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  • Yes. I'm a coffee snob. Do you think this is unreasonable?
  • gears_suck
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    I’ve had coffee at Birches valley cafe for several years now and practically every time I’ve ordered a cappuccino, I’ve been disappointed.
    Yesterday I finally broke down when I was passed one that resembled hot milk. I handed it back and said that I’d ordered a cappuccino. The girl said she’d make it again and did. The next was even worse! She basically boiled the already heated milk with the steam in an failed attempt to create some foam.
    At £2.20 a pop I was getting a bit pissed off. I asked if she new the difference between a Capp and a latte. She said she did so I asked her again if she’d make it correctly.
    Finally, the chap who appears to be in charge came over and made it for her.
    1/3 espresso, 1/3 milk, 1/3 foam. Bang on!
    Now, was I out of order? Because my thinking is that if you are working as a barista, you should damn well be able to make a decent drink.

    gobuchul
    Free Member

    Your life is hard man! How do you cope!

    By the way MTFU and drink tea.

    breadcrumb
    Full Member

    Why do you keep going back to a naff coffee shop?

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    bigrich
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    Don’t worry, you’re not a coffee snob; you drink cappuccino.

    boblo
    Free Member

    You could have mebbies helped her; ‘I normally have 1/3, 1/3, 1/3’or some such. The way you’ve written it up, sounds like you were arsey which may have been your privilege but won’t necessarily get you a decent cappa from a Saturday girl in a cafe.

    RustySpanner
    Full Member

    The clue is in the word ‘snob’.
    When did it become something to be proud of?

    Frankenstein
    Free Member

    He’s paying for A and is getting B to Z.

    She needs the training.

    Good on you O.P.

    peterfile
    Free Member

    Don’t worry, you’re not a coffee snob; you drink cappuccino.

    +1

    Pigface
    Free Member

    Depends on how you spoke to her.

    coolhandluke
    Free Member

    Nice one OP, life is too short for bad coffee.

    joshvegas
    Free Member

    Pffft milk in coffee, you deserve everyghing you get.

    anagallis_arvensis
    Full Member

    Anyone who orders a cappuccino deserves whatever they get.

    the-muffin-man
    Full Member

    Don’t worry, you’re not a coffee snob; you drink cappuccino.

    +1

    Do you also drink Lambrini? 🙂

    IanMunro
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    I’ve found some of these new places pretty rubbish to be honest.
    The last place I tried had some Scroobius Pip lookalike serving, who just looked blankly at me when I asked if they serve mellow birds.

    scunny
    Free Member

    Maybe she hadn’t been taught by her boss? If you spoke to her in the way that you’ve implied in the OP then you’d definitely have come across as a condesending ‘snob’.

    neilsonwheels
    Free Member

    Don’t worry, you’re not a coffee snob; you drink cappuccino.

    Pffft milk in coffee, you deserve everyghing you get.

    Why ruin coffee by putting milk in it.? Milk is for a mug of tea not for coffee.

    boxfish
    Free Member

    Cappuccino?! Really? Coffee snob you ain’t.

    gogg
    Free Member

    Who is Scroobius Pip??

    onandon
    Free Member

    I’ve had coffee at Birches valley cafe for several years now and practically every time I’ve ordered a cappuccino, I’ve been disappointed.

    Coffee snob , no. A bit gimp for consistently going back to buy poor coffee, yes.

    avdave2
    Full Member

    I have the same problem op. I’m a proper real ale aficionado and can I get a decent shandy anywhere!

    Milk is for a mug of tea not for coffee.

    Milk is for small cows

    RustySpanner
    Full Member

    What about goat’s milk? 🙂

    fr0sty125
    Free Member

    bigrich – Member
    Don’t worry, you’re not a coffee snob; you drink cappuccino

    This

    nealglover
    Free Member

    Do you also drink Lambrini?

    Of course he does, he’s a also a “wine buff*” donchaknow 🙂

    (*yes, I know, Lambrini isn’t wine 😉 )

    bruneep
    Full Member

    I asked if she new the difference between a Capp and a latte.

    Did she ask if you know the difference between new and knew?

    gears_suck
    Free Member

    Rusty Spanner – Member
    The clue is in the word ‘snob’.
    When did it become something to be proud of?

    Bit of a leap ain’t it sponnah. Interesting how you read that into my statement. Being proud of it I mean.

    ontor
    Free Member

    Cappuccino?! Really? Coffee snob you ain’t.

    So much this

    andyrm
    Free Member

    The drink you were served (at a very reasonable price) was not to your taste. The way you responded like a petulant child and were rude to a young girl is totally out of order. So yes “unreasonable” to describe your behaviour is the right word.

    gears_suck
    Free Member

    Why ruin coffee by putting milk in it.? Milk is for a mug of tea not for coffee

    That’s pretty dumb when you think about it.

    cubist
    Free Member

    Who is Scroobius Pip??

    I reckon MI5 might have a file on his beard…

    grum
    Free Member

    Cappuccino is fine, as long as it’s drunk at the correct time of day. Lots of wannabe coffee snobs here I see. 😉

    RustySpanner
    Full Member

    Well, your op states you believe your actions were reasonable. 🙂
    And you admit to being a snob in the title.

    If you’re not proud of it, you’ve got a funny way of showing it.

    Or is this a cry for help? 😉

    rkk01
    Free Member

    Disappointed…

    Thought this thread would be about high end coffee making toys

    Have to 😆 at the cappuccino condescension

    gears_suck
    Free Member

    Andyrm. Do you consistently get crap service and put up with it? I asked twice politely. At want point do you think it reasonable to expect to get the product you asked for or should I MTFU and drink black coffee like all the NON coffee snobs here? Why should the price you pay for something dictate whether it’s actually what you get in return?
    I’ll take your insult on the chin though because you are entitled to your opinion even it is unreasonable and stupid.
    No offence mate of course.. 😆

    unknown
    Free Member

    This thread makes the internet cry.

    torsoinalake
    Free Member

    If only you had gone to Starbucks. You could have referred her to the corporate training manual.

    grum
    Free Member

    You haven’t explained why you’ve kept going back to the same coffee shop for years despite being constantly disappointed 🙂

    RustySpanner
    Full Member

    Probably for the same reason I keep voting Labour. 😀

    geoffj
    Full Member

    The type of thread only STW could deliver 😆

    pondo
    Full Member

    You could have mebbies helped her; ‘I normally have 1/3, 1/3, 1/3’or some such. The way you’ve written it up, sounds like you were arsey which may have been your privilege but won’t necessarily get you a decent cappa from a Saturday girl in a cafe.

    I’d go along with that. Might be just how it’s written, but it does sound like snob has a superfluous S on it.

    MrSmith
    Free Member

    You are not a coffee snob.
    Did you ask what the TDS levels of their water were and if they were going to be getting an EK43 in now they are all the rage? Do you have a hangover from the coffee festival after party after party (where you were on the free booze list) No, so shut up and go back to your frothy provincial cappuchino.

    🙄

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