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   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article , basho007   
    writes   
      
   >banana  wrote in   
   >news:FZGJOLAw9ycEFwLt@borve.demon.co.uk:   
   >   
   >> What should decent people call 'Americano' coffee?   
   >>   
   >> Not being a calf, I don't drink latte or cappuccino.   
   >>   
   >> I drink coffee 'Americano', i.e. espresso topped up with hot water.   
   >>   
   >> But it's getting embarrassing to order it!   
   >>   
   >> If pro-war American nationalists can call chips 'freedom fries' instead   
   >> of 'French fries', can some anti-war opponent of the American empire   
   >> please think of a term to replace 'Americano' for coffee???   
   >>   
   >> Suggestions welcome!   
      
   >when I order in cafes in London, I just ask for a "black coffee".   
   >   
   >Every place understands this - and this probably because they understand   
   >why the term is not used in ordering too.   
      
   Ah yes - I hadn't thought of that.   
      
   But when you do this, do they put espresso in it??   
      
   >would be interested to hear if you try this and what the results are.   
      
   --   
   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)