Scott Blomquist, Tribal Librarian

BNF grammar for espresso beverages?

Anyone out there know of a BNF grammar for espresso beverages? I really want to see one. If I don't find one, I may just have to write one. I know that my drink of choice is a "double tall non-fat not-too-hot latte", but why do the words go in that order? What options do I have for rearranging them?

Everybody: please comment with the canonical name of your espresso drink of choice. Maybe in a couple of days I'll have a large enough corpus that I can generalize up to the complete BNF grammar for ordering espresso beverages.

Published Monday, June 06, 2005 1:46 PM by TribalLibrarian

Comments

 

Todd Brooks said:

Quad grande breve latte
June 6, 2005 3:38 PM
 

queisser said:

tall extra-hot latte

But I notice that the cashier often shouts the order to the barrista with the modifiers in a different order. If I order "tall extra-hot decaf latte" it will sometimes be relayed as "decaf tall extra-hot latte".
June 6, 2005 3:45 PM
 

Arthur Zwiegincew said:

I don't believe in complexity. I always order a tall latte. WTF is this thing with tall/grande/venti anyway? Ridiculously pretentious. That's it! I'm going to start asking for a small latte. *&%$^ marketing...
June 6, 2005 4:13 PM
 

ryanmy said:

Depending on mood: solo ristretto espresso machiatto, or quad venti raspberry mocha no-whip.
June 6, 2005 4:14 PM
 

chad@blomqui.st said:

1. double tall non-fat vanilla cap
June 7, 2005 10:00 AM
 

jeffdav said:

tall mocha no whip;
grande chai;
tall americano;
June 14, 2005 11:50 PM
 

jeffdav said:

By the way, this book claims to have a coffee grammar (http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0201719622) (chapter 5) but I suspect it is incomplete and exists soley for illustrative purposes.
June 16, 2005 3:21 PM
 

Richard Russell said:

Venti Brevie Latte with two pumps of vanilla, extra hot
June 17, 2005 10:11 PM
 

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