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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 2:08 pm
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Originally Posted by thegeneral
In terms of fancy names, barista is just italian for someone who works at a coffee counter. It's not a fancy job title. They're serving italian style coffee and thus the italian name for them is used.
Italian "style" --- not Italian but Italian "style". I guess that explains the bitterness.
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