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Grrrrrr (Coffee related content ITT)

I slept like crap last night and so I am already on my third "cup" this morning. Yeah, the barista made my latte correctly today.

Does a triple espresso served Americano style count as 1 or 3 cups of coffee?
 
As long as it's in one cup, it's one cup.

My cup currently holds a triple espresso and a latte, shamelessly stolen from the good coffee machine in the office building across the yard.
 
I like the way you think. If I get a large enough cup then I can bring my habit down to a cup a day.
 
There are coffee places everywhere in Chiang Mai, partly because the hilltribes grow coffee here. They even export hilltribe coffee on internet. However Thai people prefer Nescafe instant coffee. Generally they buy it in litle packs that have coffee, sugar and creamer all together. I went to Starbucks last week which I never do since it is too expensive but my friend likes it so I went. The girl says do you want vente or grande or something. I said just give me large and she said you mean grande or whatever and I said no I mean large. Here I had to learn to order coffee in Thai as well as English. Now for some reason in Thailand they want me to do it in Italian. I am never going back there again.

heheh. Reading your post reminded me of this story I read the other day about an English professor thrown out of Starbucks in NY for refusing to speak that corporate lingo. Full story here.
 
heheh. Reading your post reminded me of this story I read the other day about an English professor thrown out of Starbucks in NY for refusing to speak that corporate lingo. Full story here.

I bet that person is the life of a party.
 
They once tried to eject me from Starbucks at Barnes and Noble bookstore back in US. I had some coffee I bought elsewhere and was drinking it inside store at Starbucks Cafe but at the time I refused to buy their stuff because I read that they refused to donate coffe for troops in Iraq. Manager told me to leave but I made a big fuss and cursed them out for not giving troops coffee. it turns out later that the marine who first put this on internet was mistaken and that they did in nfact donate coffee. After that i went back to bookstore and bought coffee. I do not buy it anymore though because it is too expensive.
 
They once tried to eject me from Starbucks at Barnes and Noble bookstore back in US. I had some coffee I bought elsewhere and was drinking it inside store at Starbucks Cafe but at the time I refused to buy their stuff because I read that they refused to donate coffe for troops in Iraq. Manager told me to leave but I made a big fuss and cursed them out for not giving troops coffee. it turns out later that the marine who first put this on internet was mistaken and that they did in nfact donate coffee. After that i went back to bookstore and bought coffee. I do not buy it anymore though because it is too expensive.

At least you righted the wrong.
 
In semi-related news, this Christmas most of the family will be getting coffee. And a coffee measure.
 
I know, I know. Colombian coffee. :p

They actually like this stuff I gave them. Not sure where the beans are from but they are roasted in Munich.
 
Very good coffee is grown in Thailand and Laos. I have a friend here from US who owns a coffee farm in Pai. many hilltribes grow coffee partly because of project started by the king to get them to stop growing opium. It is very strong coffee, Yet the thai people mostly drink nescafe instant. At home I buy Khao Shong instant coffee. Partly because instant coffee has less caffeine and I have condition called ventricular tachycardia and am not supposed to drink over 300 mg of caffeine a day.
 
I have one cup of coffee a day - strong latte - mid-morning. I'm really really anal about it and it really really annoys some people. That's cos the world stops turning until I get that caffeine into me - otherwise cranky Scribeswindow makes an appearance. I have been known to take my home espresso machine with me to places.........
 
I do not know how many people like this stuff, but here I drink stuff called cha fe. Cha means tea, and it is just mixture of powdered tea and coffee. Also milk and sugar. I really like it but also it has caffeine from coffee plus tea so it is strong.
 
I do not know how many people like this stuff, but here I drink stuff called cha fe. Cha means tea, and it is just mixture of powdered tea and coffee. Also milk and sugar. I really like it but also it has caffeine from coffee plus tea so it is strong.

Can't say I've ever heard of it, although I have on occasion added coffee to some left over tea, and it isn't half bad.
 
Don't you hate it when your order gets mixed up?

When I ordered my morning coffee, I thought it felt a bit light. It wasn't until I arrived at my desk that I realized that the blond bombshell barista was a bit overzealous with the foam today.

They did it again!

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Everyday heroes:

How To Show-Up A Show-Off » Funny & Stupid Customer Stories – Not Always Right

(Note: I’m a male customer at a coffee shop. I’m standing in line behind an obnoxious man and a beautiful blonde woman he’s unsuccessfully trying to chat up. The server is a young girl who appears to be new at her job.)

Man: “Excuse me! I ordered a non-fat, non-sugar orange mocha chip frappuccino! This isn’t non-fat, and there’s no whip cream on it.”

Barista: “I’m so sorry, sir. I’ll remake it immediately.”

Man, to the blonde woman: “What is up with these guys!? They screw everything up.”

Barista: “Here’s your drink sir. I hope this one is up to standard.”

Man: “What are you, f***ing retarded?! This is a plain mocha frappuccino! I wanted an orange chip mocha frappuccino! Get it f***ing right!”

(The barista remakes his drink again, but is clearly on the verge of tears.)

Man: “Oh my God, you people need to learn to speak English! I said non-fat. Don’t tell me it is non-fat, because I can taste—”

(At this point, the blonde woman decides she’s had enough of the man and interrupts him.)

Blonde woman: *in a strong Irish accent* “WILL YOU STOP BEING A JERK FOR FIVE F***ING MINUTES?! The girl has made the d*** coffee perfectly this time—I watched her! And, even if she hasn’t, she’s young and clearly new at her job. It’s a f***ing coffee! Cut her some slack!”

Man: “Excuse me, but I want what I asked for! I don’t see why that’s so hard!”

Blonde woman: “She probably looked at you, assumed you were a man, and was therefore completely confused by your non-fat non-sugar orange mocha chip frappuccino order. Real men drink real coffee, and they don’t bully teenage girls until they cry. Now, can you please stop being an almighty dickhead, and just f*** off?!”

(Everyone in the coffee shop claps, and the man leaves, embarrassed. I paid for the blonde woman’s coffee, and found out she is from the same part of Ireland as me. One thing led to another, and I asked her to marry me this Christmas. She said yes!)

Awwwww.
 
Coffee and the Lactose Intolerant

Sawat dee cup, Chiangmaifalcon. Koon bpen kon Thai mai cup? I only speak a little. I used to box and I spent some time in Thailand in a boxing camp (which actually gave me some ideas that worked there way into my novel). Anyway, my particular coffee peeve is when they put milk into my coffee even though I ALWAYS order it black. I'm extremely lactose intolerant and even a little bit of milk or cream turns me into a not very pleasant person to sit next to! My other coffee peeve is not being able to get a cup of The Coffee Bean's coffee here in North Carolina. California Dreamin'...

Leonardo Noto
 
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