Cultural commentators argue whether the new fashion for coffee in society is a passing trend or permanent fixture at dining tables and eateries where tea and tradition have been surpassed. The "Stanley Coffee Company", nicknamed "Stanbucks" by some wags because of both the large profit the american company is making, and the heiress owner's large stake in the cattle industry, was formed so legend has it when Charlotte Elizabeth Stanley was fed up with her inability to get a decent cup of coffee in the metropolis of London.

The coffee brand is sold with recommended preparation instructions and a variety of blends depending upon the customers tastes, but preparation itself varies from establishment to establishment and the nature of the clientelle. In the "Babbage Hub Cafe" in Camden, a large pneumatic pressure boiler constantly venting steam and hissing rich fragences into the air accompanies the sound of dwarves clacking away at the racks of babbage engines that the cafe's owner rents out time on. The boiler, which dispenses a very strong cup of somewhat frothy coffee was said to be a donation from a client who was torn between his need for caffeine and his work on an elaborate mechanical calculation that would earn him his dwarven title.

It seems to be the dwarven element of society that is driving this newfound coffee boom, as it seems to have an augmented effect upon their physiology and their inventive genius has been turned upon ways to bring more and more convenience to its provision. From new metal alloys and pressurisers which retain heat in flasks longer to vacuumisers that create hermetically sealed storage areas for maintaining fresh coffee supplies and perfumes that gives the wearer the aroma of fresh coffee (the latter has not caught on, but is still often given as a present by young dwarven suitors!) surely the most radical innovation is by Bora Flightmaster, which required the complete refitting of the Crapper/Flightmaster Industries Warehouse.

Having installed a secondary water tank in the ground floor, Bora has added a pressurised boiler which as well as heating the water, also powers the steampump which drives the liquid around the piping added throughout the warehouse. The water tank has a unique drip feed filter, whose design is Bora's most preciously held secret and which is constantly supplied with a fresh coffee bean sack every day (Bora buy's direct and in volume from the Stanley Coffee Company and insists on grinding his own blend) which is automatically ground and cycled through the drip feed filter with such precise measures that it would make an alchemist envious.

The coffee boiler thus pumps coffee around plumbed in set of pipes (insulated by a unique alloy previously designed to retain heat in the Sir Galad's undersea diving suit apparatus) that run parallel to the water pipes around the building. Thus at every sink, one can select cold water or (providing one has access to Bora's jealously guarded key!) a steaming hot, freshly brewed cup of coffee.

Thomas Crapper has suggested that such a system might be used to pump hot water around the building. Bora is said to have responded, whilst sipping from a fresh cup of coffee, that its not a priority and he might get around to it.