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He asks Schroeder to dip into the cigar box that doubles as Oddly Correct's cash box, then ventures over to the adjacent booth to buy a bottle of Soda Vie strawberry-rhubarb-basil pop. It joins the evening's other purchases: a disc of Green Dirt Farm cheese and a raffle ticket to benefit Académie Lafeyette.
The smell of ground beans lures a middle-aged couple, who are engaged by Kolsto before they even realize what's happening.
"When are you going to make a perfume out of coffee?" the woman asks.
"I don't know if they couldn't synthesize it," Kolsto says, his voice thoughtful. "But if you came to work for us for a day, that would get the job done."
She laughs, and he hands her a cup of the Harrar. She sips it slowly.
"It's not like anything I've ever tasted," the woman says.
"Exactly," Kolsto replies.
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