Not How You Want To Make Your Mark

Customer: “I want a caramel macchiato.”

Me: “Right on.”

Customer: “Can I get extra macchiato in that macchiato?”

A traditional caffè macchiato is an espresso “stained” with a small splash of milk or milk foam. Macchiato is “stained” in Italian. It’s meant to be enough to visibly stain or mark the dark coffee, rather than turn it into a milky drink.

So, I looked at him and asked:

Me: “You want me to extra mark the foam?”

Customer: *Blinks.* “What even is a macchiato anyway?”

I don’t expect knowing what a macchiato is to be common knowledge, but if you’re ordering it, I do!