Raktajino... has liquor in it? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 11 months ago by OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org to c/daystrominstitute@startrek.website

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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.

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[-] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 23 points 11 months ago

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

[-] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 29 points 11 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.org 14 points 11 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

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

What is the Slip to Strip conversion? Is it just 100:1?

[-] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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.

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