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2012-10-31

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gawkercom:

If you think buying coffee has become way too pretentious an endeavor and deserves to be knocked down a peg or four, you’re not alone.
In fact, you have an entire British department store chain behind you.

More from the Mirror (which broke the story) and, in usual bewildering style, the Express:


WHEN we were a nation of tea drinkers we didn’t need a dictionary just to order a cuppa.


Now that the coffee revolution has hit our high streets it’s all become very confusing with cappuccinos, mochas and macchiatos – to name just a few.But don’t worry, high-street retailer Debenhams is leading the way with a new-look menu that does away with all those coffee-snob pretensions.

gawkercom:

If you think buying coffee has become way too pretentious an endeavor and deserves to be knocked down a peg or four, you’re not alone.

In fact, you have an entire British department store chain behind you.

More from the Mirror (which broke the story) and, in usual bewildering style, the Express:

WHEN we were a nation of tea drinkers we didn’t need a dictionary just to order a cuppa.

Now that the coffee revolution has hit our high streets it’s all become very confusing with cappuccinos, mochas and macchiatos – to name just a few.

But don’t worry, high-street retailer Debenhams is leading the way with a new-look menu that does away with all those coffee-snob pretensions.

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  1. shetalkswithherhands reblogged this from gawkercom
  2. beckpoppins reblogged this from gawkercom and added:
    ugh this is horrible. Why is it so hard...say their names? People
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  6. doocoo reblogged this from agentsex and added:
    I agree. There’s a difference between the weird pretentiousness of calling a large “venti” and actually calling espresso...
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  8. merseytart reblogged this from gawkercom and added:
    Patronising cunts.
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  10. blech reblogged this from gawkercom and added:
    Mirror (which broke...usual bewildering style,
  11. agentsex reblogged this from gawkercom and added:
    This is actually more confusing. What’s wrong with calling espresso “espresso”? “Really really milky coffee” is not...
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