What is the big poofed up lid for? Do these drinks have a mountain of whipped cream that must not be squished? Honestly. This foo-foo non-coffee crap must stop!
Back in my day, a lid was a good bag of weed, and a cup was something you wore to protect your junk while playing baseball. "Two lids one stylish cup" would have been the pitcher and his foppish catcher getting it on after some major-league toking up.
Yep, it's the whipped cream topping. I don't know why you'd want to switch from the domed lid to the flat, unless it's for greater ease of straw usage.
@9: Where did they give you a twist of lemon with espresso? I've been to a lot of places in Europe, but I've never seen that. I've also had a lot of good European coffee, and personally, that sounds like it would ruin it for me.
@22 the few places that have served me a twist of lemon with an espresso (all in the US) couldn't tell me why or what I was supposed to do with it. Maybe it's just garnish?
1. People that know coffee and drink good coffee don't need the hit of lemon
2. People that don't know shit about coffee and drink whatever is in front of them, and are just generally oblivious
3. People that THINK they know coffee, and automatically think what is in front of them is the best thing ever as long as is served in some fancy place.
Putting lemon rind in really good coffee is like putting Coke in really good scotch.
If it's really good coffee, don't even add sugar or cream.
And, if it's the really good stuff, like what *I* get, you don't even brew it. You just eat the still-hot roasted beans straight up, grinding them with your teeth, and moistening them only with you saliva.
That's the only way to properly enjoy coffee.
Anything else is chumpville swill.
But that was in Europe where they also know what an espresso is. And serve it with a twist of lemon.
If you need a twist of lemon to cut the bitterness of your espresso, you have some pretty shitty coffee.
IRONY!
Because there are 3 types of coffee drinkers
1. People that know coffee and drink good coffee don't need the hit of lemon
2. People that don't know shit about coffee and drink whatever is in front of them, and are just generally oblivious
3. People that THINK they know coffee, and automatically think what is in front of them is the best thing ever as long as is served in some fancy place.
Putting lemon rind in really good coffee is like putting Coke in really good scotch.
If it's really good coffee, don't even add sugar or cream.
And, if it's the really good stuff, like what *I* get, you don't even brew it. You just eat the still-hot roasted beans straight up, grinding them with your teeth, and moistening them only with you saliva.
That's the only way to properly enjoy coffee.
Anything else is chumpville swill.
Of course with two xxx one cup would you ever use that cup again no matter how much it was washed?
Get some perspective.
Win!