Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Trouble deciding which coffee to order?

I am standing in front of the casher, staring at the menu, and answering “Err… Ar…”, to buy myself some extra time to read the list of coffee again. While there is a long line of people behind me, who I can feel their impatient, when some of them shake their legs, while the others extend their head to peek at me or lift their arms to check their watches. I am stressed and embarrassed on my indecisiveness. Eventually, I randomly order one that sound familiar to me.

This is the scene in the Coffee bean or Starbucks I have experienced by myself. Does the situation sound familiar to you also? I believe I am not alone, when it comes to the inability to tell the coffee apart.

I found that despite all their fancy name, in fact coffee actually only differ in two features which is the amount of milk and foam contained. Here is the list quote from wikihow.

             If you want no milk at all, you want an Espresso.
             If you want just a dab of foam, you want a Macchiato (mock-e-ah-to).
             One part foam and one part milk is a 'Cappuccino'.
             Mostly foam is a 'dry Cappuccino' and all foam is an "extra-dry cappuccino".
             A lot of milk and a little foam is a latte.
             A lot of milk and no foam is a flat latte.
             A mocha is a latte with chocolate syrup.
             Brewed coffee with steamed milk is a café au lait.
             An Espresso with whipped cream is a Con Panne.


In short, i can summarized them into this Coffee specification table:
Type of coffee
Milk contained
Foam contain
Espresso
Nil
Nil
Macchiato
Nil
S
Cappuccino
S
S
Dry Cappuccino
S
SS
Latte
SS
S
Flat Latte
SS
Nil
Mocha
With chocolate syrup
Café au lait
With steam milk
Con Panne
With whipped cream

After we understand the type of coffee, it is time for us to shortlist a few coffee of our choice, in case if we could not memorize the list. Personally, i would like to have a latte or a mocha. I don't like the foam very much. In fact, having a coffee of choice not only save our face when giving order, but it also make us appeared more confident and man. So, this is a must for guys to look cool. Because, I believe almost every outing we face problem on what to eat. Thus, guys that able to decide is a sure turn-on for girls. 

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