Café Of The Week
I like a coffee and probably drink more of the stuff than is good for me but ordering a cup in one of the many trendy gaffs that have sprung up over recent years can be a challenging business. You are bombarded with choices and for those of us longing for just a mug of hot liquid infused with the extract from the caffeine laden beans of a coffee tree it is all too easy to be beguiled by the fancy names of the drinks on offer. Are you really sure you know the difference between an Americano and a flat white? And why can’t we just order a straightforward mug of sticky toffee?
A café in Poole in Dorset has begun the fight to prick the bubble of pretentiousness that seems to surround coffee these days by placing a sign bearing an idiot’s guide to coffee outside their premises or, as they put it, a “no nonsense coffee guide”. Americano has been crossed out and replaced with black coffee, flat white with white coffee, mocha with choccy coffee – you get the drift. At least we all know where we are now
Reactions to the sign, though, have been surprisingly mixed. It has provoked a storm in a coffee cup amongst the coffee aficionados but, if it does get out of hand, at least the owner will know a good barista.
