I like coffee. I like Star Trek.

I’ve had a mild interest in the raktajino, a Klingon coffee drink commonly consumed in DS9. I’ve looked up a few fan theories and fan recipes. I haven’t seen any references to a canonical recipe, so I get that there’s a bit of fun and personal preference involved.

The only thing I don’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 you’re on shift for Starfleet.

  • shnizmuffinAEnglish
    23•7 months ago

    An IRL reason: it was a cocktail made with coffee liquor at Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas.

    • shnizmuffinAEnglish
      29•7 months ago

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

      I was thinking of…

      DEANNA TROI’S CHOCOLATE OBSESSION

      If there’s one thing that Counselor Troi knows, it’s chocolate. And this is one of her favorite drinks in the galaxy. An empathic concoction of raspberry liqueur, Kahlua, Bailey’s, and chocolate syrup.

      Here’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
      14•7 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
        • @OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
          8•7 months ago

          According to memory alpha wiki:

          100 slips = 1 strip

          20 strips = 1 bar

          There are also bricks, but no known conversation rate exists for that amount.