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i just stared at a coffee menu for like 5 minutes because i didn't know what half of these things were or why i should care too much :p

maybe i don't fit in too well at the coffee shop lol

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@KitRedgrave you...gosh I'd love to go to a coffee shop and do the same thing (I really don't know coffee >////>)

@lottie @KitRedgrave If you're in a space you can watch a little video...

youtu.be/SxqwXNfYmOQ?t=218

(Part of Italy vs. EU, by Bruno Bezzoti)

@qwyrdo @lottie i'm one of the 6 people just going "coffee" lol

@KitRedgrave gimme a,..... a coffee.... but with more, like,.... coffee in it. yeah.

( this is, uh, a red eye, black eye or dead eye, depending on how hard you wanna party. πŸ˜… )

@gdkar yeah the black eye is more my speed tbh. less fancy coffee, more shove caffeine into my system plz

like i know of a few things but there were things here that struck me as hipster or obscure

like what the heck is a cortado or a macchiato

@KitRedgrave is this a rhetorical question or do you want to know?

@KitRedgrave endless subtle variations of milk/espresso

like, what I drink is usually black drip coffee, or straight espresso. or both at the same time.

@KitRedgrave hmmm.... can iiiiii get a large iced americano. but with the water replaced with,...

... uhh...

... espresso. πŸ€”

@gdkar can i just get, like, 10 espressos in a drip coffee cup? thaanks

@KitRedgrave I was actually in line behind a guy once who ordered 6 shots of espresso, then went and dropped, probably 2 or 3 little shots of creamer into it. It was the strongest latte i've ever seen lol @gdkar

@KitRedgrave you definitely could at peets when iiii was back in HS, at least if they knew you. 🀷

@KitRedgrave the definition depends so much on place and country that they could be anything tbh.. just roll a dice lol

@KitRedgrave they're also steamed milk and espresso but less and less milk. Like if a latte is too milky for you but you don't have an issue with steamed milk per se you might like a cortado

@bea ah okay. milk kinda messes with me in general so i try to avoid it

@KitRedgrave double americano for you then maybe

@bea why would you ruin espresso with water tho

@KitRedgrave drink it longer I guess. I don't generally care for espresso either 🀷

@bea think my go-to thing will just be espresso and drip coffee lol

@KitRedgrave I'm assuming Seattle is similar to Portland in that only about 1 in 10 people know what half the coffee menu means. The rest of us just know the one or two things we like and always order those.

@KitRedgrave If you have any fancy coffee questions lemme know. I work at a specialty coffee shop and am super into the stuff

@KitRedgrave I've heard some of those words my whole life and I still don't know what they mean XD

@KitRedgrave have you seen nichijou? they have this amazing skit where one of the characters goes into a coffee shop and is stricken with sheer terror trying to decipher the menu and that definitely sounds like a thing you might relate to

@KitRedgrave Same. I usually end up getting a mocha, because I've had good past experiences putting a packet of hot cocoa mix in my home mug of coffee.