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Espressogate Follow-Up

In case you didn't know this already: some people are insane when it comes to their coffee preferences. Dueling coffee snobs have recently taken it to the internet.

The blog And I Am Not Lying posted a rant on July 13th about his battle with a barista over the iced triple espresso he wanted:

I just ordered my usual summertime pick-me-up: a triple shot of espresso dumped over ice. And the guy at the counter looked me in the eye with a straight face and said "I'm sorry, we can't serve iced espresso here. It's against our policy."



"Okay," I said, "I'll have a triple espresso and a cup of ice, please."

He rolled his eyes and rang it up, took my money, gave me change. I stood there and waited. Then the barista called me over to the bar. I reached for it, and he leaned over and locked his eyes with mine, saying "Hey man. What you're about to do ... that's really, really Not Okay."

Then the customer threw a fit. (Too much caffeine, kid!) Then he posted about it on his blog, where it got approximately a gajillion comments, some supporting him for getting what he wanted, some chastising him from his jerkiness, and many others excoriating surly baristas who think they know better.

THEN BoingBoing posted the Murky Coffee owner's measured response:

The other thing that's worth mentioning is that David, the barista in question, contrary to what many seem to believe, was NOT voicing his objection to the espresso over ice per se. He was admonishing him for his poor behavior toward the barista at the register, and toward our policy.

The blog guy posted a response to that, and there were more comments, expert witnesses, etc. This is one of those yell-y internet clashes that take up tons of time and energy and have no effect on the world other than to make us really crave an iced coffee.

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Mo Rocca appears on a bunch of shows, including CBS News Sunday Morning (with the indescribably wonderful Charles Osgood), The Tonight Show on NBC, and NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! He's a sometime judge on Iron Chef and was featured on Telemundo's Amore Descarado. Last year he starred on Broadway in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. His expose "All the President's Pets" was published by Crown in 2004.



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Mo Rocca appears on a bunch of shows, including CBS News Sunday Morning (with the indescribably wonderful Charles Osgood), The Tonight Show on NBC, and NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! He's a sometime judge on Iron Chef and was featured on Telemundo's Amore Descarado. Last year he starred on Broadway in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. His expose "All the President's Pets" was published by Crown in 2004.

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