No Macchiato 沒有瑪奇朵

 盛夏午後，店外熱烘烘，店裡鬧哄哄，昔日軍中友人此時來訪，久未見面相當開心，同行朋友有一位是老德（德國人），待大家點好咖啡後，老德看了看菜單跟我說：I want Macchiato.

我：We don’t have this.

老德端詳了我的義式機：You have pro espresso machine , you can do this…

我：Yes this machine can ,but I don’t do this.

老德又走近端詳義式機：That is very simple, just a little espresso and a little milk.

我：I know ,but I don’t love it.我指著菜單：So I don’t write it on the menu…right?

老德：It’s really simple, every coffee store in Europe have Macchiato , I can find a Italian Barrista teach you…

我火大了：No You can’t teach me anything, now you’re in Taiwan, My store, There is no Macchiato in my store, Anyway I can do that just for you , but I don’t promise it taste good. Do you want it?

老德：thank you…

友人們閒聊了一陣，談到我們以前在馬祖當兵的事，還有我們的職銜，老德貌似驚訝狀。

我對老德說：Hey I’m a Lieutenant colonel（中校）, where is your manner ?

老德跟我敬禮：Now I don’t want macchiato,water is fine~

我：Water is behind you,take it yourself …

大夥轟笑⋯老德賊笑～

一會⋯

我還是做了Macchiato 端給老德，其實是類似短笛的小杯卡布。

老德非常開心的喝了一口：It’s very good ,So you can do this…

我： Yes I can ,but I still don’t love it,and I don’t sale it either…

一會⋯

老德指者店後方：Woo, look that poster.…

我看著Oasis的海報說：Oasis is good…

老德：No I mean Radiohead.

原來他指的是廁所旁有點詭異的電台司令海報。

我：So you love Radiohead ,but Oasis is better.

老德：So you can sale it to me. How much? 5 hundreds?

我：One thousand dollars.

老德：Taiwan money?

我：No,U.S dollar,It’s not for sale.

在糾纏了很久以後，我的出價變為3千美金，老德的出價變為3百台幣，只好合影留念。