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I'll be blunt.
I'm an old very simple man, and up until now been totally ignorant of all these modern coffee shops you see everywhere.
They seem to have hundreds of varieties of everything all in their coffee speak I do not understand.
How would one go about getting a regular cup of tea or hot chocolate without making an idiot out of oneself? Is it too simple to ask "A hot chocolate please"?
I'm an old very simple man, and up until now been totally ignorant of all these modern coffee shops you see everywhere.
They seem to have hundreds of varieties of everything all in their coffee speak I do not understand.
How would one go about getting a regular cup of tea or hot chocolate without making an idiot out of oneself? Is it too simple to ask "A hot chocolate please"?
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you could ask for Chocolate, Latte or Americano..
or buy a Tassimo with Costa pods..i did
you have never been in a coffee shop?
If you want a very milky coffee ask for a latte.
As for tea, just ask for a cup or pot of tea. If there are options such as the type of tea then these may be offered to you then you can choose what you'd like.
Alternatively click here.
Never. I just don't see the appeal for paying over the odds for a cuppa
oh...i normally just get an Americano..nice little treat before work:)
I bet there are loads of people who have not, some because they do not like coffee and think maybe that is all they sell, some because they just do not want to.
I doubt very much if my Dad have ever been in one.
I do, normally Neros or a local one
Do that every day and the costs soon mount up.£3 a day is £15 a week, £60 a month, £720 a year.
We have free water, tea and coffee at work but you still see people coming into the office with shop bought drinks.
yeah but Klix is like dishwater..
haha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6QqSxmpRMM
I took my mum into a Starbucks when we were out shopping. I told her that the had lots of types of coffee so she went to the counter and asked for a Nescafe.
Good for her ..... I can't be doing with all this snobbishness over coffee.:D My old Mum likes a milky coffee and asks for that and then they say "do you mean a Latte?" We both say "yes, a milky coffee." ;-)
I have almost given up getting a nice cappuccino now because it is invariably too strong. There are very few places who can get it right for my taste.
Can't go wrong with hot chocolate, it's the size that is confusing. If you take out then the hot chocolate can be huge even when it's a small one!. I ask to see the cup if they're not on view or the plastic/paper cups.
Here's a link to help you with the coffee. http://caffenero.co.uk/coffee/coffee_01.aspx
ps do not buy tea from Starbucks under any circumstances. It is vile tasting and doesn't taste anything like normal English tea. It's got a horrid herbal/flowery spicy aftertaste.
Don;'t ever ask for a latte in Italy or you'll get wierd looks and a cup of milk!
you'll just get "with or without marshmallows, and with or without fluffy cream"
"instant type" coffee is probably an Americano with milk
do you have a waitrose nearby. Sign up for one of their store cards, and get a free cappuccino or latte every day. Nice
Isn't it a caffè latte - literally a milky coffee?
However coffee in a British coffee shop tastes different (and worse) from coffee in Italy. Not sure why - it just doesn't taste like coffee, whereas in Italy it does.
We burn the beans in this country. People seem to want it that way otherwise Costa wouldn't be so successful.
There are plenty of other places to get coffee. Small cafes, supermarket cafes, fast food restaurants, little bars.
Probably have the same list but not as extensive and probably more easy going if you simply ask for a white coffee or hot chocolate.
I take a flask of coffee from home.
I bought the flask, and filled it, for less than the price of a single cup at one of these places,
and it lasts me all day.
But I eventually tried Pret and got a Cappucino
It was nice and I used to get one regularly to take home
But when the recession hit I thought it was ridiculous paying a couple of quid for coffee which I was carrying home and drinking at home.......when I could make perfectly good coffee in my cafeteria for a few pence a cup...
I've never gone back even when business picked up again
Depends on where you go. We have a local cafe/coffee shop that uses the same beans I do which are roasted localish, the beans are not burnt and you do notice the difference. The best coffee in Hereford, just a shame it is a little out of the way.