No problem, we can go a few days without coffee, and if we are really needing it, we'll just go to one of the thousands of coffee shops on any corner (there really are a lot). After a few days, we can pick up a grinder. Grocery store? no. Small electronics shop? no. Starbucks? no. Somewhere in Coex mall? no. E-mart (the target [cough*walmart*cough])? no. Not a single place carried a coffee grinder. Ridiculous.
Then we heard of technomart. This place is the craziest electronics store I have ever been to. Imagine Bestbuy. Then imagine eight Bestbuys stacked on top of each other. Enormous. We had to be able to find one here, right?
No such luck. After speaking in broken English/Korean with about 45 different independent vendors, we were quite frustrated. We could go no longer without making our own coffee.
Thankfully for a cunning salesman, he was able to convince us that a "magic bullet" blender would grind coffee. Indeed it can, thankfully.
Here are a few pictures of the inside:
4 comments:
First the post about jelly tea, then waiting eight hours for coffee and now a search for a coffee grinder. Is there anything to do in Korea besides drink hot brewed beverages?
And that store looks AMAZING what was the item that looked the most futuristic?
A magic bullet? You gotta watch out for those slick Korean salespeople. Next time they'll be selling you pre-made tea in a jar, that looks like jelly. OooHh. I think they already got to you. Protect your perimeters and your credit card numbers. Who knows what's next? A Korean tortilla maker??
Dude if you gave someone your address we could send you all sorts of western goodies. I might even be able to ship you a coffee fast than they make it there! Haha Okay maybe not that fast. I honestly do have things I want to send your way though
That is amazing. Seems like you could find anything there. A coffee grinder should be a peice of cake. Do they sell cake there?
Maybe everyone goes out for coffee very leisurely.
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