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Coffee in baby chino

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nousername2 · 12/05/2023 08:57

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 😵‍💫

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shammalammadingdong · 12/05/2023 15:36

Tiddlypomtiddlypom · 12/05/2023 14:43

Free?

Babyccino?

If you don’t have a baby/kid, you’re unlikely to even bother with it on a menu. It’s not next to the list of coffees.

And if you do have a baby and still think it’s got a shot of coffee in it, well then, I can’t help…

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They're not always free, but we're specifically talking about people who have never heard of it. They don't know its free.

If you just hear the word babycino with no context, no other clues, most people are going to guess small coffee. Not "something that sounds like a coffee but has no coffee in it and is actually a tiny hot milk for small children".

Having a baby has nothing to do with it, if you've never heard the word. I would have guessed that baby referred to the size, not that it was something for a baby. I wouldn't be getting anything for an actual baby in a coffee shop!

If you truly think you're right, you might want to be really careful in a bar selling a "baby guinness".....

Seasonofthewitch83 · 12/05/2023 15:38

MonumentalLentil · 12/05/2023 15:30

Maybe if it was called what it is the mistake wouldn't happen. It's a stupid name for a warm milk and asking to be made as a little coffee.

Christ what a miserable bastard of a comment.

Its just a NAME for warm milk with chocolate. Is what what you propose to call it?

Go and touch some grass.

Chickychoccyegg · 12/05/2023 16:18

PuttingDownRoots · 12/05/2023 09:11

Babycinnos were available 11years ago when my now Secondary school child was a toddler. Normal... hot frothy milk. And chocolate, with a bit of chocolate powder in. I remember Costa charged 50p for them!

Yep, same here, 50p in Costa, babycinno or chocolate babycinno, with a free marshmallow or mini flake, must have been around 11/12 years ago I started buying them.

Nanny0gg · 12/05/2023 16:20

herringboner · 12/05/2023 13:13

This.

I can't think of anything more cringy than sitting my 2 year old down in a snobby coffee shop giving her a babychino taking a picture of her on social media with all the ludicrous hashtags of #babychino #mummyanddaughtertime

Fuck offfffff no one cares. Just order your kid a hot chocolate and be done with it.

Same batch of people who do the 'Christmas corners' in their gaffs.

And for anyone calling me a fun sponge. I think your child would probably prefer a chocolate drink and a chat than a cup of luke warm slightly thicker milk and a camera shoved in their face pretending to enjoy said shit milk for Instagram.

Yes someone's pissed on my Alpen this morning 😂

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Actually, my DGD always preferred the babycino as she found the hot chocolate too rich and it was better for her anyway

Cc1998 · 12/05/2023 16:28

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 dont have Instagram, but my toddler enjoys a babychino to have the same drink as mummy. Are you always so bloody miserable?

TheLurpackYears · 12/05/2023 16:32

My dds dad bought her one from Starbucks once, didn't check the temperature, it was as hot as a normal coffee. Poor dd was in a lot of pain.

tiredhadenough · 12/05/2023 16:44

@herringboner wow that's the first time I've heard costa and Starbucks been referred to as a snobby coffee shop 🤣

Also when mine started having them there wasn't even Instagram! Well if there was I knew nothing about it!

I honestly just think they are a marketing thing which works both ways. I got 5 minutes peace and my daughter had a free milk in a cup that made her feel grownup 🤷🏼‍♀️.

I'd try milk on your cereal tomorrow 🤔

Saschka · 12/05/2023 17:02

herringboner · 12/05/2023 13:13

This.

I can't think of anything more cringy than sitting my 2 year old down in a snobby coffee shop giving her a babychino taking a picture of her on social media with all the ludicrous hashtags of #babychino #mummyanddaughtertime

Fuck offfffff no one cares. Just order your kid a hot chocolate and be done with it.

Same batch of people who do the 'Christmas corners' in their gaffs.

And for anyone calling me a fun sponge. I think your child would probably prefer a chocolate drink and a chat than a cup of luke warm slightly thicker milk and a camera shoved in their face pretending to enjoy said shit milk for Instagram.

