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  • #61
    I just got back from 8 months in Europe and I found the coffee in Spain to be the best to my taste. Cafe con Leche is the perfect size. Italy wasn't far behind, and I think a coffee at a Costa's in Riga was the worst.

    I also had the misfortune of trying American drip coffee in New York which I found pretty much undrinkable.

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    • #62
      Originally posted by civijoe View Post
      I also had the misfortune of trying American drip coffee in New York which I found pretty much undrinkable.
      as with any coffee/ brew process, so much depends on the condition of the coffee beans, the brew equipment, and the person brewing !
      with US drip brews, it's all to easy to get a stale, "stewed" brew.....from pre ground bags of coffee !,

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      • #63
        Originally posted by chokkidog View Post
        You'd be lucky to find anyone in Europe who knows what a flat white is...... unless they have visited Australia or New Zealand....

        or have come across an Australian, um.... tourist.

        It's an Australian coffee drink.
        Yep, just like Russell Crowe, Pavlova and Split Enz

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        • #64
          You forgot Jane Campion ;-)

          Spilling the beans - food-wine - life-style | Stuff.co.nz

          p.s. I've never heard of Split Enz being mislabelled as an Aussie act.

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          • #65
            Originally posted by chokkidog View Post
            You forgot Jane Campion ;-)

            Spilling the beans - food-wine - life-style | Stuff.co.nz

            p.s. I've never heard of Split Enz being mislabelled as an Aussie act.
            And Phar Lap

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            • #66
              And... in Un Zud, I'm pretty sure it's called a Flet White

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              • #67
                Another tip, this one for Austria.

                If you order a Cappuccino in Austria, you will commonly be served what we would call a Vienna Coffee back in Oz.

                Yes whipped cream, the whole deal.

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                • #68
                  Originally posted by herzog View Post
                  Another tip, this one for Austria.

                  If you order a Cappuccino in Austria, you will commonly be served what we would call a Vienna Coffee back in Oz.

                  Yes whipped cream, the whole deal.
                  And isn't that the fun of travelling.
                  If it was all the same as at home why bother travel at all.

                  Our trip was eventful, wife with a smashed up arm shoulder 1 month into a 3 month trip.
                  Slowed he and me down a bit, so we had the chance to sample to coffees at a slower, (if more painful for her) pace.

                  We found some acceptable, and some not so acceptable coffees.

                  But it was fun, Jicin, Liberec, Brno, Milan, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii, Sienna were some of the places we sampled the coffee.
                  So we got coffee'd out!

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                  • #69
                    Kopi Luwak would be the one I might decline to drink.

                    I try to ask a local to suggest somewhere to drink coffee.

                    Drunk some top coffees and some dishwaters

                    For me, that is the adventure.

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