espresso
Original: espresso on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title box (top): MATHEMATICAL FUN FACT: FOR EACH OF THE INFINITE POSSIBLE ESPRESSO-TO-MILK RATIOS, THERE EXISTS AT LEAST ONE ITALIAN-SOUNDING NAME
A single horizontal number-line runs across the panel. Arrows point from labels to positions along the line.
Left end of line, labeled: JUST MILK
Right end of line, labeled: JUST ESPRESSO
Labels pointing to positions along the line (espresso-to-milk ratio, then the Italian-sounding name):
1:c² — "RELATIVISTO"
1:3 — "LATTE"
1:2 — "CAPPUCCINO"
(espresso + milk) / espresso = espresso / milk — "PHICETTO"
1:1 — "ANTOCCINO"
i:1 — "IMAGINARATI"
π:1 — "IRRATIOGNITO"
lim (milk→0) espresso/milk — "INFINICCINO"
2:1 — "MACCHIATO"
3:1 — "ANTILATTE"
6.022·10²³:1 — "AVOGADRO"
A blue dashed diagonal line runs from a point on the number-line down toward the lower right area near the imaginary/irrational labels.
Votey:
Handwritten note: "I'm sorry they're not all ratios but I couldn't help it!"
A single horizontal number-line runs across the panel. Arrows point from labels to positions along the line.
Left end of line, labeled: JUST MILK
Right end of line, labeled: JUST ESPRESSO
Labels pointing to positions along the line (espresso-to-milk ratio, then the Italian-sounding name):
1:c² — "RELATIVISTO"
1:3 — "LATTE"
1:2 — "CAPPUCCINO"
(espresso + milk) / espresso = espresso / milk — "PHICETTO"
1:1 — "ANTOCCINO"
i:1 — "IMAGINARATI"
π:1 — "IRRATIOGNITO"
lim (milk→0) espresso/milk — "INFINICCINO"
2:1 — "MACCHIATO"
3:1 — "ANTILATTE"
6.022·10²³:1 — "AVOGADRO"
A blue dashed diagonal line runs from a point on the number-line down toward the lower right area near the imaginary/irrational labels.
Votey:
Handwritten note: "I'm sorry they're not all ratios but I couldn't help it!"
Alt text
A title box reads: "MATHEMATICAL FUN FACT: For each of the infinite possible espresso-to-milk ratios, there exists at least one Italian-sounding name." Below is a horizontal number line with "JUST MILK" labeled at the far left end and "JUST ESPRESSO" at the far right end. Arrows point to positions along the line, each tagged with an espresso-to-milk ratio and a fake Italian coffee name. Near the milk end: 1:c² "Relativisto," 1:3 "Latte," 1:2 "Cappuccino." In the middle: a ratio formula "(espresso+milk)/espresso = espresso/milk" labeled "Phicetto" (the golden ratio), and 1:1 "Antoccino." Toward the espresso end: 2:1 "Macchiato," 3:1 "Antilatte," and the enormous 6.022×10²³:1 "Avogadro." Several joke entries use non-standard numbers: i:1 "Imaginarati" (imaginary), π:1 "Irratiognito" (irrational), and the limit as milk approaches 0 "Infiniccino." A blue dashed diagonal line implies the imaginary/irrational entries fall off the real number line. Votey (aftercomic): a handwritten note reads, "I'm sorry they're not all ratios but I couldn't help it!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.