FOOD RECIPE • KLINGON RAKTAJINO

INGREDIENTS (FOR ONE MUG):

• A POT OF ITALIAN OR TURKISH COFFEE
• A NICE BIG PINCH OF NUTMEG (WHETHER MILLED OR FRESHLY MILLED)
• A DASH OF MILK
• OPTIONAL: SUGAR, WHIPPED CREAM

1. MAKE YOUR OWN DOSE OF COFFEE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKER. MAKE SURE YOU ARE ACTUALLY MAKING A STRONG COFFEE.

2. ONCE YOUR COFFEE IS DONE, POUR IT IN YOUR CUP/MUG. ADD THE PINCH OF NUTMEG. STIR IT PROPERLY.

3. ADD YOUR DASH OF MILK. STIR IT PROPERLY. USE A MILK FROTHER TO HELP YOU STIR IT MORE EFFICIENTLY.

4. ADD SOME WHIPPED CREAM ON TOP OF YOUR RAKTAJINO TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE DELICATE. (OPTIONAL)

5. TO SWEETEN YOUR DRINK, YOU CAN ADD SOME SUGAR (BEFORE ADDING MILK).

NOTA BENE: CAN BE SERVED COLD LIKE AN ICED COFFEE.

A MUG OF RAKTAJINO

WHAT IS RAKTAJINO?

RAKTAJINO IS A FAMOUS COFFEE COMING FROM QO'NOS, THE KLINGON HOMEWORLD. KLINGONS HATE TO FALL ASLEEP DURING A BATTLE, EVEN MORE WHEN CONSIDERED GLORIOUS. SLEEPING DURING A FIGHT WOULD BE SEEN AS NOT HONORABLE AT ALL AND WOULD LEAD TO THE DISHONOR OF HIS DUTY TOWARDS THE EMPIRE. TO DO SO, KLINGONS HAVE A DRINK THAT PREVENTS ANY ALCOHOLIC EFFECT WHILE STILL BEING SO STRONG TO BE SAID TO WAKE UP THE FALLEN FROM THE BARGE OF THE DEAD WAY BEFORE KORTAR SHOWS UP. RAKTAJINO IS MOSTLY SERVED ON CAPITAL SHIPS RATHER THAN BIRD OF PREYS WHERE KLINGONS MOSTLY FALL TO BLOODWINE INSTEAD.

RAKTAJINO IS THE MAIN ALTERNATIVE TO STANDARD BLACK COFFEE SERVED ON FEDERATION STARSHIPS' REPLICATORS. EVEN AMONG ENNEMY FACTIONS, KLINGONS ARE MASSIVELY PROUD AND HONORED THAT MANY SPECIES LOVE DRINKING RAKTAJINO. THEY CAN EVEN CONSIDER TALK WITH HONOR A RAKTAJINO IN HAND THAN NOTHING ELSE (EXCEPT BLOODWINE OF COURSE).

FROM A REAL WORLD POINT OF VIEW, THE RAKTAJINO TASTE IS SOMEHOW SPICY, THIS IS WHY WE USE NUTMEG AS A SPICE INTO THE COFFEE TO MAKE IT STRONGER ENOUGH TO WAKE YOU UP FROM DEATH.