cafe latte

[joggerjayne]

Just been out, and grabbed a cafe latte on the way back.

Is it just me? Or have I paid over two pounds for a milky coffee like old people have at bedtime?

I mean - coffee made with milk ??!! Wow, genius. Now who ever would have thought of that?

[theonlyone]

Costa Coffee ...Costa Fortune ...
what a rip off ....

[lily-lady]

erm....the French?

[bigmamma]

I don't like coffee any other way than made with milk jayne ,
........mind you .....I have got one foot in the grave I suppose .

[joggerjayne]

Wasn't complaining Zacs. I'm not a moaner (well, not in that sense, anyway).

But I was musing on how we have come to view lattes as trendy coffees.

I used to have milky coffees when I was little. Then came the day when I said oh, mum, I'm a big girl now, can't I have a proper coffee? Then, a few years later, the coffee shops will sell me one of my kiddy coffees for the best part of three quid, and somehow convince me it's trendy.

And yes, I keep buying the things.

[joggerjayne]

Aww, sorry bigmamma. I didn't mean to pigeonhole anyone.

If I'm eating out though, it has to be a double espresso. Which is another sales thing I can't grasp. Espresso is a means of making coffee. There is no rule about how big or small it has to be, so surely a double espresso is just a single espresso but bigger?

My espresso maker at home is one of those where you screw it together and whap it on the cooker. It does a mugful, and I guzzle the lot. Is this a Sextruple Espresso? Or just a big one?

(j sits down to try to ease palpitations and twitching)

[joggerjayne]

Yeah Zacs, alcohol intolerance would be a bummer.

As to the moaning, the only moaning I'm going to do for a while is moaning about the weather since as of last week (as I've already fessed up on AB) I am once again a saddo singleton.

[China Doll]

I always order a mocha. That way I can't whinge that I can make the same thing at home cheaper.

[bigmamma]

That's ok sweetie , I 'm more of a Horlicks at bedtime myself anyway ....hee hee ......xxxxxx