The official Common Media caffeinated beverage of the winter is a large coffee from The Black Sheep across the street. The coffee is divided between two large mugs, to each of which is added a packet of hot chocolate mix and enough hot water to top off the mug. If the coffee is appropriately milked, it’s a pretty decent mocha.
So what do we call this? “The CMI” is inelegant. “Poor man’s mocha” isn’t bad, but a little bland, and it really saves time more than money (though it does save money). Maybe “The Subprime Mocha”?
Tags: black sheep, caffeine, chocolate, coffee, mocha
In Starbucks-speak, this would be a “ghetto mocha.”
It is not a term of endearment.
There is also a “ghetto latte.” Starbucks customers ask for a “tall espresso in a grande cup”, then dump in their own cold milk from the condiment bar. But you’re using your own stuff in your own office, so I suppose you escape the moral opprobrium.
More on ghetto lattes here:
http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/2006/09/a_reader_asks_i.html
I’ve never given this a try, but I think it’s about time I do.