Tag Archives: David Gripenwaldt

A GREAT trick you can perform while standing in the coffee line. When it’s your turn to pay, you grab ANY gift card near the register and have the barista scan that card. Naturally, nothing happens

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“I love this trick.” -Gregory Wilson

You show two cups exactly the same size with exactly the same amount of coffee in them. With one cup in each hand, you hold them at chest level, showing that if you extend your arms in opposite directions it appears that one cup is larger than the other.

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You restore the torn and peeled end of a straw sleeve — in the spectators hand!

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The strangest coffee creation ever — linking rings with coffee sleeves. You do it with your sleeves and then their sleeves and end with an impossible-object souvenir.

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Have your friend grab a packet of sugar from the coffeehouse prep bar. Explain that you will show her how to enjoy coffee without a cup. You then pour the sugar and a tiny bit of coffee from the suction of a straw into your closed and empty fist. After a squeeze, you open your hand to reveal that the coffee and sugar have both vanished and in its place is a small fistful of coffee beans — without any help from Vernet!

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A torn and restored sugar packet that happens inside of a cup. You simply open the packet, pour in the sugar, followed by the packet; give it a shake and pour out the completely restored packet onto their hands. You start clean and end clean, with everything self-contained and examinable.

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Inspired by David Williamson, a spectator uses a napkin to clean out a small cup and its lid to make sure everything is completely dry. The lid is placed on the cup and they hold it high above their head. You pour the contents of a sugar packet into your hand, and shortly thereafter, it completely disappears and reappears inside

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