Whatever happened to being able to just buy a cup of coffee????
By James72
@James72 (26790)
Australia
May 28, 2008 9:22am CST
Am I being unrealistic here?? Go to a coffee shop and just ask for as plain old cup of coffee and see what happens! Watch the blank expression on the staff members face as they very quickly try to work out in their head whcih of the 50 types of coffee they have on offer actually constitutes a "plain cup of coffee"! lol
Am I alone in sometimes wanting to just have a straight coffee with milk?? Sometimes I don't want a mocha fudge, triple espresso, vanilla enhanced, Peruvian blend, frappuchino mixed cocoa bean flurry with a cinnamon twist! I just want a cup of coffee!!!!! Who's with me?
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5 responses
@zigzagbuddha (4601)
• United States
19 Aug 08
Wow, a mocha fudge, triple espresso, vanilla enhanced, Peruvian blend, frappuccino mixed cocoa bean flurry with a cinnamon twist sounds delicious!!! Sorry but a plain coffee with milk sounds very unadventurous and boring after that!!!
But I know what you mean. Sometimes I just want a coffee. Fortunately I have a coffee pot.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
19 Aug 08
Yeah... I SORT of have a coffee pot..... It's a metal teapot I boil water in and then heap powdered crap into it when its hot enough! lol. As you can see I am a true connaissuer! I have to admit that the other day I did buy a mocha something or other and it was delicious! Thanks for responding.
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@zigzagbuddha (4601)
• United States
19 Aug 08
Don't they have yard sales over there in Egypt where you can pick up an electric one for like 3 bucks?? I have 2 or 3 of them that are going in my yard sale (when I ever get around to having it).
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@ShardAerliss (1488)
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28 May 08
We only have *counts* six types of coffee on the menu (though we'll make up anything you might want if you can describe it), we're just a small cafe (though we have close to about forty teas). If someone comes in and asks for a coffee they get an Americano with cold milk in a ceramic jug, no questions asked.
However... you get that coffee up to them and they'll say "Oh, I wanted a cappuccino."
Well why the hell didn't you say cappuccino?!
Maybe the people that serve you are trying to work out how to ask if it really is just a coffee you want? Believe me, some people take it as an insult.
Sometimes I don't want a mocha fudge, triple espresso, vanilla enhanced, Peruvian blend, frappuchino mixed cocoa bean flurry with a cinnamon twist!
That sounds amazing! lol
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@ShardAerliss (1488)
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29 May 08
lol, yes, forty. The cafe is at the back of a family owned health food store. If a customer wants a tea that isn't in the cafe we always check the shop... so we've ended up with LOTS of teas.
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@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
30 May 08
Surprised at the array of coffee? This a list of organic teas that one company I know sells: (includes black, green, white, herbal and oolong teas). It opened my eyes!
White Peony
Silver Needle
Silver Tips Reserve
Flower Fountain
White Pomegranate
White Blueberry
Oothu White
White Shizandra
Cloud and Mist
Dragonwell
Japan Sencha
Japan Genmaicha
Snow Mountain Green
Cherry Sencha
Green Earl Grey
Pinhead Gunpowder
Dragon Pheonix
Darjeeling Green
Jasmine Green
Arjuna
Flower Peach
Precious Eyebrow
Kashmiri Chai
Ceylon Green
Silver Sprouts
Moroccan Mint
Green Spears
Assam Green Decaf
Matcha Powder
Wuyi Oolong
Golden Lily
Emerald Oolong
Oriental Beauty
Jade Oolong
Osmanthus Oolong
Eagle Nest
Orange Blossom Oolong
Iron Goddess
Ginger Peach Oolong
Plum Oolong
Ever Drop
Sechong Oolong
Earl Grey Choice
Classic English Breakfast
Selimbong Darjeeling
Monk's Blend
Vanilla Rose Tea
Royal Gold
Blue Earl Grey Decaf
Coconut Assam
Masala Chai
Cacao Chai
Coconut Chai
Assam Breakfast
Yunnan Black
Stenthal Darjeeling
Assam Black Decaf
Nilgiri Black
Keemun Congu
Lapsang Souchong
Pu-erh
Sweet Desert Delight
Blood Orange
Kenya Chai
Honeybush
Egyptian Chamomile
Restful Blend
Turkish Spice Mint
Red Rooibos
Sciliana Mate
Carnival Mate
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@karadiablo (313)
• United States
28 May 08
I think this basically depends on where you reside. Around here if you go into a coffee shop no matter which one they better know what a regular coffee is. But then I reside in the land of the Cheeseheads and we like to keep things simple, sometimes too simple but that's another story. And I think that I would skip coffe altogether if I had to order the mouth full you just uttered. Even though in all theroy it sounded pretty tasty.
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@karadiablo (313)
• United States
28 May 08
The Land of Cheeseheads is the nickname for Wisconsin, USA. Because we are a leader in cheese and diary production and some clever person decided to make a big foam hat that looked like a wedge of cheese. This has now become one of the icons of Wisconsin and there Football team the Green Bay Packers.
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@NuclearRabbit (650)
• United States
28 May 08
I go to starbucks and don't get any weird looks when I ask for regular coffee.
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