Europe is not uniform in this, as per usual. This is what you’ll get in southern Europe. In central Europe, you’ll get a really big one though.
IMO, a french press coffee is pretty good. it gives the amount of coffee I want without making it overly strong like espresso. It also doesn’t make it taste like shit, a la mr coffee. when i drink coffee, i enjoy sitting and sipping my drink, not tossing back my coffee like it’s a shot of tequila.
And it will be infinitely more tastyl then the swill I get in a dinner from the pot that has been stewing for hours…
“lmao”, as they say
in Japan they always make sure you know what you’re getting into when you order an espresso: “the cup is really small, is that ok??”
I had the same experience with ordering vegetarian in eastern Europe. They asked me in 3 different restaurants “This has no meat, is that okay??” With a realy concerned look.
Americans generalizing the whole of Europe again. In Germany, a large coffee is certainly not the American size, but it’s also not the small Italian size.
And it’s usually filter coffee like the US unfortunately.
If you don’t want that, just don’t order “Kaffee”. Every half decent bakery sells Espresso or Café Crèma, you just have to ask for it.
But worse
I’m sorry, but how?
It’s because they add milch instead of milk
Of all the things they’ve ever done, this is the most unforgivable.
Idk how, but the German coffee I’ve had had usually been worse than the American coffee I’ve had
Don’t get me started with coffee in France
huh, I don’t see anything wrong in here
coming from feddit.IT that’s how 😁
Ask for the same in America and you get a 2 liter cup.
With mostly sugar in it
Then you got the good stuff, otherwise it’ll be high fructose corn syrup
Liter? That’s a quarter gallon or something.
Unless it’s soft drink, right?
Side note on American metrification:
I do enjoy that the online calorie/macro counting scene in the US seems to be using grams now.
Wait until they realise they can do g protein/100g instead of per serve or cup, or hogshead.
One day you bastards, one day…
And it’s like 80% milk.
And 15% sugar, wait no, high fructose corn syrup
No, it’s 40% milk, and 40% corn syrup.
And the rest is sugar
That’s because “A Coffee” means ‘an espresso’, as my Portuguese friend told me. She also told me that “Lemonade” doesn’t mean sprite like it does in the UK, much to my dismay when I asked for one in a restaurant.
Don’t know where you went, but Lemonade doesn’t mean Sprite in the UK.
I feel like you don’t know what real lemonade is because yeah you always get sprite or whites, if they think they’re being posh they’ll give you whites, which tastes exactly the same as Sprite so I don’t know what the point is.
In the states, Sprite is a carbonated mildly lemon tasting soda pop. Lemonade is squeezed lemon and sugar, and maybe with something else like Strawberry, but fairly tart. And no carbonation, unless it’s specifically made with Seltzer or something. Or spoiled.
Lemonade is squeezed lemon and sugar, and maybe with something else like Strawberry, but fairly tart.
I don’t know about American lemonade being tart. Every lemonade recipe I’ve tried has a fuckton of sugar added to it. Even when I cut the amount by 1/3 it’s still super sweet.
Well, more than Sprite. But I do like it tart.
It definitely does. In all my years ordering vodka lemonades I’ve always gotten a Sprite, Schweppes or R White.
…Yes it does, Sprite, Schweppes, even the own-brand stuff you get in the shops is all called Lemonade colloquially.
Me: Just one small coffee thanks.
America:
They need it. Americans don’t get vacation days.
Naw, we get vacation. We are just told we have to ask for it a year in advance, told about 3mo prior whether it was approved, and are unable to use it in lieu of sick days (which we only get 8 or so yearly). Most of the country all work on the same days and times, and so we use vacation to take care of taxes, licenses, permits, etc. Then on top of that, our country is so damn big that travel usually costs more than a 3rd of the entire 1 week vacation.
No wonder they’re so angry all the time!
And it comes with free refills
Free dishwater refills.
Tapwater, you don’t need to make shit up when shitting on the USA
I think it was more of a diss on the quality of the coffee in places with free refills.
I’m a bit of a coffee snob and nothing will beat my locally-roasted specialty coffee in my pour-over, but sometimes shitty diner coffee is what I want.
I have the same relationship with Little Caesars, sometimes you just want trash food and it’s all that will satisfy the craving
No not with coffee. Unless it’s just plain coffee with milk/cream and sugar, only fountain drinks and tea get free refills.
Unless it’s just plain coffee with milk/cream and sugar
Isn’t that…coffee?
I’m talking about that Starbucks/Dutch Bros. shit that all the white girls drink. It’s more popular than plain coffee in the US.
