i am in caltext starmart to while away time. in their coffee house, i ordered cafe latte to the barista. unbusy as i am, i stood in the counter and watched as she made my coffee. grinding, brewing, foaming...i then asked that my latte be dabbed with cinnamon. the barista said, "kung butangan nko ni cya ug cinnamon mam ky cappuccino nani, dli na latte." taympa, unsa? that shook my only-enough-not-to-make-me-ignorant knowlegde of coffee. since when did cinnamon define wether your coffee is cappuccino or cafe latte?according to my coffee vocabulary, thanks to starbucks leaflets, cappuccino is one part espresso and one part milk. cafe latte, on the other hand, is one part espresso and 2 parts milk. i opt for cafe latte at night as it has more milk then cappuccino, less caffeine to avoid the buzz in time for bed.
now, is my cafe latte that she just made really cafe latte? i bet she was hired, taught ONLY how to operate the espresso machine and voila! she gets to decide, according to her little understanding and elaborate imagination, what your coffee will be.
why bother with cafe latte to this barista. i can just order, "tall coffee please, whatever you fancy".
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