Well, cat, you’ve gone and done it. You went to Tu y Yo and devoured its delectable offerings like some pudgy Aztec god, stuffing yourself on tacos, sopas, trout in cilantro cream, even your embarrassed date’s leftover cactus. There’s no room for flan. Heck, there’s no room for even the most basic thought in your head — which means that your date will be not just ashamed to be seen with you, but bored, too.
It’s time to get those juices flowing again.
Fortunately, the very same restaurant that induced you to eat far too much offers Café de Olla, a Mexican coffee so rich and soothing that it could be called the love bromide, if you can give that title to something that costs less than $2. It sits in a clay pot, bubbling and brewing for hours, coffee and cinnamon and sugar and cloves combining to create your last, best chance to salve both your aching gut and your date’s anguished visage. Your server brings you one of the tiny clay pitchers — literally, the olla — and you take a sip. You pass it to her. She sips. She smiles. It’s so sweet, it’s dessert. It’s so smooth that even though they don’t make it with milk, you’ll soon be purring at each other. It’s so strong, you might even stay awake for some petting.
Available for $1.50 at Tu y Yo, 858 Broadway, in Somerville. Call (617) 623-5411.