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Remember once they were offering Gingerbread Spiced Latte samples,
Gingerbread Spiced Latte, alright, but where is the coffee?
they just served  us some fancy steamed milk.
My Italian fri ...
somewhereintime 發表於 2009-4-15 12:58 PM

yes! Actally we've done it on our first day of our trip there. My friend tried to order a latte and she got steamed milk. The barista was nice to make her a real "Cafe Latte" because he knew that we were tourists and didn't understand.
Yes! order Cafe Latte not latte.

somewhereintime

This might just be another scheme to promote new coffee?
myversa 發表於 2009-4-15 13:23

But, of course

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13# canuckboy
we all know.. they said "pike place roast" brewed coffee. They never said espresso drinks.

kingsway

thanks for sharing.. I hope I will remember to get free coffee that day.  
Don't know what size they will provide?

Littleprince

thanks for sharing.. I hope I will remember to get free coffee that day.  
Don't know what size they will provide?
kingsway 發表於 2009-4-15 23:13

I got it last year, whatever size you brought they will fill it up.

Caffie

Pike Place roast, gladly replacing the house blend, is my favourite medium roast coffee. I did not use to drink medium roast, but dark roast only because it tastes better. After trying the Pike, I choose this over dark I have also noticed that a fresh cup of Pike compared to a not-so-fresh one makes a huge difference.

Caffie

yes! Actally we've done it on our first day of our trip there. My friend tried to order a latte and she got steamed milk. The barista was nice to make her a real "Cafe Latte" because he knew that we  ...
布小熊 發表於 2009-4-15 13:30

Because "latte" in Italian means "milk". Caffe Latte means coffee with steamed milk... Same with tea lattes which is tea + milk.

asukai

any travel mug? or starbucks one?

raima

any travel mug? or starbucks one?
asukai 發表於 2009-4-16 01:25

any mug will do