... so there's something wrong with asking someone to repeat themselves if you don't understand what they're saying? i'm confused now.
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Oh, no, there's nothing wrong with it. I'm not criticising here. It's just that the Japanese culture is too proud to admit any failing, perceived or otherwise. The American culture would rather understand what the heck is going on - and on their terms.
Similar to Wheels, I will never forget the time I went to an American Starbucks and asked for an iced chocolate. Common and all heck drink here - milk, ice cream, chocolate syrup or melted chocolate. The woman looked at me like I was nuts and simply said "huh?" on the third time I gave up and asked for a cappuccino instead. I hate cappuccino, but everywhere in the world has those and I wasn't going to risk asking for a long black in case that is then Aussie term for it.
While I recognise that she was likely simply an idiot, and I've had nice retail experiences in the US to compensate, I've learned not to ask for anything in an American shop. If I can't see it myself, I don't buy it
Nope, I have no idea what an iced chocolate is either - I could certainly take a guess, but what I'd come up with wouldn't be what you've said it is. No idea what a long black is either.
Protip: When in another country, buy something as it's actually listed on the menu
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@TBD I can't usually see far enough to see the menu behind the counter. I have terrible eyesight, and I usually forget to wear my glasses out
Every single cafe in Australia (and Japan, for that matter), including our Starbucks, understands iced chocolate and long black. Those are staples. While I try not to assume when I'm in a foreign country, that one threw me.
@TBD I can't usually see far enough to see the menu behind the counter. I have terrible eyesight, and I usually forget to wear my glasses out
Every single cafe in Australia (and Japan, for that matter), including our Starbucks, understands iced chocolate and long black. Those are staples. While I try not to assume when I'm in a foreign country, that one threw me.
What are those? Is an iced chocolate some sort of iced version of our hot chocolates? And is a long black a cappuccino, or a latte, or what? The US doesn't have these terms for coffee.
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What are those? Is an iced chocolate some sort of iced version of our hot chocolates? And is a long black a cappuccino, or a latte, or what? The US doesn't have these terms for coffee.
Off topic: Americans haven't got a clue about coffee in general. I've been to 15 different countries around the world, and the coffee in America is the pits.
On topic: An iced chocolate is essentially a milkshake with a scoop of ice cream thrown in at the end.
A long black is a cup of black coffee. No milk or sugar. The "long" in the name comes from the extra hot water that's added in, to make it a weaker drink than a ristretto or espresso
@TBD I can't usually see far enough to see the menu behind the counter. I have terrible eyesight, and I usually forget to wear my glasses out
Every single cafe in Australia (and Japan, for that matter), including our Starbucks, understands iced chocolate and long black. Those are staples. While I try not to assume when I'm in a foreign country, that one threw me.
i hate to break it to you, but i've never heard of those... and i've bought a looooooooot of fancy coffee drinks in my day D:
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@TBD I can't usually see far enough to see the menu behind the counter. I have terrible eyesight, and I usually forget to wear my glasses out
Every single cafe in Australia (and Japan, for that matter), including our Starbucks, understands iced chocolate and long black. Those are staples. While I try not to assume when I'm in a foreign country, that one threw me.
i hate to break it to you, but i've never heard of those... and i've bought a looooooooot of fancy coffee drinks in my day D:
Yeah, a long black is pretty much plain coffee. An iced chocolate isn't in the US as far as I'm concerned.
@TBD I can't usually see far enough to see the menu behind the counter. I have terrible eyesight, and I usually forget to wear my glasses out
Every single cafe in Australia (and Japan, for that matter), including our Starbucks, understands iced chocolate and long black. Those are staples. While I try not to assume when I'm in a foreign country, that one threw me.
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i hate to break it to you, but i've never heard of those... and i've bought a looooooooot of fancy coffee drinks in my day D:
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Oh c'mon - can an English/ European person please jump in right now and point out that "Long Black" is not an Asia-Pacific exclusive term for a common kind of coffee?
Yeah, a long black is pretty much plain coffee. An iced chocolate isn't in the US as far as I'm concerned.
No, no, no, no.
A Long Black needs to be barista-d. It's not a Long Black if it's instant or percolated - that's just black coffee.
Long Black is a term for a way to make a coffee, not what it looks like after it's made.
A long black is a cup of black coffee. No milk or sugar. The "long" in the name comes from the extra hot water that's added in, to make it a weaker drink than a ristretto or espresso
This kind of reminds me of my brief bar tending stint. People would come in and order something that has a name that changes from not only country to country but also region to region and then get huffy and flustered when you didn't know what they were talking about.
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What are those? Is an iced chocolate some sort of iced version of our hot chocolates? And is a long black a cappuccino, or a latte, or what? The US doesn't have these terms for coffee.
Off topic: Americans haven't got a clue about coffee in general. I've been to 15 different countries around the world, and the coffee in America is the pits.
On topic: An iced chocolate is essentially a milkshake with a scoop of ice cream thrown in at the end.
A long black is a cup of black coffee. No milk or sugar. The "long" in the name comes from the extra hot water that's added in, to make it a weaker drink than a ristretto or espresso
I thought they just stretched it out?
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What are those? Is an iced chocolate some sort of iced version of our hot chocolates? And is a long black a cappuccino, or a latte, or what? The US doesn't have these terms for coffee.
Off topic: Americans haven't got a clue about coffee in general. I've been to 15 different countries around the world, and the coffee in America is the pits.
On topic: An iced chocolate is essentially a milkshake with a scoop of ice cream thrown in at the end.
A long black is a cup of black coffee. No milk or sugar. The "long" in the name comes from the extra hot water that's added in, to make it a weaker drink than a ristretto or espresso
What are those? Is an iced chocolate some sort of iced version of our hot chocolates? And is a long black a cappuccino, or a latte, or what? The US doesn't have these terms for coffee.
Off topic: Americans haven't got a clue about coffee in general. I've been to 15 different countries around the world, and the coffee in America is the pits.
On topic: An iced chocolate is essentially a milkshake with a scoop of ice cream thrown in at the end.
A long black is a cup of black coffee. No milk or sugar. The "long" in the name comes from the extra hot water that's added in, to make it a weaker drink than a ristretto or espresso
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Everything sounds clear, when that on the line.
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Oh, and I like it when people of China say their language in their native accent, whether it be Mandarin or Cantonese.
I can do a mean New England/New York accent although I've never been there
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A Long Black needs to be barista-d. It's not a Long Black if it's instant or percolated - that's just black coffee.
Long Black is a term for a way to make a coffee, not what it looks like after it's made.
ffs, why does talking to you make me feel like i'm standing in an episode of Frasier? lol... in all seriousness though, if you're that particular about your coffee, what were you doing in a Starbucks to begin with? they're usually seen as worse than the dirt beneath even the tamest of coffee snobs' feet.
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