• Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    I prefer the Spanish names.

    Americano - half coffee half water.
    Solo - just coffee.
    Cortado - coffee with a “cut” of milk.
    Cafe con leche - half coffee half milk.
    Leche manchada - milk “dirtied” with a dash of coffee.

    Then expresso and all the other bullshit.

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    7 months ago

    If I ask for a latte, and you give me a coffee with milk, I’m gonna be upset. There’s a big difference between steamed milk and just milk.

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      7 months ago

      I ordered an almond joy latte and went back in asking for another drink cause it was horrible.

      Turns out it was a coffee not a drink. I hadn’t had coffee in so long I couldn’t identify the lack of steamed milk. 🫤

      I did get it remade as a latte and it was amazing.

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    This is gonna make a lot of Europeans mad.

    Source : am french. I love me some Americano, but the default here is the espresso. You can also get a “long espresso” which is basically a diluted espresso, and is still not the same as an Americano (and this is where my coffee knowledge stops, so I’m not sure what the differences are exactly). I also have some Italian family and they would probably disown me if I said that the Americano is the “default” black coffee

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    7 months ago

    I thought flat white and latte were synonyms and they both meant milky coffee. Now I’m confused, so it’s just the foam?

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      7 months ago

      Flat white is always made with some milk foam on top, traditionally less than a Latte.

      So the difference should be in the ratio of coffee to milk to froth, which is also true of other varieties like cortado.

  • Meron35@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    They forgot to list the Jackson, which is a coffee that starts out Black but turns White

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      7 months ago

      This has been '90s comedy night, ladies and gentlemen! Thanks for coming and be sure to tip your waitstaff!

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    7 months ago

    Flat white, cappuccino, latte and machiatto are the same thing. It’s just coffee with milk.