I did notice that the tall blacks with an extra shot were just as good, if not better than a good cup of drip coffee. I didn't mean to insinuate the coffee in Oz was bad, the straight espressos and other drinks I had were fantastic, I'm just a bit more accustomed to finding a good cup of drip coffee anywhere. I'm used to drinking my coffee black back home so the nonavailability of drip coffee threw me off a bit.