很久以前知道咖啡里面有一种叫做espresso,似乎需要蒸馏,压制出来的,似是咖啡中非常经典的一种。今天下午16:00有课,忽然涌起一股冲动去
Portland Building
里的COSTA买杯咖啡来提提神。上次Lu推荐喝的一种味道非常不错,叫做Cacha(希望名字我没有记错),但今天店员告诉我没有巧克力了,所以无法调
制由咖啡和巧克力混合而成的Cacha,索性就来一杯espresso吧,“for single or double, stay or for
take-away?” 一分钟前在menu上看见espresso是Classic里排在第一位的,应该不会让我失望。
排在我前面的两
位顾客都拿到很大的纸杯,我满怀期待我的espresso。只见店员盖上一仅有2.5厘米半径,高约5厘米的袖珍纸杯,颇为熟练的轻
唤:“espresso!”我大跌眼镜了,是在糊弄我吗?打开杯盖,发现里面的液体不足1/5,我惊讶的望着店员:“espresso?
espresso with single?”难道是平常人们都喝double的吗?店员肯定的望着我“yes, this is espresso!
,for
single!”不想再进一步出洋相,我准备离开,至少我知道下一回我再也不会点espresso了。我品尝了一小口,味道相当的浓烈,难以下咽,但是不
能浪费,1.35镑呢!在Blackwell书店里逛了一会,我发现我并没有刚来时的好心情了,相反想拿一些甜的东西来补偿一下,学生活动中心
(student union's shop)买了一小袋酸奶葡萄干,还是挺郁闷的!
“So heavy!” “The moment I decided to come back, it began to rain, and got heavier and heavier.”大家轻松的笑起来。
“Marta, may I ask you what's espress?”来自意大利的Marta,我猜测她应该对咖啡深有研究。 “It's
very strong and condensed. In Italy, we only drink espresso, but the
espresso in the UK is something like rubbish. Uh, I mean , in fact, it's quite different
here.”
我略微relieved。
“Is it so small like this?”我向她展示我那个袖珍纸杯。 “Yes, though the flavor is
differnt, the amount is the same, they are very strong. You didn't add
sugar in it? You are supposed to add sugar in it!”
得,还是没有掌握方法。
Marta再次下我强调了在英国espresso是多么多么的不正宗。 “I hope I may go to Italy, and try some decent ones! It's so bitter that it tastes like Chinese medicine!”