Is it? I’m not the one downvoting here, I’m just not convinced. There’s still a lot of folks drinking drip coffee at home or at greasy spoon joints every day. Starbucks and the like is loudly popular but tons of folks still use the old drip machines or (ugh) cup/pod systems.
You ugh the old drip machine but not the cup/pod system? How dare! Kcups are an abomination and a symptom of everything wrong with this world!
A good drip machine is fine. Not great, but acceptable.
The (ugh) is on the cup/pod side of the or.
Yes but the topic is about restaurant drink sizes, not what people drink at home. In my experience I see people order fancy coffees more often than plain ones when I go out to eat. Regardless it doesn’t matter that much, cause it’s all anecdotal anyway.
That last sentence is the one. Until someone comes out with a study we’re not going to know because what we see is informed by where we choose to go. I’m not generally in places where you can buy fancy coffee so I don’t see it, but I sure hear about it. If we’re only going by what I see then hardly anyone drinks coffee and people order green tea shots at an alarming rate.
Go to any dinner or breakfast restaurant and you’ll see the opposite.
When people “go to get coffee” they go to a café and likely get something more involved than drip coffee.
When they go to get breakfast and order a coffee it’s likely just regular drip and has free refills
The average american coffee is like 600 calories and has 20mg of caffeine
But 200g of sugar!
Actually, American chains like IHOP have coffee denial down to a science, the mug is just about as small as one could reasonably allow, and the ceramic is almost an inch thick. All because someone in middle management did some math in hopes of a promotion a few years down the road on how to save as much money as possible on coffee.
Bruh I was just at a Waffle House, they served coffee in perfectly normal ceramic cups, didn’t get any though, felt like the ever rarer Mr. Pibb instead
small as one could reasonably allow, and the ceramic is almost an inch thick
they better heat that cup with a blowtorch for 5 min. before they pour coffee in it or they will only be serving something akin to iced coffee
? Ceramic is the chosen material for mugs because it is a good insulator and will keep liquids warmer for longer. Thicker mugs will retain heat longer.
I think they meant that if the cup was cold when they poured the coffee in then it would cool the coffee down rapidly
Me : I’d like a black coffee please
USA : And how much whipped cream and sugar would you like with that?I know this is a joke but if you ask for black coffee or unsweet tea, you will get what you are expecting in most cases. They may ask as a courtesy if you want sweeteners or creamers with that because many people wish to sweeten their drinks themselves as they may prefer artificial sweeteners or wish to control their dairy or sugar intake for dietary reasons.
Unless you’re in the south you mostly don’t have to specify unsweet for the tea (unless it’s something that sometimes but not always comes with things mixed in like chai). Coffee should be that as well in theory but so many people drink it in different ways that if you just order a coffee or espresso or whatever you’ll get asked if you want it black (and dont get me started on restaurants asking if i want my martini w vodka ir gin). Chains have (or had, it’s been awhile for me) their own lingo as well, like at dunkin a “large regular” meant 2 creams and a sugar (or maybe 3 and 2, I can’t remember)
I always used to get “should we leave room at the top for cream or sugar?” It makes sense since at that spot the cream and sugar are off to the side to be added by the customer. And black coffee was used to differentiate from the various flavored or specialty jawns.
But it always made me giggle that the simplest order in coffee needed clarification.
A cortado is 4 OUNCES. I even made it American.
Yeah but it has 400mg of caffeine.
Just ask for an Americano, and you’ll get a watered-down espresso that’s almost an American ‘small’!
Hehe :D
I wonder if the dumb americans ever realize we do that shit only to them. Muhahaha
Me: Hi yes I’d like a small burger
USA:
Goddammit, stop fucking posting AI slop.
Slop both literally and figuratively.
I’d honestly prefer a poorly drawn depiction of this drawn by human hand or a classic MS Paint edit to do the same thing. The AI slop just feels like a slap in the face
I drink a giant travel mug of black coffee every day. I have no excuse. It’s my only joy.
You should try sex and drugs.
Mid thirties. The sex would have to be mind blowing to replace even gas station swill at this point. Drugs it just depends, I need my brain for work.
That sounds like it’s not your joy, it’s the drugs you take to meet the unhealthy inhuman standards set by your shitty coercive masters.
Well I like my job, so no one has to twist my arm to do it. And I like the way coffee tastes. I like the texture. I like the warmth. As long as it’s a dark roast. Who knows? :)
Okay, so you’d still do coffee in post-scarcity?
I still recommend sex and real drugs for pleasure.
