In Style Magazine - March 2006

COFFEE TALK WITH SIMON BAKER

On screen, Simon Baker is often an object of obsession (as in the films Something New and the upcoming The Devil Wears Prada.) So what does the Australian actor, who is married with three kids, obsess about in real life? Java.

Favorite U.S. café: Ruby's, 219 Mulberry St., N.Y.C.

 

What to order: "A strong, flat white. Translation: a double-shot latte with no foam in a short cup."
Best beans to brew at home: "Toby's Estate in Sydney has a blend called Woolloomooloo, the name of a suburb. It's dark and oily-looking."

Machine to use: "A Bezzera."

Drinking on the job: "When I'm shooting I don't always want that endorphin rush, not for a love scene. You don't want to over stimulate yourself."

 

I've had too much when…. "I start pacing the way I'm doing right now. Once I had to get up from the table because I'd had three strong coffees in a row and thought I was having an anxiety attack."

Favorite ode to Joe: "Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain'. 'I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee'- I love that line!"