Is My Coffee Normal?
I, like Hermione Granger, can be an insufferable know-it-all.
I know, for instance, that it's not normal to spray a mountain of Redi-Wip onto an unflavored, unsweetened cappuccino, and have been horrified to witness this being done to my order at about 4 different coffee shops here. I can recognize that as the by-product of a culture of coffee-unsophisticates (sorry New Jersey) who are addicted to the Dunkin Donuts that spring up here like so many roaches in a Queens apartment building (sorry Jim).
However, I don't know if this is normal:
I went to a coffee shop in Bradley Beach that appeared to be pretty decent - and not just "good for the Shore", either. But when I ordered the cafe au chocolat orange, what I got was a mouthful of little slivers of orange peel. There were hundreds floating in my drink, and although it tasted good, I wasn't sure about the effect: there was something slightly "rat-tailly" about it. And I've never seen this done anywhere else. Of course I've ordered espresso before and had a slice of citrus peel on the saucer or (at the most invasive) cocked on the edge of the cup.
But...this? Shrug.
I know, for instance, that it's not normal to spray a mountain of Redi-Wip onto an unflavored, unsweetened cappuccino, and have been horrified to witness this being done to my order at about 4 different coffee shops here. I can recognize that as the by-product of a culture of coffee-unsophisticates (sorry New Jersey) who are addicted to the Dunkin Donuts that spring up here like so many roaches in a Queens apartment building (sorry Jim).
However, I don't know if this is normal:
I went to a coffee shop in Bradley Beach that appeared to be pretty decent - and not just "good for the Shore", either. But when I ordered the cafe au chocolat orange, what I got was a mouthful of little slivers of orange peel. There were hundreds floating in my drink, and although it tasted good, I wasn't sure about the effect: there was something slightly "rat-tailly" about it. And I've never seen this done anywhere else. Of course I've ordered espresso before and had a slice of citrus peel on the saucer or (at the most invasive) cocked on the edge of the cup.
But...this? Shrug.
posted by Christine Borne at 8:42 AM
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A memory: my ex-boyfriend from high school liked his coffee really strong, with grounds in it. He used to say "chewy coffee is good coffee." It just occurred to me that this was actually coffee I *could* chew, and I wonder if *he* would have liked it.
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