Why can’t I just get a decent cappucino???
December 18th, 2007If I wanted a latte, I would order a latte. As such, when I order a cappuccino, I expect to get a cappuccino.
Maybe I’m just a snob about this, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect the baristas to know how to make the drinks they’re supposed to be selling and serving.
This is not the best illustration ever, since it’s hard to see exactly, but a cappuccino is equal parts espresso, steamed milk and milk foam. Equal parts! (That’s actually a lie, there is slightly more foam than anything else in a cappuccino, but I would settle for equal damned parts.) A latte has more milk with a little bit of foam on top.
I know what I’m ordering. *I* actually know how to make it, but I don’t (nor would it be a good idea for me to) own an espresso machine.
If I’m paying YOU to make me a $5 cup of coffee, you damn well ought to get it right. I wonder if they make a pocket-sized, laminated card that I can take into the coffee shops with me. Either that or I’m going to have to start being a hard ass and if there’s not foam, have them make it AGAIN, only this time the drink that I actually ordered.
And before anyone says it, I would agree that I am being unreasonable if it weren’t for the problem that out of the past 10 cappuccinos that I have ordered 7 of them have actually been lattes.
that sucks. i thought they were the same thing until a couple months ago, when i made an office-wide *$ run… i even asked what the difference was & the barista explained. but an hour and a half seems like a long way to go to for a coffee…
Comment by kate � December 18, 2007 @ 10:59 am
I know exactly what you mean. I get a Chai Latte a few times a week, no whipped cream-skim milk. Invariably, I always end up with whipped cream… it’s as if the “barista” can’t comprehend that someone would want a latte *without* whipped cream.
Comment by theblueprint � December 18, 2007 @ 16:27 pm