Fancy coffee

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Winston
I have no desire for my coffe to taste like anything other than, you know, coffee.

All these postmodernist variants are just like their intended audience - all show and no substance. And now they've started the exact same thing with beers; a hundred and thirty-eight different kinds everywhere you go, and of course people will buy them, because it's not about having a beer anymore, it's about pretending to be more interesting than you actually are.

All humbug, I say!

I don't drink coffee but I am 30 beers in on my passport of "100 beers from around the world". IIRC I've had one or two Danish beers already

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by AAHZ
BTW ill have a chocolate macciatto with 2 extra shots, tall please...

If you hadn't used the word 'Tall' I might think you knew what you were talking about - in Starbucks a macchiato is not a real macchiato, but is more of just a latte with the shot poured in later instead of earlier. A real macchiato is a shot of espresso with a dollop of foam on the top.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Winston
I have no desire for my coffe to taste like anything other than, you know, coffee.

All these postmodernist variants are just like their intended audience - all show and no substance. And now they've started the exact same thing with beers; a hundred and thirty-eight different kinds everywhere you go, and of course people will buy them, because it's not about having a beer anymore, it's about pretending to be more interesting than you actually are.

All humbug, I say!

Lattes and cappuccinos and other drinks actually taste quite different, and some like that sort of taste better. It's a combination of texture and flavor - particularly milk:coffee flavor - for many, coffee has too bitter of a flavor, and so a latte or other high-milk drink is better. Capps are better for some who like the texture of the milk foam, and like the stronger espresso flavor. And mochas are better for those who like chocolate

[ZEE]

Originally posted by snoopy369
If you hadn't used the word 'Tall' I might think you knew what you were talking about - in Starbucks a macchiato is not a real macchiato, but is more of just a latte with the shot poured in later instead of earlier. A real macchiato is a shot of espresso with a dollop of foam on the top.

damn you got me

actually my brother always orders a macchiato at starbucks. coffee is coffee to me

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Lattes and cappuccinos and other drinks actually taste quite different

You're dealing with a heavy smoker. Imagine you're trying to explain a rainbow to a blind person.

[Zoid]

Re: Re: Fancy coffee

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp



Give up the fags and you might start tasting the difference.

For a minute there I thought you were talking to Starchild...

[Zoid]

I drink only espresso/macchiato or Café Latte. Only time I drink regular coffee is at my moms or my sisters house. And I've tasted the danish coffee, which makes it even more perplexing that Winston prefers that slush to a real nice cup of coffee...

[Sirotnikov]

i go between latte and capuccino.
sadly, most israeli joints prepare these two the same :/

sometimes when in the mood i go for a macchiato.

i rarely drink espresso. i also rarely drink turkish boil.

[Last Conformist]

Re: Fancy coffee

Originally posted by Winston
Why does one have to feel a bit odd for just ordering a plain old cup of coffee without all the phony shenanigans that they thought up to increase profits and supposedly make chronically insecure people feel important?

Because you're an insecure yob yourself.

As someone who hasn't ruined my palate beyond the point of being able to tell the difference between various specialty coffees, I've never felt the least bit odd in ordering a regular black coffee in a fancy italianate coffee place. But then I've got a modicum of confidence in my own tastes.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Starchild
The Danish versus the Italian contribution to the culinary arts has never been more swiftly and lucidly shown.

QFT

[Spiffor]

Winston, you really need to start a wine thread

[Provost Harrison]

Well he's got plenty of whine threads

[Spiffor]

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Well he's got plenty of whine threads

My sentiments exactly...

The close-minded buffoon doesn't stop to consider for one second that perhaps not everyone likes their coffee black with no milk...

[Spiffor]

Actually, I do like my coffee to be pitch-black with no milk.

However, I am able to understand that different coffes have a different taste. I can also understand that many people can possibly enjoy those tastes.