Definitely don't ask for it in Spanish!

[mushroomstormtrooper@lemmy.world]

Its also not true in the US. At least not anywhere I've lived or traveled to.

[merde@sh.itjust.works]

in france "un café" is an espresso.

if i was served a "filter coffee" somewhere, i would never go back there. Who serves filter coffee ffs!

[dragontypewyvern@midwest.social]

I appreciate your takes on these things. It always gives me a huge boost of self confidence.

[frosty99c@midwest.social]

Interesting, didn't know that it was Canada too. None of those options are available to me in the Midwest US. And agree! Definitely think it's funny to point out, I just was giving more context because I (incorrectly) thought it was only "regular" in a small region.

[p4ulin_kbana@lemmy.eco.br]

Paparo Americano

[veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world]

Booty loving men

[lemminary@lemmy.world]

(Rebranded to "Nito" a while back)

[bytejunk@lemmy.world]

In your area, that may be true. Around here, and by experience in a good chunk of southern Europe, asking for a coffee will get you an espresso 100% of the time.

Asking for drip coffee will probably get you scorned and sent off, or if they're nice they may offer to make you instant coffee if they have it.

[state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de]

Back when I was a kid, "bimbo" was another slur for black people.

[hoimo@ani.social]

Are there other types of percolators? I thought the recirculation and constant heating of the reservoir were required features.

[accideath@lemmy.world]

The recirculation of the coffee is not strictly necessary. Sure, it wouldn’t be a classic American percolator but there are other coffee makers that work by very similar principles but without burning your coffee (like drip brew filter coffee machines or my favorite, moka pots). Percolated in general just means "filtered" or "strained".

[alligatorblizzard@sh.itjust.works]

Where are you that still has Tim Hortons? All of the ones in the Twin Cities are no longer in business. I'm slightly disappointed, but based on what I've heard from Canadians if I get to try it I'll probably still be slightly disappointed.

[shortfuse@lemmy.world]

Nobody outside of Spain calls it like that:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q="Cafe negro","Cafe solo"

It's "Cafe Negro" everywhere else

[sxan@midwest.social]

Just curious: where was that? Since I was a child, "Bimbo" meant a dumb, attractive, woman, and implied promiscuity. I heard it most in (Italian) gangster movies, mostly. From what I can tell, the racial slur meaning is used in Germany.

Funny; I lived in Germany for a couple of years and never heard that version, but then, I didn't hang out with the types that would be inclined to teach it to me. I got standard cuss words and some colloquial Bavarian curses.

[state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de]

I haven't heard it since I left elementary school. I only realized later that there were some really racist kids on that school. Also, it was the 80s. It's shocking to me now that I learnt basically all the racist and antisemitic jokes I know during my time at elementary school.

[alabaster_mango@lemmy.ca]

Scorned? Lol, what a bunch of prudes. Some people just can't let others enjoy things. Espresso used to be considered hoity toity here in Canada, but that was years ago. It's pretty normalized now.

I was under the impression that even if it was the norm, espressos were always referred to as espressos. Neat. I know a good chunk of the world also heavily uses French presses in their coffee making, but the end result is functionally similar to drip coffee.

[shardikprime@lemmy.world]

Literally no Latin or center American will be offended by the word negro

[shardikprime@lemmy.world]

Negro, please

[shardikprime@lemmy.world]

It's bartin time

[shardikprime@lemmy.world]

Wait what