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   From: basho@narrowroad.jp   
      
   banana  wrote in   
   news:Y4beWUAGnzcEFwa6@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??   
      
      
      
   yeah.   
      
   do you know the Nero chain?  basis of my comments - one expresso in a   
   regular, two in a large.   
      
   same seems to be true of the few others that are not objectionable to   
   enter.   
      
   prefer authentic cafes from the 50s and 60s where it's possible to get   
   filter coffee, but these are a vanishing breed, sadly.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
   >   
   >>would be interested to hear if you try this and what the results are.   
   >   
      
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