Steampunk coffee shop

Sign on a Kitsch street…

Hugo: Hmm. And are the coffee beans here ground by a dirigible?
Sophronia: I’ve heard the barista’s name is Percival and is famous for his froth portraits.
Hugo: It’s early, but I could go for a second cup. My stamina gauge is flickering.
Sophronia: Same. There’s a whole morning ahead. I need fuel for philosophical rambling and shoe shopping.
Hugo: I can imagine the taste: smoky, with hints of mahogany and existential dread.
Sophronia: Come on. We have to try it. It’s practically calling to us in Morse code.
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There are steampunk coffeeshops. Design elements: gears, cogs, exposed pipes. Colors: gold, browns, reds. Metals: copper and brass. Mixing retro with futuristic. Makes you wonder what Victorian coffee shops really did look like.

Heath Robinson and steampunk

Easter egg collecting

Drinking tea in the museum café…

Amelia: I just love the weird workarounds in steampunk. Steam-driven technology to solve cultural challenges.

Victoria: Yes. The gears and machinery in steampunk technology and art are so, so...

Amelia: Retro?

Victoria: Victorian. My name.
That’s why I love it.

Amelia: Ahh, Heath Robinson. How will the Singularity accommodate his curious contraptions, I wonder.

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Voice-over

Search for steampunk literature and music. And look into Heath Robinson’s meticulous surreal sketches.