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Post by twigz on Sept 11, 2021 23:55:25 GMT -5
à la semblance's subpar tea reviews, i thought i ought to make a coffee version. 咖啡
qualifications: i work at a café and am technically a certified barista but im not allowed to make coffee lol. weird how the only way to get experience is to do the thing but to do the thing you need experience... ugh.
anyways i thought it would be fun to try and make a variety of different coffees as i still have at least another month of mandatory lockdown, so i can broaden my horizons and hopefully share some recommendations. i realised that americans typically drink long black coffee (café americano) which are objectively, gross. first drink of the series: a flat white ! this alongside cappuccinos are just standard, regular coffee - where cappuccinos have froth and a sprinkle of cocoa powder. fun fact a double c sound cc is "ch" in italian. this is not my favourite kind, but it is quick and easy to make when i am tired. here is my very polite stewie mug, purchased from a store named typo.
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Post by jackson on Sept 12, 2021 3:44:54 GMT -5
I'm excited to learn coffee vocabulary from this thread, because that poll was overwhelming.
Can you make a flat white at home, or only with the equipment from work? And will work let you make coffee eventually? In the interim, what sorts of drinks are you making for the café-goers?
I'm happy to have inspired the mug selfies. Your Snicket shrine looks great. So does the microfoam(?!).
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Post by Kit's tits kick ticks on Sept 13, 2021 17:14:21 GMT -5
I'm unsure between chai latte and hot chocolate. The problem with hot chocolate is that when having it somewhere else it's often too sweet. My favourite chocolate drink is actually just oat milk mixed with unsweetened cocoa powder, it works both hot and cold.
I like coffee too, but I think the smell of coffee is so much better than the taste of it can ever be, so when you taste it after smelling it it's always a bit disappointing. Also I think the flavour goes better with a more creamy texture instead of a watery one, so if I have coffee my favourite option is cappuccino. Like with the cocoa powder I also like putting instant coffee in oat milk (or actual milk if that's all there is), without any water.
Also not every double c is a ch sound in Italian, but any number of cs followed by an e or i is a ch sound.
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Post by Violent BUN Fortuna on Sept 13, 2021 17:44:54 GMT -5
I'm unsure between chai latte and hot chocolate. The problem with hot chocolate is that when having it somewhere else it's often too sweet. My favourite chocolate drink is actually just oat milk mixed with unsweetened cocoa powder, it works both hot and cold. I voted hot chocolate but I agree that bought hot chocolate is generally wayyyy too sweet, I much prefer to make it myself -- also with oat milk! Or hazelnut.
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Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Sept 14, 2021 3:38:47 GMT -5
I prepare what we call here creamy coffee.
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Post by twigz on Sept 16, 2021 2:26:48 GMT -5
part two of my series: chai latte
today i have made a youtube tutorial for you all, my younger sister and dad deciding to join in so it's a bit of an... interesting one.
added some subtitles of course for everyone who speaks LOTE
until next time
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Post by jackson on Sept 18, 2021 14:05:04 GMT -5
The background banter was really something else.
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Post by twigz on Sept 18, 2021 20:29:22 GMT -5
The background banter was really something else. it's the unavoidable kitchen magnetism, i couldn't get a word in except for "asmr", and "oh".
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Post by Reba on Sept 19, 2021 5:15:18 GMT -5
part two of my series: chai latte
today i have made a youtube tutorial for you all, my younger sister and dad deciding to join in so it's a bit of an... interesting one.
added some subtitles of course for everyone who speaks LOTE
until next time
I’ve watched this video 4 times and I still have no idea how to make chai latte
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Post by jackson on Sept 19, 2021 11:28:02 GMT -5
There also hasn’t been a single tisane but I guess the thread name is a hedge against twiggy’s dad knocking over the espresso machine.
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Post by Kit's tits kick ticks on Sept 19, 2021 16:58:11 GMT -5
I don't know what the word "tisane" means or how it is pronounced and I feel very stupid.
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Post by twigz on Sept 20, 2021 3:59:56 GMT -5
yes i used it for alliteration! Resemblanceit usually refers to a herbal brew but "any infusion or drink... made by steeping in hot water" could definitely apply to coffee beans. Reba well i thought i was learning how to but alas. it's usually just chai powder with frothed milk, so is basically just expensive flavoured milk.
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Post by HAL 10,000 on Nov 9, 2021 0:50:09 GMT -5
Hot chocolate, although I'm also partial to caramel macchiato.
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Post by Reba on Nov 9, 2021 1:23:29 GMT -5
i heard that hot beverages give you cancer of the alimentary canal
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Post by twigz on Nov 9, 2021 5:36:23 GMT -5
as frank gallager once said: yak yak yak shorturl.at/zHJ16 i heard that hot beverages give you cancer of the alimentary canal
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