In Shenzhen I met up with Adrià, a young (award winning!) film director from Tarragona who was currently in China. He has made several short films that were shot in China.
We had coffee along with a couple of his partner and another of his friends.
Coffee in China can be a bit “borderline”. At the counter I ordered a latte. After we had all ordered and were sitting down, in an aside I said to Adrià that I’d prefer to be ordering a “tallat”. He smiled enthusiastically and agreed. Ha ha
(“Tallat” is the Catalan equivalent of the Castellano word “Cortado” which is an espresso with a small amount of milk added. No, NOT it’s not the same as a “macchiato”, no matter what the clowns at Starbucks will tell you!)