An Illustrative Guide to Coffee
December 15th, 2007 by Brotherhood of the Bean
One of the things I love about being in the 9rules Network is the community of bloggers it encompasses. While reading the Bright Meadow blog today I stumbled across a flickr picture she ran across.
Lokesh Dhakar’s guide to coffee is easy to understand and something I think most people would welcome seeing in their favorite coffee house.
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December 18th, 2007 at 9:06 AM
Surly this means nothing without any volumes
It suggests that a Cappuccino is the same as a Latte in volume.
December 18th, 2007 at 9:33 AM
Its more of a relative display that is more about ratio of espresso, milk, foam than volume.
December 18th, 2007 at 9:53 AM
Following that theory the espresso volumes would change massively too. It fuels the flames of miss education IMHO
I would have made all the cups different sizes as well to further accentuate the difference between drinks.
In the UK we have a massive problem with the public view of what a latte and a cappuccino are. The only difference being that one has chocolate on and has more badly textured foam floating on it. They are both the same size. The more anyone can do to separate the two drinks the better. I just don’t think that this does that!
Rant over!
December 18th, 2007 at 10:25 AM
Maybe the addition of oz. size of each component would make it more visually correct independent of size? I never said this was the best example :=) Just that having something like this could be beneficial.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:13 AM
I agree. It’s much easier to have a visual guide as it will be remembered by most people. I think the uniform cup size is misleads people though.
I might have a go at this myself tonight. You can then rip it apart as way of retribution
March 8th, 2008 at 10:30 AM
I love the visual guide. I’d suggest a business card size for us coffee novices to carry with us. By the way, how do you order just coffee? I still don’t know what I’m ordering half the time. What ever happened to small, medium, and large?