(插话:我超喜欢sospeso这个名字)咖啡是正经生意(插话:那刚才说的黑店是什么啊摔(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻)
[–]PdoesnotequalNP 139 分/分 5 小时 ago(还是这货!)
"Caffè sospeso" has been going on for several decades (I think it predates WWII), so I suppose that there isn't a lot of cheating and if a shopkeeper tries to scam on it, he's going to be called out on that by its own customer. As I said, coffee is damn serious business. People get pickpocketed, mugged, and scammed all the time in Naples, but they are not cheated on coffee.I have been only once in Naples. I was going to the train station and I stopped in a cafe to get an espresso. I had small talk with the barista, and I mentioned it was my first time in Naples. When I finished my coffee (which was perfectly creamy, tasty, and potent), he asked me how it was. I said that it was good. He asked me "was it a good coffee, or was it one of the best coffees you ever had?". "Actually - I answered - it was one of the best coffees I ever had". He smiled: "that's on the house, have a nice trip".The day the first Starbucks opens in Naples it will be a terrible day.
“sos咖啡”已经延续了几十年了(我觉得大概是二战以后的传统)我猜这里没有什么揩油行为。如果店家试图骗钱,他自己的顾客都会
不干的。我说过了,咖啡是个正经生意。人们在那不勒斯会被偷、被抢、被骗,但是他们绝对不会在咖啡上受骗。(插入:这……难
道那不勒斯的业界良心都在开咖啡馆……)我只去过那不勒斯一次。我去车站的路上有一个咖啡馆我要了一杯特浓。跟吧员聊了个小
天,提到我第一次到那不勒斯。我喝完的时候(那个咖啡各种浓厚香滑堪称完美)他问我,好喝么?我说好喝。他问“是一杯好喝的咖
啡还是你喝过的最好喝的咖啡之一?”其实,我说,这是我喝过的最好喝的咖啡之一。他笑了。“这杯我请,玩儿的开心。”如果星巴克
来到那不勒斯那天,肯定将是很糟的一天。
[–]yollamasmama 32 分/分 5 小时 agoI
understand it's meant for people who can't afford coffee, but what's stopping anyone else from ordering a pending caffè sospeso? Is it pretty much a social norm to not order one if you can afford it?
我知道这个问题对穷人来说有点刻薄,但是怎么来阻止其他人点预付咖啡?如果能付得起就不会点预付咖啡是社会准则吗?
[–]PdoesnotequalNP 93 分/分 5 小时 ago(又是这货)
Actually the origin of caffè sospeso is not necessarily about poor people, that's about sharing happiness. Caffè sospeso was popular even when pretty much everyone was poor in Naples. So when a Neapolitan had a good day, he would buy a caffè sospeso (get one, pay two) to share his good day with everyone, is a bit like offering a coffee to the whole humanity.Usually bartenders keep an eye on caffee sospeso so that people that can afford buying a coffee do not abuse the pay-it-forward system
.
其实最开始的sos咖啡是为了分享幸福,跟穷人没多大关系。sos咖啡在那不勒斯基本上都是穷人的时候也很流行。当哪个那不勒斯人这一天过得特别好的时候,就会预付一杯,跟所有人分享幸福,有点像请全人类喝杯咖啡。通常,酒保都会盯着,确保能负担得起的人没机会滥用这个预付系统。