this is going to make my life a little (ok, a lot) easier!...

mustache-cfc.test.cfm

<cfscript>
  // require https://github.com/pmcelhaney/Mustache.cfc
  mustache = createobject('component','cfc/mustache');//dump(mustache);

  //view template:
  hello_templ = '<h1>Hello, {{thing}}</h1>';

  //model object:
  hello_model = {
    thing = 'Mustache'
  };

  //composition:
  writeoutput(
    mustache.render(hello_templ, hello_model)
  );
</cfscript>