|
Source: (consider it)
|
Thread: Coffee shop
|
Boogie
Boogie on down!
# 13538
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Balaam:
The problem is that where the word macchiato is used alone it usually means the espresso variety, small and strong.
It's not a problem - this is gorgeous too, after a meal when no more liquid is needed, fabulous!
Latte macchiato is for when one is thirsty and wants to sit outside with a coffee watching the world go by, yum!
--------------------
Garden. Room. Walk
Posts: 13030 | From: Boogie Wonderland | Registered: Mar 2008
| IP: Logged
|
|
LutheranChik
Shipmate
# 9826
|
Posted
In the heat of the summer I like iced coffee -- generally black, although sometimes with milk. (I won't partake of McDonald's because their "cream" is some sort of transfat-loaded manufactured slurry.)
--------------------
Simul iustus et peccator
http://www.lutheranchiklworddiary.blogspot.com
Posts: 6462 | From: rural Michigan, USA | Registered: Jul 2005
| IP: Logged
|
|
Fr Weber
Shipmate
# 13472
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
quote:
Originally posted by wrinkley:
If I want milk, I go to the frig
You're sure that's milk?
That was wicked.
But funny. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
--------------------
"The Eucharist is not a play, and you're not Jesus."
--Sr Theresa Koernke, IHM
Posts: 2512 | From: Oakland, CA | Registered: Feb 2008
| IP: Logged
|
|
Mama Thomas
Shipmate
# 10170
|
Posted
Every morning I have to have what is hard to find in coffee shops: Turkish coffee. Three heaping spoons of freshly ground darkly roasted beans ground to a fine powder added to almost boiling water, in which three tea spoons of sugar are dissolved, and gently brought to a full boil over fairly low heat in a nearly conically shaped long-handled ibric.
--------------------
All hearts are open, all desires known
Posts: 3742 | From: Somewhere far away | Registered: Aug 2005
| IP: Logged
|
|
WhateverTheySay
Shipmate
# 16598
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by LutheranChik:
(I won't partake of McDonald's because their "cream" is some sort of transfat-loaded manufactured slurry.)
And I cannot stand McDonalds coffee. I'm not sure if it is even coffee.
Though pretty much everything about McDonalds makes me want to avoid it, not only their poor excuse for coffee.
--------------------
I'm not lost, I just don't know where I am going
Posts: 872 | From: Lost in Space, without a map | Registered: Aug 2011
| IP: Logged
|
|
WhateverTheySay
Shipmate
# 16598
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Fr Raphael:
A little off topic, bu just a bit...
I buy Nescafé Gold Blend as the instant blend for home.
Anyone any particular preferences in the instant line?
I have Cafe Direct, with single cream.
--------------------
I'm not lost, I just don't know where I am going
Posts: 872 | From: Lost in Space, without a map | Registered: Aug 2011
| IP: Logged
|
|
Drifting Star
Drifting against the wind
# 12799
|
Posted
Millicano - strong and black - when I am away from my coffee maker and have to fall back on instant.
--------------------
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Heraclitus
Posts: 3126 | From: A thin place. | Registered: Jul 2007
| IP: Logged
|
|
Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
# 3492
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Fr Weber:
I will drink Peet's, though I'm not in love with it...
I drank it daily when I lived in the bay area or whenever I visited my sister and her family who lived in the Berkeley hills. I am not clever enough to roast my own beans, so I shall say that Peet's is as good as anybody's...
--------------------
If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
Posts: 30517 | From: White Hart Lane | Registered: Oct 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
ken
Ship's Roundhead
# 2460
|
Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Fr Weber:
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
quote:
Originally posted by wrinkley:
If I want milk, I go to the frig
You're sure that's milk?
That was wicked.
But funny.
Especially since some people didn't get it ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Obviously neither punk rock nor rugby songs were part of the way they mis-spent their youth.
--------------------
Ken
L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.
Posts: 39579 | From: London | Registered: Mar 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
Yerevan
Shipmate
# 10383
|
Posted
Mocha, ideally with lots of chocolate sprinkles. The people at my local Costa don't even bother asking what my order is any more ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
Posts: 3758 | From: In the middle | Registered: Sep 2005
| IP: Logged
|
|
JoyfulNoise & Parrot OKief
Ship's pirate
# 2049
|
Posted
A little over one teaspoon Fairtrade Instant Coffee,mixed with an egg-cupful of water, added to a mug of Hot Milk.
--------------------
Written from my alternative universe.
Posts: 1101 | From: East Anglia in the UK | Registered: Dec 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
|
Posted
I think I'll join JoyfulNoise!
It's wonderful to see you back on board, old Friend!
--------------------
Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
Posts: 18017 | From: 'Twixt the 'Glades and the Gulf | Registered: Aug 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
longing
Apprentice
# 17154
|
Posted
I'm still trying to work out which chain coffee-shop I like best. Starbucks tastes like dilute celery, Nero's is often too strong, and so I think I've settled on Costa. The problem is, it seems to be taking over the world - every service station, every pub, ever petrol station has a costa machine. Pretty soon we'll be flushing our loos with it.
The best coffee I've EVER had was from The Box Brownie in Stratford upon Avon, who use Monmouth coffee http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/coffee .
At home, you can't beat a cup of freshly brewed Monsooned Malabar.
Posts: 13 | Registered: Jun 2012
| IP: Logged
|
|
Fr Raphael
Apprentice
# 17131
|
Posted
I prefer Costa. I found out from my daily paper today that it's owned by Whitbreads.
That made me wonder if some of the coffee chains are more ethically sensitive than others.
Posts: 40 | Registered: May 2012
| IP: Logged
|
|
Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
|
Posted
Nero, definitely. Interesting range of cakes and pastries, good coffee, nice atmosphere, and classical music on a Sunday morning. That and a window seat in the sun make a great start to the day.
I'm going to look out for the Box Brownie on my next visit to Stratford.
Posts: 25445 | Registered: May 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
# 273
|
Posted
Favourite chain at the moment Rialto (alright it has exactly two branches, I think the other is in Barnsley). They roast their own coffee on the Sheffield premises. Normal order is a black americano, if I am feeling like I need to wake up a double expresso and if I am feeling in need of a treat a soya latte when I can get it.
Actually realising that I am spoilt for coffee. Not just Rialto, but PJ Taste which have very smooth Italian coffee and that is even before I mention Tamper Coffee which I have not even tried. There are other small chains such as Coffee Revolution (started by a local entrepreneur now run by Sheffield University Students Union). Then there are the biggies Starbucks, Costa, Nero etc.
Jengie
--------------------
"To violate a persons ability to distinguish fact from fantasy is the epistemological equivalent of rape." Noretta Koertge
Back to my blog
Posts: 20894 | From: city of steel, butterflies and rainbows | Registered: May 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Printer-friendly view
