Coffee Drinkers Anonymous

[brisneyland]

Yes. Travel anywhere but Australia and a capuccino doesn't exist as we know it- it is a flat white.

I've never had this experience, but I've don't often order capuccinos.

I did order a capuccino in Utah once. Never, never again. It ws filter coffee, powdered creamer added with whipped cream (from a can no less) on top.

Mormons aren't really into coffee.

 

[wombat]

Mormons aren't really into coffee.

No way! I thought the guys would have been all over it!
The husbands could train each wife as specialist baristas!
"Hrmm, I feel like a nice latte this morning...wife #2, latte, stat! And if you make it a good one you can take the afternoon off; I'll just want a cap anyway, so #4 can deal with it".

 

[Elbo]

haha gold i LOLD

being in a smallish country town no-one here actually makes good coffee but there is this great place in albury called Zoi's that roast their own beans in the shop and actually know how to make a good coffee. i go for the old latte or cappucino.

Where abouts in Albury is that place mate? I've never heard of it.

I'm just getting into the coffee drinking. So I haven't been exposed to any of the names as such. I realise Gloria Jeans, Starbucks, etc aren't the top stuff, but one of my mates is a barista at Starbucks, so I've just been asking him for recommendations lately. I'm not a big coffee drinker, but I like the Chocolate Mocha and I reckon I'll try that Macchiatto next.

 

[hubbie]

Had one of the best coffee experiences the other week. Not necessarily the best coffee, but it was the best experience regardless.

Friday i was studying for a maths exam on saturday morning. I decided i would do this after my exam the following day. so after my exam i headed home, and down to work. I went to the coffee shop next door, and asked them to make two Flat White's but put them in a milkshake cup. Topped it up after the two with more espresso, and ended up with like 5, verging on 6 shots of coffee in a milkshake cup. Soooo glorious, but i was surprisingly not buzzing! must do it again

 

[DarrenHunt]

coffe in england is crap full stop... expensive and crap... france isnt much better. and dont get me started on the US.

Capps in france n england do exist... not as the smooth froth as we know in a good capp but as a mound of air filled milk.

aus actually has fair decent coffee... wide variety and some tastes darn good

 

[muzza167]

Gloria Jeans lover here.

Caremellatte or something remotely Mocha does it for me.

I don't like coffee made by 14yr old girls

Bloody disgraceful mate. You gotta love GJ's!!

Very Vanilla Latte all the way!!! Mmm, sex in a mug.

 

[Binaural]

coffe in england is crap full stop... expensive and crap... france isnt much better. and dont get me started on the US.

Capps in france n england do exist... not as the smooth froth as we know in a good capp but as a mound of air filled milk.

aus actually has fair decent coffee... wide variety and some tastes darn good

Yeah, you don't realize how good we Aussies have it until you travel do you? I'm working in Shanghai right now and getting decent bean is nigh on impossible. Right now, I would kill everyone on Farkin for a decent latte

 

[hubbie]

Yeah, you don't realize how good we Aussies have it until you travel do you? I'm working in Shanghai right now and getting decent bean is nigh on impossible. Right now, I would kill everyone on Farkin for a decent latte

I'll be the first to go if you up the latte to a 3 shot short black, no sugar

 

[dunk]

Yeah, you don't realize how good we Aussies have it until you travel do you? I'm working in Shanghai right now and getting decent bean is nigh on impossible. Right now, I would kill everyone on Farkin for a decent latte

I got an excellent coffee in Shanghai last year, I was actually quite surprised. But bugger me if I can't remember where it was from I guess that doesn't halp but tease does it?

 

[alchemist]

What's wrong with Shanghai coffee? You don't like you latte made with condensed milk?

As for Dunk, I dont believe you.

 

[dunk]

Let me rephrase excellent, and make it good! You can get milk, but god damn it must be expensive. I was kind of blown away when we went to a meeting/lunch, and all the Chinese staff were getting milk and me and the other Aussie were getting beer. I guess if the boss is paying for lunch get milk.

 

[NCR600]

Bloody disgraceful mate. You gotta love GJ's!!

Very Vanilla Latte all the way!!! Mmm, sex in a mug.

If you don't like Coffee, just order a Vanilla milkshake.

What Gloria Jeans and Starbucks do isn't coffee.

 

[Mahoney_007]

If you don't like Coffee, just order a Vanilla milkshake.

What Gloria Jeans and Starbucks do isn't coffee.

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I dont do coffee I have enough vices as it is without being addicticted to that as well.

I do love a good cappuccino but, a double blast of expresso can lighten any mood and a sweet as shit with extra whipped cream on top iced coffee goes down a treat during summer.

 

[leitch]

and a sweet as shit with extra whipped cream on top iced coffee goes down a treat during summer.

oryep. i love a good iced coffee when you cant get away from the heat

 

[Dumbellina]

Just to make it kinda Farkin relevant:

Anyone think coffee or caffeinated drinks (V, Red Bull, etc) actually improves MTB performance? If so, which one do you use? Should it be banned as a performance enhancer?

 

[dunk]

Just to make it kinda Farkin relevant:

Anyone think coffee or caffeinated drinks (V, Red Bull, etc) actually improves MTB performance? If so, which one do you use? Should it be banned as a performance enhancer?

Caffeine has been taken off the banned list, and does improve performance, so pop those No Doze. From memory the recommended dose is 6mg/kg of body weight. The only time I use Red Bull etc is after riding an enduro and need to stay awake for the drive home

 

[FR Drew]

Coffee/RedBull as a performance enhancer

I'd have thought that any performance advantage would probably be lost either through dehydration or through having to stop half way around your lap to take a whizz.

 

[dunk]

From memory there is a broad time in which it is of benefit, and before/after that there is no great benefit. I'm sure DaGonz has the info somewhere, it was also on the AIS website from memory.

 

[donthucktoflat]

I'm not a latte drinker, never really understood the point of weak coffee myself, but can someone PLEASE explain to me where the concept of handle-less glasses for lattes comes from?

It has to be the most fucking stupid tradition/norm/wankery I have ever seen. I mean its not like a latte is only lukewarm, it's still just as bloody hot, and in case the coffee afficianados haven't noticed, thin glass still conducts heat pretty bloody well.

that's why you wrap a napkin around the glass, cock a finger and bitch about the state of politics even though you're a fuckwit who has no idea which way is up let alone the state of the world today. then you walk out of the place with your self righteous friends and get stabbed (with any luck)

each morning i'll just have a single (or double, depends on the night before and how fkd i am) cap. 2 sugars and she's good to go. the barista at the cafe here at work knows his way around a percolator

 

[alchemist]

2 sugars and she's good to go. the barista at the cafe here at work knows his way around a percolator

Percolator - yuk! No wonder you have to have two sugars. Get him to use an espresso machine - coffee is supposed to be a sweet drink.