On Monday, 19 March 2018 at 07:22:42 UTC, Paolo Invernizzi wrote:
> On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 12:36:24 UTC, Meta wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 14 March 2018 at 12:00:42 UTC, Seb wrote:
>>> Yeah, the idea is that 5$ a month isn't much (~ one coffee in most countries), but if 500 people donate one coffee a month, you get the entire coffee machine with a warp engine :)
>>
>> Sorry to derail, but I had to ask: where does 1 coffee (even extra large) cost $5 USD? Let me know so I know to never move there.
>
> Yeah...
>
> I still prefer an 'espresso', that in Italy is simply called 'caffè': 1.00 euro in Milano.
> An original Cappuccino, italiano, is 1.20 euro...
>
> /Paolo

O.K. Paolo, you are in a very bad position you would have to give up your morning espresso a whole five day working week to make the 5$ for "dlang.org" donation :-)

It was a view years ago, when I was in the US, thinking: "espresso, should be the same in Colorado as in Germany."  But I got shocked by the bar keeper putting spray cream on top of the small cup...  So you never know what you get, if your order something called "coffee" if you are outside of Bella Italia!

On Monday, 19 March 2018 at 07:22:42 UTC, Paolo Invernizzi wrote:
> On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 12:36:24 UTC, Meta wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 14 March 2018 at 12:00:42 UTC, Seb wrote:
>>> Yeah, the idea is that 5$ a month isn't much (~ one coffee in most countries), but if 500 people donate one coffee a month, you get the entire coffee machine with a warp engine :)
>>
>> Sorry to derail, but I had to ask: where does 1 coffee (even extra large) cost $5 USD? Let me know so I know to never move there.
>
> Yeah...
>
> I still prefer an 'espresso', that in Italy is simply called 'caffè': 1.00 euro in Milano.
> An original Cappuccino, italiano, is 1.20 euro...
>
> /Paolo

I wonder how did you survive in Italy without Starbucks? :)

On Monday, 19 March 2018 at 09:42:11 UTC, rumbu wrote:
> On Monday, 19 March 2018 at 07:22:42 UTC, Paolo Invernizzi wrote:
>> On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 12:36:24 UTC, Meta wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 14 March 2018 at 12:00:42 UTC, Seb wrote:
>>>> Yeah, the idea is that 5$ a month isn't much (~ one coffee in most countries), but if 500 people donate one coffee a month, you get the entire coffee machine with a warp engine :)
>>>
>>> Sorry to derail, but I had to ask: where does 1 coffee (even extra large) cost $5 USD? Let me know so I know to never move there.
>>
>> Yeah...
>>
>> I still prefer an 'espresso', that in Italy is simply called 'caffè': 1.00 euro in Milano.
>> An original Cappuccino, italiano, is 1.20 euro...
>>
>> /Paolo
>
> I wonder how did you survive in Italy without Starbucks? :)

Well, things are moving... [1]
I'm wondering if they will do the 'espresso solo' the Italian Way.... guess not!

Anyhow, I've drank a very very good "caffè espresso" in Silicon Valley, in a Google Plex building...
There was a guy with a real passion about it, and he was able to use an Italian Coffè Machine in the right way.

:-)

[1] https://starbucksreservecareers.it/index.html