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long shot of espresso - if its my 3rd or more of the day with a little milk .... americans do not know how to make good espresso drinks, unless you are in some cosmopolitan area on either coast ... my experience everywhere else is that they do NOT know what a cappuccino is - yes, that is not some nasty burnt beans (god knows from where), bitter as shit shot with shit load of milk and shit load of foam .... YES, even the smallest cup you have is not small enough! the concept of SMALL and LITTLE does not fly in american cafes ... so my advice if buying in usa, is getting an americano ... i mean, better that than a BAD espresso or capp. might as well water it down to the fullest ... thats why i got my own espresso maker
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dude, ive travelled ... LOTS more than you... and i drink a lot of coffee... believe me, it is fucking HARD to find a good cappuccino in usa... unless like i said, you are in NYC or few other metros on the east and west coast- and even then there is PLENTY of shit cappuccino, you gotta know where to go
p.s. lost of american cafes dont even have less than 12 oz cups, in fact, they dont even have cups that arent paper (thank god styrofoam is outlawed in many places, sadly NE isnt one of them, as i am currently visiting here and plastic bags and styrofoam are all over, used like it's no big deal, but the big gas sucking cars drive by and order... giant sized lattes that have 5000 calories ) |
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I don't think that "GOOD" cappuccino is specifically narrowed to only the West and East coast of the USA. And traveling has nothing to do with it either other than you've experienced various takes on coffees. The point is, a good espresso drink can be made anywhere if your barista knows what he or she is doing, just like you said - "you gotta know where to go."
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Don't know what's the point of your argument, Chris and Tim, but... as a matter of fact, whenever an Anglo-Saxon tries his luck on making coffee he just desecrates the bean.
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and if we understand the term Anglo-Saxon as being used to describe english speaking nations in regards to coffee... then YES, that's exactly what i am saying... and lastly ... for the barista 'master': GOOD espresso AND cappuccino for that matter depends on firstly GOOD BEANS - MOST usa cafes simply do NOT use good espresso beans (im afraid you will only learn that if you go to europe for example); second on the ability of the barista to pull shots - and i am sorry to say, but in the usa, there are MORE than PLENTY that do not know what that means.... usually the high school kid who's making coffee looks like a cow in a porcelain shop when you ask him/her to pull a long or short shot ... thirdly, it depends on what water you are using for example... also, for cappuccino it depends on what milk you are using... well, most cafes here use the NASTY, hormone filled, white liquid called by some milk LOL oh yeah, the tiny lil cups you're talking about... well, those you get when you order espresso... maybe sometimes macchiato, those arent for cappuccinos.... and frankly 1 part espresso 10 parts milk does NOT = cappuccino... not even latte http://flickr.com/photos/akaitori/2052376918/ .. i mean... if that person is drinking cappuccino, cause it's possible, what's the ratio of espresso to milk do you think?!?!? |
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My cousin used to get this coffee, and it was creme brulee flavored. It was so so good!
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oh, our barista works @ Barnes & Noble ... which basically means, Starbucks, since thats what they serve, no? ... so the above image is very appropriate... and yes, i do know about the 'special' starbucks cup ... you have to specifically ASK for it... and ask for it more than once usually.... it's not even on the menu and the people that work there do NOT understand WHY on earth would you want such a small drink... with 'SO LITTLE' milk in it.....
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I hate coffee. Well, that's not true, I just prefer tea. Or coke. Or Red Bull. Or water. Or well, almost anything. But, if I have to drink it (Like, really have to, cuz I have an exam at 8.30 or something), I prefer normal coffee, black. Because then I only need half a cup to wake up.
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Now to the crimes German speaking countries commit against coffee, it's called filter coffee, where you let dribble boiling hot water over the coffee powder through a paper filter into the coffee pot. This adds the marvelous taste of the glue of the filter and, if you choose a sulfite-bleeched filter, this taste too, and, because of the slow filtering, it dissolves a lot of other substances which are pure poison for the stomach too. That's the most common way of drinking coffee in our countries. So, if you unfortunately happen to come across a specimen of this subspecies of humans, don't be surprised about their strange face expression - they already had their daily dose of that awful brew. |
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