Brett H wrote:
I don't know Moony. I reckon he scores a 9 from me for handling the 'blind-side'. Given he probably makes 300 coffees a day I don't know we can apply our 5 shot a day standards
The poor bugger was looking down the barrel .. as I'm not known to be the life of the party after I wake up in the morning - until I've had at least one nice coffee.. preferably 2. The timing didn't do him any favors. His work mate asked me how I was going .. and I replied - I don't know yet until I've had my coffee. I'm big on praise when someone makes a good coffee .. or anything else for that matter .. and compliment people quite often for their good work .. or product.. and tend to speak up when it is sub-standard. If I cop one of those weak flavored milk coffees .. I have been known to take it back and say .. Excuse me, but I think you forgot to put the coffee in. Lol. I got that one from my Mother - Bless her heart. The coffee I had at a local Cafe the other day was a Jumbo latte .. and when I took the lid off .. it had chocolate sprinkled on top, even though it had 'latte' clearly marked on the cup. I was going to take it back to ask her to scrape it off (as I don't like chocolate added) only she was busy at the time, so I just scraped it off myself. Her more experienced co-worker came out to clean up the tables and I had a good chat with her about it .. and what I thought of the coffee. She told me the Barista had only been there for 3 months and would tell her that lattes don't get chocolate added. That's gotta be a positive .. yeah? When I first walked in .. I explained to the staff at the counter .. I'm looking for the best coffee in Werribee .. have I come to the right place? When they say yes .. the guarantee of their best effort is locked in. In this case it was a bit too mild .. and the lady I spoke to also agreed, and said she likes her coffee stronger. She has a pod machine at home. Many people don't like to offer criticism and most likely never go back. I see what I do as offering feedback, and doing them a favor .. which is sometimes appreciated. In this case (couldn't help myself) I told her it rated an 8/10 - having good texture but a little too mild for me .. due to having to concentrate on the flavour - rather than it being proudly in your face .. like a Classic or Merlo. As there are several 8.5/10 Cafes around, and some I haven't tried as yet .. I will not be going back there .. as in - why pay for an 8/10 coffee when there are 8.5s down the road? Apparently, this mob had only been there 6 months and appeared to be doing pretty well going by the numbers of customers that were there at the time. I walked away thinking that their coffee was pretty average.. which , in my mind, is not good enough for my patronage. It looked rather trendy .. yet serving a mild coffee in my opinion .. is aiming for your average suburban Aussie Mum n Dad types .. and clearly won't be drawing in the coffee connoisseurs, such as Yours Truly. As for my perhaps overly confident Barista with the unblemished 100% perfect record with no complaints about his coffee - until I came along.. that is lol - I'll be visiting him in the morning .. when I'll be more than happy to see him .. trust me .. oh .. err .. hang on - I'm never happy until after I've had my first coffee .. and the smart money (my $4.80) is that it will be a good one... and you can take that to the Bank. :thumb: This d00d is better for the reality check .. and that he should keep on his toes .. so every time he sees me .. he gets a reminder that he is mortal .. and shouldn't drop his guard. I'm simply doing a Don Chip from the Democrats - and keeping the son of a guns honest. 😉
