How can you not know what that is?!

I went to a coffee stand this morning to buy coffee, umm.. as opposed to going to the coffee stand to buy a sweater I guess. Anyhow! I asked for a Grande Caff� Medici, and they had no idea what that was! I was trying to describe it to them, but ended up just getting a black coffee, because the barista was a moron. Well, not a moron, that's not nice, but she didn't know what my favorite drink was and I was dissapointed. After we left the coffee stand my friend Steve asked me what a Caff� Medici was. Wow, he doesn't know either? So I explained it to him. Now I'm wondering, am I the only person on earth who knows what that is??

For those of you who don't know a Caff� Medici is a doppio poured over chocolate syrup and orange (and sometimes lemon) peel, usually topped with whipped cream. Except when I get it, because I don't like whipped cream.

Grande, Caff�, barista, doppio

speak English and someone might understand you!

:o)

Well if it's not on their regular menu, and the barista has only ever served coffee at that particular store / chain, then chances are that the barista won't be able to make it. Perhaps they don't even have orange peel in stock.

The moral of the story is: don't try new coffee joints when you are really craving your favourite drink.

yeah, I have worked in the Coffee world for 5 years, and have no idea what "doppio" is..

but for Johnathan:
Tall=small
Grande=medium
Caffe=coffee
barista=one who makes the drink

doppio = double

btw, it's not Starbucks speak, it's your average Seattle coffee slanguage.

still, I have never heard "doppio".
and I studied the whole Seattle thing for a year!
strange!
heh, anyway, we had fun with the lingo when I was a "barista", this is the way we called the drinks out to each other:

No fun = Decaf
On a leash = to go
Skinny = skim milk (or low fat)
Thick = whole milk
beany = soy
Hach = Hot Chocolate
Head = milk foam

So you could order a tall skinny latte on a leash with no head!
~J~

I actually think he knows what those mean, he was just trying to be funny...

Melissa, there's no funny here!
NO FUNNY!
~J~

yeah, I didn't work at Starbucks..I worked for 4 companies in competition with them! heh!
My last barista job was on a commuter train.. it was a pain trying to pour hot milk on a train in a "closet"
fun times!
I got burned once really bad, poured hot tea all over myself when the brakes kicked in at one of the stops!
After that I started to time the stops, so I wouldn't get hurt!
~J~

I've Barista'd in a couple of joints too, and have never heard of your Medici.

But a good barista should be able to throw any drink together if you tell them what's in it... the only problem should be for the cashier, trying to decide what to charge you for. ;)

Who's Melissa?

Alright, perhaps I am the only person on earth who knows what a medici is. Hmm.. maybe I should have titled this "How can I know what that is?!

mollie's secret identity?

Yay Spot. I used to go there all the time (downtown Bflo branch). But now I live two days from it...

oops!
I meant Lee-Lee!
(for some reason, I looked at Molly, and saw Melissa!
"I need my medication now, nurse")
*smooch*
~J~

yeah...
and if they have all the stuffs to make it, it's no problem to whip up.
and true.......the cashier may be a bit confuddled, but they always find a price! heh!
~J~

Yeah, exactly.
:D
I've never heard of that either... but then again, my favorite coffee is "coffee".
heh

You could *at least* have called me "Molissa." :)

My friend redecorated his room with nutmeg colored walls, a dark blue-green ceiling with recessed spot lighting, and blue-green patterned carpet. Totally looked like a Starbucks, which was fine until he started charging $4 for a latte....

Oh sweet mother of pearl.... :^)

heh..sorry..

I get like this, after the rain!

:D

~J~

There goes a joke! 

did you see it?

*groan*

awwwww, you know I don't care. Just kiddin'. No need to apologize. I don't even mind that you keep misspelling my name! :)

sorry - they just happen, I swear.

Damn!  This is a tough crowd!  I didn't even say anything!

Sorry again!

I have spelling/typing issues!

For 3 years now I've been calling Nitsa...Nista!

LOL!

~J~

Oh Julie, you know I'm just kiddin---and how could I resist gettin' you when you were already all over yourself in apologies?

.....as in "Nista Know-it-all?"

yeah, she's the one! heh!

heh, when Rod and I had been married for a year..or something..not very long, I would say "I'm sorry" about 100 times a day (no idea why)

so Rod started pleading "stop saying you're sorry for everything..unless you really are"

heh!

It's a gift, it's a gift..I don't talk about it much...

oh, and Sorry, again!

LOL

~J~

yeah...

but we're darn cute!

as Michael would say..."Prulie? have you been eating muchrooms off the lawn again?"

heh!