I LOVE where I work. One week in, and I feel like I have found my people. I get in to work by 9am, take an hour lunch, and leave at 6pm. And every morning, the entire organization takes a coffee break about 10am. Seriously... everyone. So far, I have gotten coffee with colleagues every day I have worked here. Sure, I'm new and am being "welcomed" to the team, but I have the feeling that this crew will take any excuse to go get a coffee and shoot the breeze for half an hour every morning. It's heaven. HOWEVER -- and I say this with only a slight annoyance, as I can hardly fault a people who do coffee so religiously -- I really miss my big-ass American coffee. I never even drank the huge Texas-sized coffees. But every morning, I would get a 12-ounce coffee and savor it over the first hour or so at work. It was my thing, and it did me right. Here, I've discovered that my best bet is "un café allongé", which is basically an espresso topped off with some water. I love it, but I always want more. I submit my evidence below. I finally broke down and got a tall (aka, small) caramel macchiato from the local Starbucks today at the cool price of 4.85€ - yes, that is $6.60 for a SMALL coffee. WHAT!?! And on the right, is the largest coffee option available at work, which is generally only half-filled with coffee. But, it's only .70€ (around $1).
So while I may miss my big old American drip coffee, I guess I'll be sticking with my petit café for now.
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