I like coffee. I like Star Trek.

Iā€™ve had a mild interest in the raktajino, a Klingon coffee drink commonly consumed in DS9. Iā€™ve looked up a few fan theories and fan recipes. I havenā€™t seen any references to a canonical recipe, so I get that thereā€™s a bit of fun and personal preference involved.

The only thing I donā€™t understand is why raktajino is commonly claimed to be made with liquor. On the one hand, I understand why Klingons might want a stiff additive to their caffeine. However, the context in which characters on DS9 drink it does not suggest the presence of intoxicants. I recall at least a few occasions in which bridge officers, while on duty, drink a raktajino. Surely even synthol is not OK when youā€™re on shift for Starfleet.

  • askryan@startrek.websiteEnglish
    1Ā·
    9 months ago

    Iā€™ve seen people suggest adding alcohol, but I think the idea is to simulate that Klingon coffee would have a sharpness or bite to it, rather than assuming that raktajino on the show would actually have alcohol. I played around with some recipes for fun and I actually mixed a few together and found something pretty delicious. I mix Turkish coffee, a small amount of whipped milk, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, and a little honey.

    • shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lolEnglish
      1Ā·
      9 months ago

      Hold up: I lied. (I realized I was commenting on Daystrom and went to go get a source.)

      I was thinking ofā€¦

      DEANNA TROIā€™S CHOCOLATE OBSESSION

      If thereā€™s one thing that Counselor Troi knows, itā€™s chocolate. And this is one of her favorite drinks in the galaxy. An empathic concoction of raspberry liqueur, Kahlua, Baileyā€™s, and chocolate syrup.

      Hereā€™s the recipe for Raktajino:

      RAKTAJINO

      Klingon coffee. A frozen blend of mocha and cappuccino. An honorable drink to prepare any warrior for combat. Qapla!

    • OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      0Ā·
      9 months ago

      Ah, the Quark approach:

      • Take a drink that costs forty slips of latinum to make
      • Pour it into a novelty glass
      • Add a dash of liquor
      • Charge two strips of latinum for it