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nousername2 · 2023-05-12T07:57:42+00:00

Long story short but I ordered a baby chino at a soft play place and before I gave it to her I tried abit- which I never usually do but luckily I did as it tasted like coffee! Asked the barista and she said yes there was 2 shots of coffee in there! She didn't seem to know a baby chino was just frothy milk. If I had given my almost 18 month old a double shot of espresso I dread to think what would have happened! Will be tasting them from now on but just thought I'd put the word out there that babychinos may contain coffee if the person making thinks it's literally a mini cappuccino. This woman was very young and I've emailed the place to suggest the staff have more training 😵&zwj;💫

KittyAlfred · 12/05/2023 10:49

Lamelie · 12/05/2023 09:24

Reminds me of when I bought my primary school aged dcs a bottle of alcohol free Buck’s Fizz to celebrate the end of term. It wasn’t.
They were drunk as skunks 💃🎤🍾

I know we’re meant to find it funny and I’ll be called a killjoy, but if this is true than that’s pretty stupid of you.

Notamum12345577 · 12/05/2023 10:50

tiredhadenough · 12/05/2023 09:31

@Notamum12345577 my children are 17 and 14 and they were around for them.

@Lockheart they are a great idea as mums go in and the child gets a free drink so parents more likely to spend. You are paying nothing for a few mls of milk. You could splash out on a Chocochino for 50p and they get a flake with it 🤣. I remember some of my friends didn't know about it and used to get their 3 year olds a hot chocolate until I shared this.

Don't think they have it up on the menu but you can ask for it.

Ah, maybe they were then, I just didn’t know they existed 😁. Though my SIL is a lot more ‘modern mum’ than we were, and I think Babychinos are more marketed towards those parents, so maybe that is why we didn’t know about them 🤣

UndertheCedartree · 12/05/2023 10:50

shammalammadingdong · 12/05/2023 09:06

Well, a cappucino is coffee, and a babycino just sounds like a tiny cappucino. If it's just frothy milk why is called such a stupid name?

I think the name is just a bit of fun!

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 12/05/2023 10:52

I’ve never heard of a Babychino in my life😂 I was so confused when reading this until I came to the comments

Begsthequestion · 12/05/2023 10:53

Sissynova · 12/05/2023 10:14

I think you need to get out more. My DH takes DC for a babyccino every weekend and sometimes on the way into nursery.

If you’ve never seen a man order his child a babyccino you must have a very limited experience of the world.

You’re reinforcing some bizarre gender stereotypes where men need to feel manly so can only order ‘warm milk’ rather than asking for the drinks by name. In the real world they just ask for a babyccino. It’s not weird.

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Is he middle class though? That's the entire point which you seem determined to swerve.

Middle class men might say babycinos instead of warm milk, or champers instead of champagne, or any other cutsey middle class term that other people don't use.

Fannehflaps · 12/05/2023 10:55

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DappledThings · 12/05/2023 10:56

Middle class men might say babycinos instead of warm milk, or champers instead of champagne, or any other cutsey middle class term that other people don't use
But champers isn't on the menu as that. Babychino often is. So yes, DH has ordered many a babychino when it's on the menu, and if not enquired if they do one. I've always assumed if it isn't on the menu they don't want to make one so never asked.

CheshireCat1 · 12/05/2023 10:57

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 12/05/2023 10:52

I’ve never heard of a Babychino in my life😂 I was so confused when reading this until I came to the comments

I’m the same, never heard of it, must be living a sheltered life.

Sissynova · 12/05/2023 10:57

Begsthequestion · 12/05/2023 10:53

Is he middle class though? That's the entire point which you seem determined to swerve.

Middle class men might say babycinos instead of warm milk, or champers instead of champagne, or any other cutsey middle class term that other people don't use.

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It is the actual name though, it isn't a cutesey nickname so the notion that only middle class people ask for them is beyond stupid.
I mean Costa is one of the lowest ranking coffee shops in terms of quality, always in shitty retail parks and they have babyccinos on the menu and free.
Is it middle class to ask for a cappuccino? Do good old working class salt of the earth only ask for white coffees, even though a white americano and a cappuccino are totally different drinks?

Begsthequestion · 12/05/2023 10:58

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Isn't it just. It's almost as if they're parodying the "yummy mummy" (i.e. entitled, condescending, self absorbed) middle class stereotype of a mum.

Begsthequestion · 12/05/2023 10:58

DappledThings · 12/05/2023 10:56

Middle class men might say babycinos instead of warm milk, or champers instead of champagne, or any other cutsey middle class term that other people don't use
But champers isn't on the menu as that. Babychino often is. So yes, DH has ordered many a babychino when it's on the menu, and if not enquired if they do one. I've always assumed if it isn't on the menu they don't want to make one so never asked.

