Coffee? What do you want?
"I'd like a mug of coffee"
"what do you want?"
"a mug of coffee, please."
"Okay, what do you want, sir?"
"Coffee.....?"
"what would you like to drink?"
I was in the cafe in Melbourne trying to have coffee.
Finally, the a person taking the order figure out my problem.
He asked "Late? Cappuccino?.... Flat White? Long Black?....."
What? Flat white? Long Black? What are they?
I said "Long Black, please."
it was "Cafe Americano"
Coffee is a name of the group of drink made of coffee in Australia. There was not a item named "coffee."
When you go to Sushi shop, you don't say "I'd like to have three sushi, please."
The same way in a cafe in Australia, you don't say "I want large coffee."
Coffee was not just coffee.....
4 Comments:
Did you find out what a flat white was??? Who knew!!! Good post!
Kim,
I think "flat white" is espresso with heated milk.
T
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That's like when they ask if you want tea in the South. Unless you specify, it will be cold and sweet.
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