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  • GreenBeanGenii
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    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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  • rawill
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    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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  • herzog
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    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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  • Vinitasse
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    And... in Un Zud, I'm pretty sure it's called a Flet White

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  • Vinitasse
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    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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  • chokkidog
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    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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  • trentski
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    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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  • blend52
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    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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  • civijoe
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    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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  • richard_m_h
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    I'm about to leave Switzerland and have been taken out for coffee. What is becoming prevalent here now is nespresso in cafes, but they are commercial capsules

    Commercial Coffee Capsule Range | Nespresso Pro France

    Locals like it. Found them tolerable but bland.

    Machines almost look real!

    Nespresso - Machine Detail Page

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  • Rocky
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    Fantastic, I wonder if many travellers/holiday-makers are using this technology.
    I am thinking about my own arrangements for future holidays in retirement.

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  • Vinitasse
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    Originally posted by Rocky View Post
    Interesting... how does it work?
    You hold up the phone and speak at it, and then it 'speaks' the message so that a third-party can hear it in the chosen language? and then vice versa?
    Yup... that's pretty much it. Keep in mind that some languages translate far more accurately than others. Latin based languages (i.e. French, Italian, Spanish) are pretty much trouble free but Chinese and Korean yield very interesting and colourful results so use with caution.

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  • Rocky
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    Originally posted by Vinitasse View Post
    Ummm these applications do exist... and have for a few years now. My Samsung has STranslate built in and for the written word, Google Translate does a reasonable job. Not always as accurate as we would like but semi-useful and worthy of a giggle or two.
    Interesting... how does it work?
    You hold up the phone and speak at it, and then it 'speaks' the message so that a third-party can hear it in the chosen language? and then vice versa?

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  • rawill
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    But got to say it has been real hard, so far impossible to find any place that makes coffee with the microfoam I like with my coffee.

    Ah well when in Rome ...,
    but we are Nice right now, and had an acceptable if not great (to my taste) drip coffee this morning.

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  • soviet
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    Coffee in the most parts of Italy is good, England has improved a lot over the last 5 years especially in the West Country. Austria was not too bad, Paris was average but acceptable for the most. The one thing I was amazed at was the train coffee using the Illy pod machine, could not believe that this coffee taste was OK. 90% of pod based machines are terrible but because they are on a train it is easier and safer for them. Saying that I would not have any pod related device in my home (and that includes Apple).

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