Yes someone's pissed on my Alpen this morning 😂

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Yeah it’s definitely far better to spend £4 on a massive hot chocolate that my child might drink two sips of, than order a small, free cup of warm milk.

Also PMSL that Costa is a “snobby coffee shop”.

Killingmytime · 12/05/2023 18:14

Babycinos were available 10 years, 50p-£1 in 2 places i worked, and never free anywhere ive been.
certainly no coffee!

Killingmytime · 12/05/2023 18:16

But ive never worked anywhere snobby either…
though i think kids would rather have had a hot chocolate..

Sissynova · 12/05/2023 18:27

@Killingmytime i don’t think most people would be ordering hot chocolates for the age of toddlers who typically get babycinnos. I certainly wouldn’t be giving my 20 month a hot chocolate but she has babycinnos.

Maverickess · 12/05/2023 18:37

You'd think the person behind the counter had pissed in the cup the way people are carrying on about it.

SimonsCow · 12/05/2023 18:46

what have babyccinos got to do with Instagram and being a ‘yummy mummy’?! A cup of warm foamy milk makes my DD feel like she’s got the same thing as the grown up, it’s free, it’s much better for her than a hot chocolate or a fruit shoot etc.

MeridaBrave · 12/05/2023 18:47

Just say, I’d like some warm frothy milk for my toddler.

Maverickess · 12/05/2023 18:53

MeridaBrave · 12/05/2023 18:47

Just say, I’d like some warm frothy milk for my toddler.

What and miss the chance to pour scorn on the person behind the counter if they don't know what it is?!

Thinkingpod · 12/05/2023 18:55

Poor you. My heart bleeds for you that something that didn't happen.... Didn't happen.

If the kid drank it I think it would spit it out.

Get over it.

Hummingbird10 · 12/05/2023 18:58

Rather than being horrified have you considered requesting a small cup of frothy milk? There is always the risk of misinterpretation. Literally just stop using the phrase ‘babychino’ and that way you can ensure your child’s safety.

Hummingbird10 · 12/05/2023 19:02

Then tell your child you are ordering a babyccino and request a cup of frothy milk!!!! Is it so important to you to use the phrase babyccino to a barista that you are prepared to risk your child being given a shot of caffeine? Please try ti be sensible. This is ridiculous

ThatFraggle · 12/05/2023 19:03

Hummingbird10 · 12/05/2023 18:58

Rather than being horrified have you considered requesting a small cup of frothy milk? There is always the risk of misinterpretation. Literally just stop using the phrase ‘babychino’ and that way you can ensure your child’s safety.

Stop using the phrase on their own menu?

Next time I want a Big Mac I should ask for a meat patty with a layer of bun, then another patty, with some salad and sauce?

Hummingbird10 · 12/05/2023 19:09

Just be an adult. Don’t worry about what they have written on their menu. This experience, as you say, has taught you to know that you should check the drink. One way to keep your child safe and avoid uncertainty is to tell your child you are ordering them a babyccino and request a frothy milk thus avoiding risk. It really is as simple as that.

mg2397 · 12/05/2023 19:15

That'll be why my kids love them so much then 😂😂😂

Againstmachine · 12/05/2023 19:17

I did think a babychino was like a little expresso coffee, but I do see baby Guinness in bars and that definitely ain't suitable for kids.

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nousername2 · 12/05/2023 19:25

Wow. Mumsnet never ceases to amaze me. Why are people getting so worked up ffs. Bottom line is- it shouldn't have happened. Some of you have never heard of a baby chino. Don't know why you're getting so worked up this clearly dosent concern you.
This person shouldn't have made one if she didn't know what it was. Also she should know because she works there.

Some really nasty comments. Absolutely no need.

@Hummingbird10 chill. I ordered what was written on the menu. I don't know why you're so angry ffs

@Thinkingpod aren't you a delight

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LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 12/05/2023 19:37

Hummingbird10 · 12/05/2023 19:02

Then tell your child you are ordering a babyccino and request a cup of frothy milk!!!! Is it so important to you to use the phrase babyccino to a barista that you are prepared to risk your child being given a shot of caffeine? Please try ti be sensible. This is ridiculous

Normally I try and use the name for things that they use on their menu, why would you not.

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