From: Brian Walters
G'day all
On my forthcoming trip to the USA I'm just going to *have* to find
good coffee.
In Australia, when my wife and I go to a coffee shop, I order a 'long
black' and she has a 'flat white'. I'm fairly sure that I would get
odd (possibly even unfriendly) looks if I ask for these in the US.
Does anyone know the US equivalents?
Sounds like what you want are a large coffee & she wants coffee with
cream (aka non-dairy artificial whitener). If you order "coffee" they
should ask if you want cream & sugar. You say "no", she says "just cream".
Starbucks & fancy coffee shops will have their own proprietary names for
this.
I avoid Starbucks & the like because they make their coffee too strong &
bitter. That's so it will still have some lingering taste of coffee
after they add all the frou-frou junk to it. But, since I don't put any
of that frou-frou junk in my coffee I prefer McDonalds, Biscuitville,
Dunkin Donuts or Krispy-Kreme coffee.
Nowadays most gas (petrol) stations are combined with a convenience
store & they'll have drinkable coffee as well.
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