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[–] MudMan@fedia.io 8 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Look, there's half a billion of us and I'm not gonna reject the possibility that wherever you're from people say "café negro" for some reason, but yeah, no, it's "café solo" as far as I'm concerned. You might as well call café con leche "café beige".

[–] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Nobody outside of Spain calls it like that:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%22Cafe+negro%22%2C%22Cafe+solo%22

It's "Café Negro" everywhere else

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Hey, you know that it was just a joke, right?

[–] stq9@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Look, there’s half a billion of us and I’m not gonna reject the possibility that wherever you’re from people say “café negro” for some reason, but yeah, no,

Go to Google Maps and search for the phrase: "Cafe Negro Mexico"
There are several cafes named that and if you search South America there are some there too.
Here's one in Mexico City:

[–] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My first time in Spain I asked for café negro and was corrected to say con leche. Not in a 'that's racist' kind of way, but in a 'that is inaccurate, even though we understand' way.

[–] frosty99c@midwest.social 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"Café negro" (which I've never heard for black coffee) would be "Café solo" or "Café sin leche" (literally, "coffee by itself", or "coffee without milk"). "Café con leche" would be coffee with milk, which definitely is not black coffee.

[–] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Ok I remembered wrong. It must have been sin leche that they corrected me with. It was a long time ago and I haven't spoke any Spanish since!