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[–] 174 points 1 year ago* (34 children)

Me: Just one small coffee thanks.

America:

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  • [–] 48 points 1 year ago (24 children)

    And it comes with free refills

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    Tapwater, you don't need to make shit up when shitting on the USA

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think it was more of a diss on the quality of the coffee in places with free refills.

    I'm a bit of a coffee snob and nothing will beat my locally-roasted specialty coffee in my pour-over, but sometimes shitty diner coffee is what I want.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (19 children)

    No not with coffee. Unless it's just plain coffee with milk/cream and sugar, only fountain drinks and tea get free refills.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (18 children)

    Unless it's just plain coffee with milk/cream and sugar

    Isn't that...coffee?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    The average american coffee is like 600 calories and has 20mg of caffeine

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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    200g of sugar is about 1800 Calories. In American units that's 0.5 diabetuses

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Yeah 20g is a lot for a serving in most things.

    I grew up being told soft drinks were a dessert item, not a regular drink. So we only had it on special occasions mainly. Or at fast food once a week when we were older, sports nights usually, since my mom didn’t have time to cook those nights.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    I'm talking about that Starbucks/Dutch Bros. shit that all the white girls drink. It's more popular than plain coffee in the US.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Is it? I'm not the one downvoting here, I'm just not convinced. There's still a lot of folks drinking drip coffee at home or at greasy spoon joints every day. Starbucks and the like is loudly popular but tons of folks still use the old drip machines or (ugh) cup/pod systems.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Yes but the topic is about restaurant drink sizes, not what people drink at home. In my experience I see people order fancy coffees more often than plain ones when I go out to eat. Regardless it doesn't matter that much, cause it's all anecdotal anyway.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Go to any dinner or breakfast restaurant and you'll see the opposite.

    When people "go to get coffee" they go to a café and likely get something more involved than drip coffee.

    When they go to get breakfast and order a coffee it's likely just regular drip and has free refills

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    That last sentence is the one. Until someone comes out with a study we're not going to know because what we see is informed by where we choose to go. I'm not generally in places where you can buy fancy coffee so I don't see it, but I sure hear about it. If we're only going by what I see then hardly anyone drinks coffee and people order green tea shots at an alarming rate.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I'm certain you're right. It isn't more popular. It's more popular if you're going out to a café, but most people are drinking drip coffee made at home. I would bet a lot of it still has that super sweet flavored "creamer" crap added though.

    Most people think plain coffee tastes like the burnt shit sold at Starbucks. They've never tasted what coffee actually tastes like, so they buy cheap dark roast coffee and add a bunch of sugar to it because they bought the most bitter thing you can get.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    You're definitely not wrong there. There's good coffee here but you've got to go out of your way to get it. I'll have it from time to time, but I'm not a huge coffee drinker. I'm an unsweet tea guy. You know, or bourbon. I was inoculated by institutional government coffee years ago so nothing phases me.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    You ugh the old drip machine but not the cup/pod system? How dare! Kcups are an abomination and a symptom of everything wrong with this world!

    A good drip machine is fine. Not great, but acceptable.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Actually, American chains like IHOP have coffee denial down to a science, the mug is just about as small as one could reasonably allow, and the ceramic is almost an inch thick. All because someone in middle management did some math in hopes of a promotion a few years down the road on how to save as much money as possible on coffee.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    small as one could reasonably allow, and the ceramic is almost an inch thick

    they better heat that cup with a blowtorch for 5 min. before they pour coffee in it or they will only be serving something akin to iced coffee

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They need it. Americans don’t get vacation days.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Naw, we get vacation. We are just told we have to ask for it a year in advance, told about 3mo prior whether it was approved, and are unable to use it in lieu of sick days (which we only get 8 or so yearly). Most of the country all work on the same days and times, and so we use vacation to take care of taxes, licenses, permits, etc. Then on top of that, our country is so damn big that travel usually costs more than a 3rd of the entire 1 week vacation.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    Yeah but it has 400mg of caffeine.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Ask for the same in America and you get a 2 liter cup.

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  • [+] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)
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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Unless it's soft drink, right?

    Side note on American metrification:

    I do enjoy that the online calorie/macro counting scene in the US seems to be using grams now.

    Wait until they realise they can do g protein/100g instead of per serve or cup, or hogshead.

    One day you bastards, one day...

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  • [–] 53 points 1 year ago

    Just ask for an Americano, and you'll get a watered-down espresso that's almost an American 'small'!

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    39% caffeine by volume

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Americans generalizing the whole of Europe again. In Germany, a large coffee is certainly not the American size, but it's also not the small Italian size.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    And it’s usually filter coffee like the US unfortunately.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    That's because "A Coffee" means 'an espresso', as my Portuguese friend told me. She also told me that "Lemonade" doesn't mean sprite like it does in the UK, much to my dismay when I asked for one in a restaurant.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Don't know where you went, but Lemonade doesn't mean Sprite in the UK.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I feel like you don't know what real lemonade is because yeah you always get sprite or whites, if they think they're being posh they'll give you whites, which tastes exactly the same as Sprite so I don't know what the point is.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    In the states, Sprite is a carbonated mildly lemon tasting soda pop. Lemonade is squeezed lemon and sugar, and maybe with something else like Strawberry, but fairly tart. And no carbonation, unless it's specifically made with Seltzer or something. Or spoiled.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Lemonade is squeezed lemon and sugar, and maybe with something else like Strawberry, but fairly tart.

    I don't know about American lemonade being tart. Every lemonade recipe I've tried has a fuckton of sugar added to it. Even when I cut the amount by 1/3 it's still super sweet.

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  • [–] 64 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Me : I'd like a black coffee please
    USA : And how much whipped cream and sugar would you like with that?

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I know this is a joke but if you ask for black coffee or unsweet tea, you will get what you are expecting in most cases. They may ask as a courtesy if you want sweeteners or creamers with that because many people wish to sweeten their drinks themselves as they may prefer artificial sweeteners or wish to control their dairy or sugar intake for dietary reasons.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Unless you're in the south you mostly don't have to specify unsweet for the tea (unless it's something that sometimes but not always comes with things mixed in like chai). Coffee should be that as well in theory but so many people drink it in different ways that if you just order a coffee or espresso or whatever you'll get asked if you want it black (and dont get me started on restaurants asking if i want my martini w vodka ir gin). Chains have (or had, it's been awhile for me) their own lingo as well, like at dunkin a "large regular" meant 2 creams and a sugar (or maybe 3 and 2, I can't remember)

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I always used to get "should we leave room at the top for cream or sugar?" It makes sense since at that spot the cream and sugar are off to the side to be added by the customer. And black coffee was used to differentiate from the various flavored or specialty jawns.

    But it always made me giggle that the simplest order in coffee needed clarification.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Dude, just he happy you didnt order one affordable coffee and enjoy this while it lasts.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    It's pretty strong, so you'll want to nurse that cup all afternoon.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    I drink a giant travel mug of black coffee every day. I have no excuse. It’s my only joy.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    You should try sex and drugs.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They're clearly already doing drugs

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Mid thirties. The sex would have to be mind blowing to replace even gas station swill at this point. Drugs it just depends, I need my brain for work.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    That sounds like it's not your joy, it's the drugs you take to meet the unhealthy inhuman standards set by your shitty coercive masters.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Europe is not uniform in this, as per usual. This is what you'll get in southern Europe. In central Europe, you'll get a really big one though.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    A cortado is 4 OUNCES. I even made it American.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Not here, You get whole 100ml (maybe more not sure) mug, full mug of a black Turkish coffee (it is strong and bitter)

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