>Cafes are starting to sell deconstructed coffee. Yes, you heard that correctly. It is served on a paddle (of course), in three separate cups — one with espresso, one with milk and one with water. So far the reaction to the new trend has been far from positive.
>Coffee lover Jamila Rizvi posted a picture of the concoction on Facebook, sharing her disappointment. “Sorry Melbourne but no. No no no no no,” she said. “Hipsterism has gone too far when your coffee comes deconstructed. I just waited almost 20 minutes for an actual cup before realising it would not be forthcoming. I wanted a coffee. Not a science experiment. I prefer to drink my beverages out of crockery and not beakers."
I hate this. The last time I went to a diner they served the coffee in a mug with the milk in a separate little pitcher, and they even made me extract the sugar from some kind of (edible?) paper packet. Disgraceful.
David Hernandez
Are you implying you don't already /Korean bbq/?
Levi Martinez
Is this really any different from adding creamer and sugar packets yourself?
What a fucking non issue.
Jonathan King
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Ian Ramirez
Noma does this. they let you cook a duck egg. They heat up a skillet to a precise temp then time it so the egg cooks perfectly as the steel cools. Its kindof cool.
its much more in depth than the coffee tho. The ingredients are very delicate, and the cost is only a small part of the larger tasting course.
I ordered a macchiato downtown and got the same thing: coffee, foamed milk and water. I was embarrassed that I didn't know how to drink it so I googled it. No help. I figure the water is a palate cleanser.
Hudson Gomez
Why didn't you just ask the barista...
Nathaniel Ortiz
Aussies are such idiots. What did you expect?
Samuel Hughes
Because it was a fancy place downtown and I didn't want to look like some little prick from the suburbs trying to front like I know coffee
Vancouver BC btw
Evan Butler
So you opted to look like a dumbass scrambling with his phone desperately trying to find out how to drink coffee while the ingredients got colder by the second? You should've just asked.
Leo Rogers
>Vancouver
kek. How are your chinese landlords treating you?
Jackson Moore
Nah I made the right call. Thanks for your input though
Jeremiah Peterson
>it was a fancy place downtown >trying to front like I know coffee Is coffee really some fancy exotic art to you? >I was embarrassed that I didn't know how to drink it so I googled it. No help. I figure the water is a palate cleanser. >didn't want to look like some little prick from the suburbs Well, congrats on achieving just what you were trying to avoid, looking like a retard pretending to understand things they don't.
>nah I totally made the right move and looked cool trying to google how to drink coffee and using the water as a palate cleanser LOL O L
Robert Morales
That's not a deconstruction, that's optional add ins so you can make your espresso-based drink how you like it, be it late, macchiato, cappuccino, americano, etc. If it were a deconstruction then drinking the hot water would be part of the intent
It's stupid though you should be able to tell the barista what you want and have them make it right. This drink could be a colossal waste of steamed milk
Brandon Campbell
im not opposed to a cook my own meal restaurant as long as they manage to come up with a fast meal with exotic ingridients i wouldnt be able to obtain and have a chef supervising But a fucking fried egg?
Lucas Price
What the FUCK m8. DELETE THIS
Jordan Reyes
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Asher Carter
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Carson Davis
>Melbourne
Hunter Richardson
Nah, I prefer my coffee pre-processed. The trick is that you order it a few hours in advance, and the barista drinks it for you. Then you show up at your appointment time, and you drink it from the barista. It's cooled to body temperature, and there's none of those pesky calories in it.
Ian Smith
Do you drink it straight from the tap?
Brandon Flores
>ask for french fries >get a spud and some white cloth
Carson Thompson
Is there any other way to do it?
I mean, I saw one guy ask for a glass, and got a bunch of crushed glass. 'Pre-processed' apparently means pre-recycled.
Alexander Long
what does this mean
Cooper Hall
This, that's why they're in glasses with a pour spout.
I guess it makes sense, people can be picky about how they like their coffee. Seems like you'll end up wasting a lot of milk though. It's kind of gimmicky.
Kayden Powell
looks like an image from a danish /pol/esmoker
Carson Wood
The real problem is that they offer adding milk or water at all
Carter Gonzalez
Is this like that faggot shit where you go to a "restaurant" and pay more money to cook your own food for a "novelty time?"
Jesus fucking Christ I am glad I decided to just cook my own food all the time.
Eli Ramirez
Kek
Luis Butler
I don't get all this hipster hate. If you don't like it, think it's overpriced, or the concept is stupid, then just don't go there.
Ian Baker
At least it guarantees it's your hands squeezing it than some pimply acne ridden teenager working part time who doesn't wash his hands after using the loo and his grimy, sweaty hands get covered in the juice and pulp as they squeeze it down...
Leo White
Wait, wait
Those things actually exist?
That defies the entire fucking point of going to a restaurant
Blake Ortiz
"There aren't dumb questions Only dumbs who don't ask" Didn't teach it that phrase at school nigga?
Carson White
>is the sun hot?
Dumb question
>is water wet?
Dumb question
Matthew Evans
>being picky about drinking a simple coffee
You can make it at home if you don't like buying it from locals Even yet, we have vacuum flask for that
Christian Howard
This comment pretty much sums up the whole thread.
Josiah Baker
>oh they serve me 3 glases with milk, coffee and water each one, what im suppouse to do, I never experience something like this in my entire life >oh I know instead of asking what should I do to waitress because I actually paid for a hot beverage >Im sure they will not have any problem doing it as a lot of people have been on the same situation and is also my right as a customer
>nah let's better be quiet like an autist and try to do it the hard way
Leo Baker
might as well make it yourself at that point
Christian White
If you actually bothered to figure out the answers you would realize that those aren't dumb questions
Jaxon Cruz
why doesn't the Danish backpack have a Koran and maybe IED parts?
Carter Ramirez
If I was served this I'd burst into laughter and ask if they were serious. We really need to start public beatings again.
Juan Ortiz
What's the water for
Logan Garcia
It's for fighting off hipsters who can't afford the coffee.
Jayden Lee
watering down the coffee if you want regular black instead of espresso
Andrew Morales
what do we do chef?
i don't know. how about we give them some raw ingredients, put it on a bed of hay and charge them too much?
John Morales
Because you're confusing us with Sweden.
Oliver Allen
They only tell you that so they can flush out the stupid people.
Ask questions and you'll be considered too stupid to be anything more than a grunt worker your whole life. Keep your mouth shut and act like you understand, and you can work your way up to senior management.
Anthony Thomas
>one with espresso, one with milk
What's the milk for?
>and one with water
Sparkling water before espresso is traditional, nothing new here.
Nathan Cook
It's not sparkling. Hot water, milk and espresso are the components of the main espresso-based coffees (espresso, latte and americano). The diner is obviously expected to do the mixing for herself based on her own preferences.
Dominic Green
The milk is so you can make your own drink.
Maybe someone wants to have a Cortado, or just a latte. Doing it this way lets the customer customize their drink to their liking, and the only one to blame for their fuckup is them.