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[LearnMe]

Originally Posted by Hayle White

Definitions were so much simpler in the '70s. These days the fancy latte-drinkers (jk) redefine what water means every five minutes, and if you disagree, it's "you do understand (so let me lecture you more)." I call it lecturing into submission.

I've never understood what it is with some people and lattes, until my wife and I were talking to her parents about coffee, and I came to understand what they just don't understand about coffee as well...

For my wife and I, the coffee they serve, at Denny's for example, is just horrible. It tastes like watered down bitter coffee water for lack of a better term. A latte on the other hand, especially at Starbucks, is very good tasting espresso coffee with steamed milk. The taste is like "night and day," but for my wife's parents who never drink espresso coffee, they don't know the difference. All they know is that lattes cost more than a cup of coffee at Denny's, and that same crappy coffee they make at home they doctor with sweetened coffee sweetener. That French Vanilla type sweetener, for example, is also horrible so that when all is said and done, we're actually talking about two different drinks entirely.

I always remember my immigrant parents always complaining you couldn't find a good cup of coffee in America, and it was true then. Go to any cafe in Europe, and the coffee is delicious. Back then no cafes like that could not be found in America. Now they are on every corner, and finally at least some of us Americans can enjoy a REAL cup of coffee. Cappuccinos too (less milk). Judging from the business Starbucks always seems to be doing, there are a lot of us who appreciate a real cup of coffee. Then again a lot of the people at Starbucks are buying the sugar drinks too, so that's another mixed bag of different tastes.

In any case, I think too many Americans always want to be insulting about latte drinkers as if it's some sort of high brow thing. Not so!

[Hayle White]

Originally Posted by LearnMe

I've never understood what it is with some people and lattes, until my wife and I were talking to her parents about coffee, and I came to understand what they just don't understand about coffee as well...

For my wife and I, the coffee they serve, at Denny's for example, is just horrible. It tastes like watered down bitter coffee water for lack of a better term. A latte on the other hand, especially at Starbucks, is very good tasting espresso coffee with steamed milk. The taste is like "night and day," but for my wife's parents who never drink espresso coffee, they don't know the difference. All they know is that lattes cost more than a cup of coffee at Denny's, and that same crappy coffee they make at home they doctor with sweetened coffee sweetener. That French Vanilla type sweetener, for example, is also horrible so that when all is said and done, we're actually talking about two different drinks entirely.

I always remember my immigrant parents always complaining you couldn't find a good cup of coffee in America, and it was true then. Go to any cafe in Europe, and the coffee is delicious. Back then no cafes like that could not be found in America. Now they are on every corner, and finally at least some of us Americans can enjoy a REAL cup of coffee. Cappuccinos too (less milk). Judging from the business Starbucks always seems to be doing, there are a lot of us who appreciate a real cup of coffee. Then again a lot of the people at Starbucks are buying the sugar drinks too, so that's another mixed bag of different tastes.

In any case, I think too many Americans always want to be insulting about latte drinkers as if it's some sort of high brow thing. Not so!

2 out of 4 of my direct descendants couldn't agree with you more! May your Starbucks gift cards continue to be the gift that fits any occasion!