Wannaskan Almanac

  The Palmville Globe Volume 2 Number 5 Man Sorts Out Coffee Names Joe McDonnell, 78 and a resident of Palmville Twp, Minnesota, recently learned how to order coffee in a foreign country. "When I first got overseas, I just pointed to what other people were getting," McDonnell tells the press. "It turned out to be espresso. My only objection to espresso is the tininess of the cup. The locals can nurse an espresso for two hours. Not me. Café Americano was on the menu. I feared it would have cream and sugar, but it turned out to be an espresso with extra hot water. That's what I wanted. The next restaurant did not have Americano. An ex-pat next to me said, 'Order a café allongé. It's basically the same as an Americano'." In a follow-up report, McDonnell says the allongé is actually better than the Americano. "Ordering it makes me feel less like a tourist. Man Keeps Low Profile on Plane Joe McDonnell, 78 and a world traveler, recently traveled betwe...