My only barter experience was in the early-mid nineties when people
were just starting to talk abouut cyber-cafe's. A friend called me late
one night saying the proprieter of the local coffee house was haveing a
problem with his computer getting connected to AOL. I came by and fixed
the problem and he said I could have anything on the menu.

This is were it got good. I asked him what he would recommend, not becaus
I didn't understand what a latte was but because the proprieter always
knows what he does best. He suggested I try a Turbo Cola. I said, "huh?"

Here's ther recipie:

3-4 ice cubes of frozen, high quality coffee.
2 shots of espresso
Fill the rest with Coke.

This turned out to be my all time favorite coffee drink. The creamy head
is equal or superior to Guiness, the flavor is perfect and I've never
gotten a better rev.

The monetary value of this barter is nothing to get excited about, but
the store went out of business a short time after this event and I know
I'm one of only a select few that got a crack at one of these drinks. I
make if for myself fairly often and know that this recipe is worth far
more than the drink itself. If you've never tried a coffee-cola give
this recipe a try. Every person who tries one of these and loves it just
increases the value of that one, simple job I did.

TW