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Twice the espresso, twice the ambition, none of the patience for your excuses.
means A coffee order of two shots of espresso pulled together, for when one shot is a philosophical gesture and two is an actual plan.
from Straightforward café vocabulary: 'shot' for a single measure of espresso dates to mid-20th-century Italian-American coffeehouse slang (from espresso machines delivering coffee in quick, forceful bursts, like a 'shot' of liquor), and 'double' simply doubles the dose. No hidden story here — it rode in on the same wave that brought espresso bars themselves, and grew with the specialty-coffee boom of the late 20th century.
- origin
- standard shot is actually a double in most cafes now
- caffeine
- roughly 150mg, your heart rate has opinions
- also means
- a pool shot sinking two balls at once
- bartender slang
- double the liquor, same glass, same regret