I hope they fail and get laughed all the way out of Italy !!

**Reclaimedwg** · September 6th, 2018, 12:59 PM

https://www.thelocal.it/20180906/ita...opens-in-milan

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-st...-idUKKCN1LM0G2

Don't mess with our Cappuccino and Espresso!!

We don't want your Americanized coffee flavored dish washing water !!

I seen them (the clerks at Starbucks) make Espresso and Cappuccino.

They don't press the coffee ground into the porta filter hard enough and tight enough.

With Starbucks it's all about speed and how many order they can fill in one minute.

If you have no idea what I am referring to:

https://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/...ista-tips.html

I was making Cappuccino and Espresso at my Father's Restaurant and Coffee shop when I was 10 years old in 1975 in Italy.

Most of the idiots who work at Starbucks right now at their 25,000 stores in 78 countries were not born yet or were still in diapers.

HELL!

Them morons at Starbucks can't even put a decent thick milk foam on a Cappuccino!!

That takes time and skills and as I've said, at Starbucks is all about speed and filling orders:

quantity comes before quality!!

Good quality coffee is served in a ceramic cup, not in a fucking styrofoam or cardboard cup.

Furthermore anything of quality worth having takes time and care and skills to prepare.

Coffee that is in your hand less than 2 minutes after you've placed your order was prepared without any time and care and skills.

It's over priced mud water !!

**Brecht** · September 6th, 2018, 01:19 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Brpj053sU

**Reclaimedwg** · September 6th, 2018, 01:31 PM

I love Baccalà, especially when it's served with Polenta, the real Polenta, not the crappy Polenta you buy at the grocery stores here that's sold in a shrink wrapped chub:

Estreeter · September 6th, 2018, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brecht

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Brpj053sU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUKJWsnAAXs

Starbucks = McDonalds

**Brecht** · September 6th, 2018, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estreeter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUKJWsnAAXs

Starbucks = McDonalds

I wanted to post that video, too, but I couldn't resist Junior saying "we taught the world how to eat!"

Estreeter · September 6th, 2018, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildtig2013

Polenta,

How the hell do you eat that

If that's that yellow thing as I recall, Mum made that a few times when we were kids and money was tight after Dads union was on strike for weeks on end.

Couldn't handle it, Mum even made it with plain yoghurt and I still hated it even though I love yoghurt

**Reclaimedwg** · September 6th, 2018, 04:56 PM

It's just corn meal.

Shaped into squares and fried and you eat it as substitute for rice or potato or some other starchy food that you usually eat with a meat or fish entree.

**Nobody1** · September 6th, 2018, 05:09 PM

'I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce, and I got egg noodles and ketchup.' - Henry Hill (Ray Liotta)

**Brecht** · September 6th, 2018, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildtig2013

It's just corn meal.

Shaped into squares and fried and you eat it as substitute for rice or potato or some other starchy food that you usually eat with a meat or fish entree.

I love polenta. When I was about 7, I ended up in the hospital due to some allergy. Polenta was my favorite food there because this lady cook could make the best in the world. Whenever my parents would come to visit me, the doctors complained because I wasn't allowed to eat polenta and the nurses because I was acting like a thug, stealing other kids' polenta.

**Sir Honkers** · September 6th, 2018, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estreeter

How the hell do you eat that

If that's that yellow thing as I recall, Mum made that a few times when we were kids and money was tight after Dads union was on strike for weeks on end.

Couldn't handle it, Mum even made it with plain yoghurt and I still hated it even though I love yoghurt

When I was a kid, an Italian neighbour taught my mum how to make it. But mum added onions, tomato sauce and herbs because dad said it tasted like cardboard.
The missus and I went to Starbucks for the first time ever a couple of weeks ago. It was alright, but nothing special and bloody expensive.

September 6th, 2018, 12:59 PM	#1
Reclaimedwg Vintage Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,414 Thanks: 7,709 Thanked 26,948 Times in 3,089 Posts	I hope they fail and get laughed all the way out of Italy !! https://www.thelocal.it/20180906/ita...opens-in-milan https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-st...-idUKKCN1LM0G2 Don't mess with our Cappuccino and Espresso!! We don't want your Americanized coffee flavored dish washing water !! I seen them (the clerks at Starbucks) make Espresso and Cappuccino. They don't press the coffee ground into the porta filter hard enough and tight enough. With Starbucks it's all about speed and how many order they can fill in one minute. If you have no idea what I am referring to: https://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/...ista-tips.html I was making Cappuccino and Espresso at my Father's Restaurant and Coffee shop when I was 10 years old in 1975 in Italy. Most of the idiots who work at Starbucks right now at their 25,000 stores in 78 countries were not born yet or were still in diapers. HELL! Them morons at Starbucks can't even put a decent thick milk foam on a Cappuccino!! That takes time and skills and as I've said, at Starbucks is all about speed and filling orders: quantity comes before quality!! Good quality coffee is served in a ceramic cup, not in a fucking styrofoam or cardboard cup. Furthermore anything of quality worth having takes time and care and skills to prepare. Coffee that is in your hand less than 2 minutes after you've placed your order was prepared without any time and care and skills. It's over priced mud water !!

September 6th, 2018, 01:19 PM	#2
Brecht Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 10,657 Thanks: 180,485 Thanked 188,145 Times in 10,453 Posts	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Brpj053sU

September 6th, 2018, 01:31 PM	#3
Reclaimedwg Vintage Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,414 Thanks: 7,709 Thanked 26,948 Times in 3,089 Posts	I love Baccalà, especially when it's served with Polenta, the real Polenta, not the crappy Polenta you buy at the grocery stores here that's sold in a shrink wrapped chub:

September 6th, 2018, 04:56 PM	#7
Reclaimedwg Vintage Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,414 Thanks: 7,709 Thanked 26,948 Times in 3,089 Posts	It's just corn meal. Shaped into squares and fried and you eat it as substitute for rice or potato or some other starchy food that you usually eat with a meat or fish entree.

September 6th, 2018, 05:09 PM	#8
Nobody1 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,119 Thanks: 16,786 Thanked 22,140 Times in 2,127 Posts	'I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce, and I got egg noodles and ketchup.' - Henry Hill (Ray Liotta)