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Coffee shop barista in Savannah told me to stop ordering my espresso drinks with extra shots, and it took me 6 months to admit she was right
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umar4919d ago
Six months is about how long it took me too, back when I lived near Forsyth Park and hit the same shop most mornings. I would ask for an extra shot in my cappuccino every single time and thought I was treating myself, but really I was just hiding the beans. My barista never called me out, she just started making it the right way one day and I sulked about it for a week. Then one morning it actually tasted sweet and nutty instead of like burnt rubber, and I felt kind of dumb. Your buddy in Austin sounds like he went through the same thing, just with more stubbornness and a detour shop. It is a real letdown to find out you were wrong about something you were so sure of, so I get why he dug his heels in at first.
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angelarivera19d ago
Had a buddy in Austin who did the same thing for years, always asked for two extra shots in his latte because he swore the regular one "didn't hit." His barista finally told him he was basically drinking a whole different drink and masking the roast, not tasting it. He got so annoyed he started going to a different shop, but after a couple months he went back because nothing there tasted as good. Turns out he'd trained his taste buds to want bitter shock instead of actual flavor. He cut back to the normal shots and said it took about two weeks before his old coffee started tasting like something again. Funny how we think more is always better when sometimes it just covers up what we came for in the first place.
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