My coffee order wasn’t weird?

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Went to a local volunteer run cafe and a woman at the till was training someone.

I asked for a black americano with a shot of vanilla.

She looked at me like I was crazy and said “you mean a white americano”. I explained I definitely did not.

(I don’t have dairy and don’t really like any sort of milk in coffee anyway, but I like something to sweeten it. I prefer it to a sweetener.)

she said SO loudly “I’ve never seen that before! A latte or something yes, but really!”

and then the girl started to make it but was getting confused so the woman kept very loudly, in a quiet cafe, banging on about how she would be confused because it was a strange order but the customer is always right…

Am I a freak and I never realised!?!?

What an oddball. That is a totally normal order.

She's the odd one here OP

I will admit I’m not the most cultured and was a bit worried there was some sort of “only syrup with milk” rule I’d missed over the years 😂😂

Well an Americano IS black so you just need to order an Americano with a shot of vanilla. If you want it with milk it is then that you have to specify. You said that you wanted a black Americano - she probably thought that she had misheard or that you had meant to say white but mistakenly said black.

Ah no, I've misread your OP! She's never seen that before? Really?

On the board it says white americano/black americano!

You'd think that was the case.

But that's my best mate's drink of choice, and almost every time we go to a cafe, whoever is ordering needs to specify that she wants it black - if we don't specify, either they ask, or they bring a little jug of milk.

Well that was my thinking but you know when someone is so forward in what they say it makes you doubt yourself?

Anyway, glad to have the MN hive mind to reassure me 💖

But how could you order a black latte with vanilla 🤣🤣🤣

Yeah sorry, I misread the OP. I thought she was confused by the black Americano but it was the syrup that had her!

I a sugar free syrup shot all the time.

In my coffee, obviously! I don't down it in a shot glass 😂.

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I don't know anyone who drinks Americano with a syrup shot in either. But then I'm the only person I know who drinks Americano when we're out. Everyone else i know seems to prefer latte/cappuccino.

An Americano is black, but they're often served white if you don't specify. It's my partner's usual order so I'm used to being careful to say black. And even then you often get a jug of milk with it.

Americano is black coffee so that is strange!

Having said that I am a heathen and always ask for an americano with milk as I just like a little milk in my coffee, nothing too milky for me!

She sounds passive aggressive

I once went to a pub and ordered a vodka orange and the server said I had to order to something else because he didn't know how to make it 🤷‍♀️

Your order is identical to my standard coffee order OP. Although I sometimes vary the syrup to caramel 😁

That's really weird then.

Perfectly reasonable order Probably not one they get very often but no need for them to act like it's a completely bizarre order.

Not a strange order at all. I have a customer who regularly drinks an americano with a syrup. Another regular has an iced americano with a syrup

You used to be able to order an Americano and get a long black coffee. Now you have to specify a "black Americano / coffee" because so many people want white coffees. But it's not an unusual request. And other people seem to like syrup shots in drinks so to be expected.

Double Cappuccino, half-caf, non-fat milk, with just enough foam to be aesthetically pleasing but not so much that it leaves a mustache.
Sorry forgive the font I had to copy and paste!

I expected this to be your order. But nope any "normal" coffee with syrup = not a weird order!

Not what I’d choose. But I don’t think it’s a particularly odd coffee order.

Maybe they need a board

This. Although even asking for a black Americano, about 25% of the time I get asked if I want milk with it.