
I'm not a coffee drinker, but the drinks you get at coffee shops seem really confusing to me. Espressos, Lattes, Macchiatos (which I thought was the guy from The Karate Kid), Caffe Mochas, Cafe Breves, Americanos. The terminology might be second hand to someone who works at such a shop (we hope) but I bet can be confusing even to someone who orders the drinks regularly.
Luckily, we have pictures! Lokesh Dhakar has a handy chart that explains what each drink looks like. I really need this to be done with other aspects of my life, so I can keep track of everything and know just what is in the food I eat, the books I read, and the movies I go to see.
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8-30-2007 @4:11PM ana said... this is really helpfull, considering that part of my job is to be a barista and half of my coworkers don't know how to make any of these. i just wish i could show them to customers, who have a tendency to come in and ask for a caramel macchiato and expect a caramel latte (a la starbucks)
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8-30-2007 @5:09PM h0mi said... Nice post/guide. Thanks for sharing this.
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9-02-2007 @11:13PM Woods said... I work at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, in the cafe area, and we have a fancy-pants drink maker with diagrams like that. It is great because otherwise I don't think I'd know a mocha from a latte (to me, coffee comes two ways--hot or cold). Though when someone walks up to me and wants a skinny grande raspberry mocha with whipped cream it is still difficult not to panic slightly. Or maybe I just have a fear of adjectives.
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