How wild do you think it was to the Klingons that a side-effect of the peace treaty with the Federation, that Raktajino, the only thing slightly less commonly drunk than blood wine, and even then, only so klingons can drink more blood wine, becomes the defacto drink of choice of every species of the known galaxy? Practically everyone in the federation has their own personal blend, additions, toppings, additions in their favourites of their replicators. They see humans drinking it like they drink blood wine. It's become so common in their culture that no one says "coffee" anymore, they say "Raktajino" since it's assumed that everyone else is drinking it. They've seen cardassians drink it. It's been on the desks of Bajorans since the resistance and can still be found on the desks of the very heads of their clergy. There's a rumour that it's one of the few things Vorta can taste. Quark swears blind that he thinks he saw a Jem'Hadar suppress a White craving with a mug of it because he offers each customer one free Raktajino per day.
Vulcans have created the most "logical" blend that most vulcans drink. They've captured Romulan Scout vessels on their border with Raktajino options programmed into the replicator. There are civilizations out there that entered into the federation so recently they don't even know what the Klingons are just yet, somehow already know about Raktajino.
There's a borg somewhere, who's got slightly more of himself in there than other borg, but the only thing he can do is influence his fluid circuits to reroute the entry point to be his mouth and to pump Raktajino on command.
It's in the Delta Quadrant because it's the one piece of Federation knowledge that Captain Janeway is willing to tell the people they meet about it. It was to her great joy that she discovered a place where she could order some three years later.
An obscure pastry from an entirely different civilization is discovered to be an extremely effective pairing and becomes almost as famous by association alone.
It's the one drink Picard is willing to have if he knows he'll need something stronger than earl grey. It's been said that the first thing ordered when testing a new replicator design is the designer's favourite Raktajino blend. Even industrial replicators have a dedicated "coffee break" option which replicates them en masse.
It's been said that Raktajino has resulted in more breakthroughs than the discovery of fire. There's a failed Frengi knockoff called Frengajino that no one orders except die-hard fans.
Some claim that the original replicator patterns that were first handed to the federation should be considered a holy object to the point that the Founders on earth were distracted for longer than they should've been trying to track them down.
If the single greatest export of the Klingon Empire. It has spread across the galaxy in a way that even the greatest conquerors of the past could scarcely imagine. Even the Mirror Universe has it! And somehow, the replicator patterns originate from the main universe.
In DS9's arboretum there's a small patch of Raktajino plants growing that people keep in pristine condition, but don't otherwise take from, because it was Benjamin Sisko's personal plant. Somehow even the Prophets in the Wormhole know about it, probably because Sisko introduced them to it.
Long after the galaxy has imploded, and civilizations have spread themselves not only through space, but also throughout time, long after "Klingon" ceases to mean anything at all, there will still be people drinking Raktajino.
How fucking wild do you think that'd actually be?











