What is Coffeespeak?
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1. The distinctive language only intelligible by coffee drinkers referring to method of preparation and sizing often confusing for
2. A specific distinctive language that each individual coffee shop uses to describe sizes and drinks often in direct conflict with competitors
Example 1: "short skinny wet cappuccino"= small, low fat, with milk light brown espresso drink with a foam on top.
Example 2: short= smallest tall=small grande= medium and venti= large.
Example 3: Don't demean me with your coffeespeak. I am new here and I don't want any doubleplusungood, I just want a cup of coffee with a shot of espresso in it. Mondo, adshot, whatever!
"It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words."
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