In a message dated 97-08-31 11:20:45 EDT, you write:

<< I think the beverage that K1 hands Bell in OAV1 is canned coffee.
 
 As to why she doesn't groak how to use the item.  I think it's an act.
 
 She's pretending that she's never seen Keiichi before and is extremely
 ignorant about Earth as it's just one planet on her beat.
 
 I play on this in "AA Oni!":
 
 "OK Darling, take the next left go three blocks then turn right after
 the Tofu hut."
 
 "Lum, how long have you being observing the Earth?"
 
 "Why I just got here Darling t'cha."
 
 "OK, where do I turn next?"
 
 "Uh, it's a bit to the west I think."
 
 Lum's directions tended to be a bit more vague after that.  I found
 myself going the wrong way down an on-ramp in the dark when a pair of
 headlights turned the corner.
 
 	Henry J. Cobb	hcobb@slip.net          http://www.io.com/~hcobb
  >>


No it's not coffee, it is tea, look more carefully and you will see that it
says "quality tea" on the can.