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Black [Coffee] Friday

Today is “Black Friday“!

Here at Lost in a Cup prices and philanthropist mission stay the same today as everyday of the year, so there will be no discounts on the products sold.

However we do strongly encourage people to celebrate today by having ‘black coffee’. 

We believe that a good cup of black coffee tastes more authentic and is more rewarding than any percentage of discount a retailer can give.

Many put milk or sugar, or both in coffee but it’s good to have a pure, black coffee to really appreciate its taste.

The simplicity of the flavour, appreciated even more if lukewarm, is something rather special. Often our lives are complicated with too many extra things but every so often if we just stripped it down to the basics, the essentials then we would really appreciate what we have.

It is a naked coffee, you appreciate every detail, both good and bad.

However if you do this, you might discover that the coffee you are drinking is not really great tasting in its ‘naked form’.

So then, why not try to fix that?!

 

Happy Black [Coffee] Friday!

 

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White [Milky] Friday

Today is ‘White Friday‘ on Lost in a Cup. Today we celebrate white, milky, some say ‘weak’ coffees such as the popular ‘Latte’ or to be correct ‘Latte macchiato‘ you can see depicted below.

Mixing milk with coffee in Italy is usually done in the mornings, for breakfast and there is the unwritten rule of ‘no cappuccinos after midday’. Often touristy destinations offer Cappuccinos on the menu of restaurants and pizzerias but be aware it is just for tourists! Most Italians would not have milk in their coffee after breakfast. The only exception is when they ask to stain their espresso with a splash of milk called a ‘macchiato’, which literally means ‘stained’. Macchiatos can be done with hot steamed milk, ‘a caldo‘ or with cold milk, ‘a freddo’.

 

Spoiler: next week will be “Black [Coffee] Friday”