[ SECRET POST #5688 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5688 ⌋

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Comments

Re: That's not what a Latte is, but okay.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, sure, and if I’d ordered “Un latte” in Italy that would be relevant.

Or, if the drink I’d ordered had been called “milk” in written Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, or Hakka, then--well, I wouldn’t have known what it said, but I would’ve asked and found out it meant “milk,” which would’ve been an accurate name for what the beverage was.

But since I ordered “A Brown Sugar Pearl Latte” in west coast Canada, where the dictionary definition of a Latte is “A coffee beverage of Italian origin made with espresso and steamed milk,” the thing I got was, by definition, not a latte.

Which, to reiterate, is not a big deal. It's just very baffling. Like, if you walked into Starbucks and ordered a Cinnamon Dolce Latte and they gave you steamed milk, and so you brought it back like, "I ordered a latte," and they were like, "Yeah, that's a latte, that's what you ordered," I assume you'd find that odd. And if you wouldn't find it odd, well, you have a high bar because having worked in a coffee shop before, I can tell you that most people would find it perplexing.

Re: That's not what a Latte is, but okay.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, if "the West" gets to decide that a drink of Italian origin can have a totally new definition separate from what its name means in Italy, I don't see why Eastern companies can't do the same. At Starbucks a latte might mean a coffee drink, but if I'm not at Starbucks (or another coffee shop), I would not assume that's what it means. Tea-based lattes and macchiatos are a thing in boba shops.

Re: That's not what a Latte is, but okay.

[(Anonymous)]

Eta that I just remembered even one of Starbucks' signature items, the matcha latte, contains no espresso or indeed any coffee unless requested. A tea-based latte sold by the originator of western-style coffee latte, go figure.

Re: That's not what a Latte is, but okay.

[(Anonymous)]

Ok but if you think they should do that then you should start a petition at all your cafes to change the name of the drink, not be a barista in Canada and decide to be cute and show off your knowledge of Italian when some poor customer orders a latte.

Re: That's not what a Latte is, but okay.

[(Anonymous)]

Nayrt

When you are in a coffeeshop or cafe, the "Latte" option is usually listed on the menu under "coffee drinks" or something similar so it is obviously the milky option of a coffee. If you are in a milk tea/Boba shop and there is no coffee on the menu you can not expect there to be coffee in your drink and it doesn't matter at all that a CAFE has a coffee latte. That's a misunderstanding that nobody is to blame for but your own assumptions.