Petty coffee complaints

[moominmolly]

I went out to a restaurant week dinner last night. The company was excellent, the food merely okay, and the service -- well, the service was really crappy. I don't think they refilled my water glass all evening. I indulged in an espresso, since I allow myself a tiny bit of caffeine from time to time, and I was shocked! shocked! to discover that not only had I not gotten a demitasse spoon, but also, that the little saucer was entirely bare.

A nude espresso. How sad and lonely.

[Poll #558807]

I guess I have very strong feelings about my after-dinner coffee. One of the most delightful "me-too!" mealtime experiences I've ever had was with tafkar, where we shared our silly but firm after-dinner restaurant coffee preferences, down to the type of dishware.

Still, even a lonely nude espresso settles my stomach after dinner. It could have been worse.

Comments

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

So...I answered "none of the above", but this means I don't show up in your poll results at all ;).

I mean, yeah, some of those things might be nice, but I don't expect any of them. I suppose for me espresso is mostly "a thing I might order in a coffeehouse", not "an after-dinner treat". So it's not so ritualized and I don't have dessert-like expectations for its accompaniment. (I also cannot drink caffeine that late, and many people don't have decaf espresso, which is moreover the most nerdish and embarrassing thing to order, so I often don't bother.)

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhhhh. Yeah! Whereas I basically never order espresso except after meals, or in France. Here, I just order, well, coffee. :)

So, in a French cafe, I expect a demitasse, a saucer, and a spoon, and a packet/tube of sugar. Individually-wrapped chocolate squares and wafer cookies are optional but recommended. I guess I have no expectations of what I'd get if I ordered an espresso in, say, Diesel.

[razil.livejournal.com]

You should have heard the giggling upon ordering a decaf coffee late one evening in a Copenhagen cafe. Most embarassing and nerdish, indeed.