Here’s my “black coffee” this morning.
Double infuriating: everytime I tell people that “baristas” and coffee people can’t comprehend the concept of black coffee, I get back talk. Here’s the first coffee I’ve ordered in 10 years because of this persistent problem, guess what, they lived up to the complaint… they can’t formulate the concept of black coffee in their own mind.


Problem I get is some places call it an Americano when us Aussies generally call it a long black. Same shit with cup sizes, it’s maddening when you have to figure out how to order your usual at some place pretending to be more upmarket than they are
As others have said, just avoid McCafe like the plague find an actual coffee spot via recommendations from locals