I do drink Starbuck’s once in a very blue moon. I stopped drinking cafeine because of ulcers a long time ago. I am also not great with dairy, so I drink soy milk. I don’t order my decaf soly iced latte anymore. I now call it the triple fake.
Has anyone else found shortcuts for long names?
I do drink Starbuck’s once in a very blue moon. I stopped drinking cafeine because of ulcers a long time ago. I am also not great with dairy, so I drink soy milk. I don’t order my decaf soly iced latte anymore. I now call it the triple fake. When I order a triple fake I either get a blank stare (90%), or someone who tries to figure it out. I think they should put it on the menu as a shortcut.
Has anyone else found shortcuts for long names? (I know, I am hijacking the thread just a tiny little here, but any description would ahve to include a long name as well…)
Sort of…
not only the above, but you don’t just run hot water through it, you force it at 9 atmospheres of preassure. There are elements of coffee that only mix with water under preassure.
A perfect shot is extracted in exactly 27 seconds. much faster than that, its sour, much slower than that, it’s bitter.
*$'s does theirs in 20 because apparently their goal is to make the shot taste like bong water…but they arent premade, they just use a super-auto machine that grinds, tamps, pulls the shot, then reloads all on its own. It does take the art out of it.
A real honset to god Barista is not a min wage junkie…I wish I could pay my employees min wage…It is a skilled trade with a guild and everything. There are international competitions (I kid you not) and schools for it.
We generally make fun of our customers who slip up and order using *$'s terms by the way…(the ones with a sense of humor anyway)
I cannot help but recall of a stand-up comic I once heard tell of. His line:
“I like my coffee the way I like my women: with big tits.”
We’ve been threadspotted!, how’s my hair?
Unclviny
::Looks at the floor::
Looks…okay…to me…
:eek:
Also:
I like my coffee like I like my women:
a1: Black, thin, and bitter.
a2: ground up and in the freezer
Let’s play “I Like My Coffee Like I Like My Men/Women!”
I agree w/ bdgr I’ve spent many a day figuring out how to consistently and repeatedly get exactly what I want out of my coffee preparation methods. I have systems (each slightly unorthodox) for my ibrik, french press, and stove top espresso. I measure everything and am not afraid to use an electronic timer.
Make fun of me if you wish, but I really enjoy my coffee.
What, no vac pot? I spent hours and many pounds of coffee dialing in my Cory Electric vacuum pot to get the right extraction time.
Good to find another coffee geek on the board.
I built my own coffay roaster and for months had a La Marzocco Linea and Swift taking up most of the kitchen. At some point you have to ask yourself if you just enjoy coffee, or is it something more sinister…Well…I should ask myself that, but I’m not entirely sure I want to know the answer.
Wow! My first threadspotting OP.
Thank you, thank you.
Unfortunately I’m far too modest to take even partial credit. Congratulations. 
By the way, I tried a venti seven-shot three-shot-decaf one-and-a-half-pump sugar-free amaretto hundred and seventy degree two percent seven Nutrasweet with whip extra caramel extra sprinkles caramel macchiato with a twist of lemon the other day. It was disgusting. Just so you know.
(Truth disclosure: I didn’t really. Just a joke, folks.)
At the moment, we’re pretty tight on space. In the recent past I’ve had trouble justifying the expense to my wife who merely loves coffee.
I take it you think they’re worth it.
When you go out, have you ever tried sending back some espresso shots? I don’t even try anymore. I just ask for some salt and heavy cream.
The most complicated (as in hardest for them to get right) drink possible at Starbucks is a triple espresso.
But … I’d like to order one, just to see how it would taste. Better yet, see the reactions of the baristas and others waiting in line.
I love my vac pots, best straight brewed coffay I ever had. I have 6 of them…two corys, two nicros, a sunbeam and a bodum santos.
No, I never have sent one back. I’ve been tempted to, but I’m too nice. Now that I have my own coffee shop, I don’t ever order one when i go out.