It's not on the menu everywhere. I'm fact I've never seen it in a menu anywhere.

MrsMitford3 · 12/05/2023 10:59

My DD is 22 and she was drinking them as a toddler...

Begsthequestion · 12/05/2023 11:00

Sissynova · 12/05/2023 10:57

It is the actual name though, it isn't a cutesey nickname so the notion that only middle class people ask for them is beyond stupid.
I mean Costa is one of the lowest ranking coffee shops in terms of quality, always in shitty retail parks and they have babyccinos on the menu and free.
Is it middle class to ask for a cappuccino? Do good old working class salt of the earth only ask for white coffees, even though a white americano and a cappuccino are totally different drinks?

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So thats a yes then I suppose.

waterlego · 12/05/2023 11:01

No-one ever believes me when I say this but I used to be given lukewarm, milky sweet coffee at nursery school 40 years ago. It was a thing. And I lived to tell the tale of drinking coffee regularly from the age of 3. (I don’t like coffee now though).
18 months is maybe a bit too young though. 😬

Bedtimemode · 12/05/2023 11:01

I'm a haggard low earning mum, my DS loves a baby chino and I'm not going to argue with a free drink. He even gets one with his dad some times. Can't believe we are casting judgements over a bit of milk!

DappledThings · 12/05/2023 11:01

Begsthequestion · 12/05/2023 10:58

It's not on the menu everywhere. I'm fact I've never seen it in a menu anywhere.

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I never said it was on the menu everywhere. That's why I said I don't ask for it if it isn't. Bit it really is in a lot of places. Including most chain places, such as Costa which as a PP pointed out really isn't particularly middle class.

UndertheCedartree · 12/05/2023 11:01

shammalammadingdong · 12/05/2023 09:53

Milk? No. Steamed and frothed milk in a cafe and calling it a babycino...maybe yes!

I wouldn't guess there are that many men in Starbucks buying babycino's, to be honest. I could be wrong.

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My kids dad used to always get our 2 babyccinos when they were little. They were either free or 50p so saved spending more and they loved them. They even got a marshmallow with it in Costa or a flake with the chocolate babyccino. It's a bit of fun, the kids love it and it's cheap. What's not to like?!

Sissynova · 12/05/2023 11:02

Begsthequestion · 12/05/2023 11:00

So thats a yes then I suppose.

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Is it though?

SleepingStandingUp · 12/05/2023 11:05

Lockheart · 12/05/2023 09:09

So they can charge yummy mummies a couple of quid for a few ml of milk, and so the yummy mummies have something to hashtag on Instagram.

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Actually it's really unusual for anyone to charge for it because it's just milk. Baby hot choc you may pay £1 for. And I'm not yummy, I'm a mama and my boys love the..

CamoFlamingo · 12/05/2023 11:13

shammalammadingdong · 12/05/2023 09:06

Well, a cappucino is coffee, and a babycino just sounds like a tiny cappucino. If it's just frothy milk why is called such a stupid name?

Exactly what I was thinking.

Ungratefulorunreasonable · 12/05/2023 11:14

Lockheart · 12/05/2023 09:09

So they can charge yummy mummies a couple of quid for a few ml of milk, and so the yummy mummies have something to hashtag on Instagram.

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I've never found a babycino cost more than 50p! They're free in Costa and Starbucks if you buy a normal drink.

TeaandHobnobs · 12/05/2023 11:17

As a 2 year old, I used to go round the house and shlurp the cups of cold coffee my Dad left around 😁
Don’t particularly like coffee now, actually!

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 12/05/2023 11:17

orangegato · 12/05/2023 10:48

A babycino, fuck me I’ve heard everything. Ask for milk next time.

A babycino isn't just milk though, so OP would get something totally different.

Hadjab · 12/05/2023 11:18

Mushroo · 12/05/2023 09:32

Wow this is so aggressive.

I definitely wasn’t trained on ‘babycinnos’ as it wasn’t on the menu and oat milk wasn’t an option offered back in 2007.

It wasn’t the customers ‘fault’ but neither was it mine! Why would a 16 year old with no exposure to kids know what a babycinno is?

A quick chat with the customer and all was resolved… 🙄

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100% this!

I have three kids and I had no idea what a babycino was until I read this thread - you know why? I don't drink coffee, therefore I do not frequent coffee shops. It's not outside the realms of possibility that the cafe owners at the time also did not know what a babycino was. In fact, I'm sure if I were to do a straw poll on the high street, not as many people as PPs think would actually know what they contain, especially if they don't have/interact regularly with kids.

shammalammadingdong · 12/05/2023 11:22

I've just asked three men (my dh, his brother, their friend), who have 10 children between them, and none of them knew what a babycino is. They guessed it was some kind of coffee. Two of them would frequent coffee shops a lot.