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I was working part-time at Starbucks when a customer walked in and asked for Nescafe. When we told her we don't have Nescafe at Starbucks, she asked if there is any drinks similar to Nescafe.
P.S. Can anyone enlighten me? I was asked for a weak long macchiato today.. how the hell do you make a weak long mac without making a short mac, or adding water to a single shot?
i was born and raised in california, so i don't have an accent.
Christina Chi said:i was born and raised in california, so i don't have an accent.
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Nope. There is no way that a Californian is gonna get the ironic humor, so I'm just gonna stop. ; >
And Adam, if you down-dose a gram, gram and a half, you can get a decent lungo from your present techique, and not have to re-vamp anything.
Shoot, half the fun of being a pro-barista these days seems to be trying to interpret whatever bad training you or they had learning a coffee lexicon, and discovering some common grounds.
And Adam, if you down-dose a gram, gram and a half, you can get a decent lungo from your present techique, and not have to re-vamp anything.
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Ok, we get it, we have a californian accent, everyone has an accent.
Regular customer orders a latte every day. She says quietly to barista as soon as boss is out of ear-shot: "Honey, I just wanted to tell you something about the coffees you've been making me lately"
Barista: "Sure, what is it?"
Customer: "They haven't been very creamy lately"
Barista: "How do you mean creamy? Is it the texture of the milk or the foam?"
Customer: "I don't know, they just aren't creamy enough"
So I made her the textbook-perfect a latte - shiny, silky milk and perfect foam, rosetta to show off, take-away, lid on.
Barista: "Ok. Give that a taste-test for me and if it's not right let me know what needs changing and I'll make it again"
Customer removes lid, grabs spoon and pushes back foam, revealing perfect latte foam. "There's just not enough froth on here honey!"
(How hard it was not to sound rude when I politely informed her that she wants a capp.. she still orders a latte but leaves it up to me to know which 'latte' on the dockets is hers..)
call me crass but if you drink espresso know that it doesn't have an 'x' in it PLEASE.
and don't encourage people to say 'expresso' by putting it all over advertising signs and menus spelt wrong. it drives me crazy.
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