You bet we make it for her. $5.55 thank-you, see you tomorrow! She knows we only pull (nekkid) doubles so it'll be a ristretto not single. Comes in almost every day on her way home. Get this, she's cute and slim. Must have a way high metabolism! Today she added a 12oz caramel wc with whip for a friend and a bag-o-beans to go with the espresso machine she got for Christmas. Darn rights I'll make an on the way home dessert beverage with a touch of espresso for her, $19.85 total today's stop.

I certainly wouldn't drink it, but I will certainly make whatever the customer wants if I can. Customers like her keep the doors open and helped me make yet another payroll today on time. Doors open 14 months and payroll always on time. (Except for me of course, don't get paid squat yet...) Talk all you want about staying true to the bean and the like, if the doors don't stay open no can do.

Yeah it's the customer that orders traditional espresso beverages, especially a straight shot, that gets the blood racing. But it's the foo-foo majority that enable the much fewer purists to enjoy the good stuff.