What Your Coffee Order Says About Your Style
How do you take it? Glue Store’s resident coffee aficionado thinks that your drink order can predict your style. Whether you have a reverence for the long black or the flat white, or you prefer to get more experimental at the cafe, we have a style file on you. See if you can spot yourself in the list below.
Black Coffee
Black coffee drinkers are to be feared. Straight-up coffee with nothing added is the psychopath’s method of caffeine ingestion. It’s one step short of injecting it directly into your veins. Regardless of whether it’s long, short, iced or hot, black coffee drinkers are direct and to-the-point. And not to be trifled with.
If black coffee is your preferred method of intimidation, go for classic pieces in dark hues. T-shirts and denim jeans in black and charcoal are easy to mix and match to save you precious minutes in your day. When the temperature drops, a soft knit styled with leather boots will provide the textural variation your monochrome fit with thrive on. There’s no room for garish prints, visible branding or over-the-top details here, however the look can be elevated by accessorising with a Rains backpack or Peta & Jain cross-body bag, and slipping into a pair of classic Dr Martens.
Flat White
Like so many of Australia’s most successful exports, the flat white originated down under in the 1980s, and has now spread in popularity around the world. If a flat white is what you order, you might be a bit of a purist. You scoff at your friends who order drinks with complicated instructions, shaking your head sympathetically at the barista who has to make their drink. You’re here to appreciate coffee as the gods intended - with just enough milk to bring out the flavour.
Likewise your style palette is clean and crisp. After all, you are supposed to wear the clothes, not the other way around! Just like the Aussie culture that birthed it, flat white sippers go for a laidback and carefree style. Somewhere between urban and bohemian, if you drink a flat white then you should go for practical and casual style; think linens and organic cottons as the foundation. Opt for home-grown brands like Thrills and Nude Lucy.
Mocha
As a rule, we are all usually a little bit in denial. Mocha drinkers are the only ones among us who actually do something about it. Whether you’re pining for your childhood or a childhood you never had, the undertones of chocolate in a mocha are enough to remind you of hot chocolates with marshmallows. Ah the nostalgia!
If you opt for a mocha-chocolata ya ya, your wardrobe is probably based around graphic prints and vintage dyes. The colours are predominantly warm and inviting. A good old fashioned Chuck Taylor can go a long way. You like t-shirts to look and feel vintage, so washed garments are the option for you. And if the print is a little bit crackly? All the better to relive the 1990s in.