In terms of a date, it depends. If you ask someone you are interested in if they want to go out for coffee, then that would be a date, but if you are with someone(say at a tute or lecture) and you ask if they want to get a coffee after class that may not be a date. I love going out for coffee with my mate, and that is definitely not a date. If so, I will be having a date today and my girlfriend will be jealous. haha. 😉 I think if it is organised in advance with a person you are interested in, then it would be seen as a date. Getting a drink(whether coffee or alcohol based, or both) is now becoming an acceptable date over the dinner/movie, opera, etc. In relation to great coffee vs romantic setting, well, that is difficult. How much do you know about the person? If you go out for a coffee, will the other person order a coffee or another beverage such as a tea, hot chocolate or water, etc. There are numerous more intimate cafes in Adelaide such as Spatz and Elephant Walk that you really go to for coffee dates and although I believe both serve good coffee, most people go there for the atmosphere. Tin Cat Cafe is another good one for that. Pretty cool atmosphere with a more intimate setting and a decent coffee as well. If I am going out to get a coffee for myself, I want a good coffee(and the atmospere is irrelevant). If I go out with someone, the atmosphere is more important as they may not even drink coffee. And trust me, if you are paying $3.50-4.5 a coffee(which you do at most places here), no matter how bad it is you won't be considered a cheapskate. Then you find people go to Starbucks for a coffee date and well, will they even touch a coffee? I love Starbucks(not the coffees here in Australia), but the company. I have my reasons. And I will just mention that a Starbucks coffee in Seattle is nothing like a coffee here. It actually tastes like coffee. As does Seattle's Best(now owned by Starbucks). I love coffee. My girlfriend likes it(but isn't as passionate about it as me), and my mate who I go out for coffee with all the time rarely touches it(he had two real coffees this week, which is so rare for a guy who normally has chais or decaf(and hardly ever that)). You can still have great conversations about it, and people do get more of an interest when they are around people who love it. I have two examples to prove it. My mate would even like to do a course with me so he knows how to make great coffee(for guests, etc.). Anyway, I have to go. I have to meet my girlfriend for breakfast including coffee at the markets in just over 2 hours. And I am confused. Is this a date?
