’s a great one.
Punish that water and pour it into my cup.
