Coffee

[vinteuil]

369.261 !!

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373.15

or possibly 671.69....


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[cloughie]

I mostly buy coffee out if work is paying.
I have recently taken to ordering, and enjoying, Americano with hot milk.
Does this make me a bad person?


Also, does anybody actually upgrade to "todays special bean?"

ts, if that's how you like it, fine. I like coffee bkack but not overly strong - I usually have Americano topped up with cold water or a filter coffee. Bad person? - don't give a xxxx!

[french frank]

See #318... if you're really desperate for (adopts Special Agent Dale Cooper voice) Co-ffee, co-ffee... out on the cold road somewhere, appointment just cancelled via mobile....or holed up for, like, ever, in a Hospital waiting room....just about any Costa or Starbucks can taste like Nectar - so long as there's enough sugar and/or chocolate in it, or on it....or a serious amount of whipped cream needing a teaspoon to eat.

And maybe leave out the coffee?

I like coffee bkack but not overly strong

Bkack? Doesn't sound very nice … JLW's sounds a bit bkack to me.

Don't understand the learned debate about boiling point of water - please don't explain

[MrGongGong]

I'm not sure about that. In fact, I've just remembered, I do go to a local café/pâtisserie once a fortnight to meet a friend and speak French. There I have a café au lait, which is apparently called a 'flat white' in English. I never knew that.

I think a Flat White is something other than that
when i've had café au lait it always seems weaker than Flat White
which to my taste is like a double strength Cappacino with less milk

But as for the whole "Americano" nonsense
it's BLACK COFFEE

[french frank]

I think a Flat White is something other than that
when i've had café au lait it always seems weaker than Flat White

As per a previous post, in France I always used to ask for a breakfast 'grand crème', but that initially provoked puzzlement in the café (francophones), so I changed to café au lait, which is less milky than something which seems to be called, I believe, a lattay (or in English 'laahttay') … they were happy with 'flat white' which I now see in other coffee places. But were I to put milk in my coffee I would add a small amount of cold; worse hot; never boiling!

[teamsaint]

A flat white is different to a latte.
It tastes Australian for starters.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_white

Plus it's a modern made up thing, like the Dorset flag, so some people probably think it doesn't count.......

[gradus]

Nescafe made with hot whole milk and not the over-priced unpleasant coffee-stuff with which one is often served in places of refreshment. Cream crackers anyone?

[doversoul1]

Nescafe made with hot whole milk and not the over-priced unpleasant coffee-stuff with which one is often served in places of refreshment. Cream crackers anyone?

Anyone remember Viennese coffee? A few pieces of crystallised sugar preferably in coffee colour placed at the bottom of the cup and strong coffee topped with very light whipped cream. You were supposed to taste the coffee first, then the cream, and finally, the sugar. Never mix it. It seems to have been completely driven out by **** cappuccino in plastic cups. Water biscuits anyone?

[jean]

Nescafe made with hot whole milk...

That's not coffee.

[cloughie]

Nescafe made with hot whole milk and not the over-priced unpleasant coffee-stuff with which one is often served in places of refreshment. Cream crackers anyone?

Sainsbury's Gold Roast Instant Coffee, both the straight and the decaf are excellent, no milk and maybe a drop of cold water if in a hurry to drink.

[MrGongGong]

That's not coffee.

Spot on

[gradus]

That's not coffee.

Yes it is. Your move.

[french frank]

Anyone remember Viennese coffee? A few pieces of crystallised sugar preferably in coffee colour placed at the bottom of the cup and strong coffee topped with very light whipped cream. You were supposed to taste the coffee first, then the cream, and finally, the sugar.

I think these are the equivalent of what they now called 'floaters' which can be with or without liqueur/alcohol. I have a friend who always asks (hopefully) for a floater. Sugar is important in some way, not sure why.

Can't decide which is worse added to coffee - milk or sugar.

[Bryn]

Yes it is. Your move.

It may be made from coffee, but with all the life taken out if spray-dried, and much of it if freeze-dried. That said, I am quite partial to Illy instant when feeling lazy.



100% Arabica with a dash of fine ground to give the illusion of the real thing.

[cloughie]

I think these are the equivalent of what they now called 'floaters' which can be with or without liqueur/alcohol. I have a friend who always asks (hopefully) for a floater. Sugar is important in some way, not sure why.

Can't decide which is worse added to coffee - milk or sugar.

Know what you mean, ff, cream and coffee complement are however far worse!