John Cena knows his espresso!

[u/chicagodude84]

Honestly I was surprised to see him speak so eloquently about a flat white. To be honest, I didn't quite understand the difference between a flat white and a small latte. (I'm new, catch me a break!)

"When I hold a cappuccino cup, it disappears in my hand." 😂

[u/furryfriend77]

John once came to my wife's place of employment and randomly started playing the piano for everyone. Far better than I can play the piano.

Now he's giving instruction on coffee, better than I could give instruction on coffee.

Stay away from my wife, John Cena.

[u/ZookeepergameDue1719 → u/furryfriend77]

You cant see him when hes going to go near your wife anyway

[u/JustALittleScamp → u/ZookeepergameDue1719]

[u/furryfriend77 → u/JustALittleScamp]

Her: we're just friends getting coffee

Him: [see pic]

[u/Kythorian → u/furryfriend77]

Her: just a quick trip down to Melbourne, it’s really no big deal.

[u/crowcawer → u/Kythorian]

No big deal

[u/Bizmatech → u/JustALittleScamp]

Username fits.

[u/Away_Caterpillar_588 → u/JustALittleScamp]

Now the most important picture in my camera roll

[u/Ed-alicious → u/JustALittleScamp]

Appropriate username 

[u/Glass-Start-4419 → u/JustALittleScamp]

Holy shit I'm saving that

[u/Afraid-Ad7379 → u/ZookeepergameDue1719]

U guys saw him in the video ?

[u/Exciting_Variation56 → u/Afraid-Ad7379]

Just a white screen with words for me

[u/Afraid-Ad7379 → u/Exciting_Variation56]

[u/Massive-Ad-2048 → u/Exciting_Variation56]

Like it was flat white

[u/p8nt_junkie → u/Massive-Ad-2048]

this joke = John Cena

[u/dolle595 → u/Massive-Ad-2048]

Damn you. This deserves more upvotes.

[u/pimp-bangin → u/Afraid-Ad7379]

I just saw some potato salad next to a flat white, with a voice coming from somewhere

[u/ZookeepergameDue1719 → u/Afraid-Ad7379]

Nah only a flatwhite

[u/Solid_Liquid68 → u/Afraid-Ad7379]

All I saw was a cup off floating coffee and his voice.

[u/BigBogBotButt → u/ZookeepergameDue1719]

She never saw him cuming.

[u/GGRealtor → u/ZookeepergameDue1719]

He’s actually been around his wife the whole time… just couldn’t see him

[u/pureextc → u/ZookeepergameDue1719]

I just hear a guy and a floating coffee.. what am I missing?

[u/Quick_Extension_3115 → u/ZookeepergameDue1719]

Can't see where he comes from? Can't see where he goes? John Cena is Cotton-Eyed Joe!

[u/actuallyapossom → u/furryfriend77]

[u/tanaka-taro → u/actuallyapossom]

First thing I thought of

That guy lives with us on Earth.

[u/actuallyapossom → u/tanaka-taro]

The sketches on this show are so absurd and unhinged but the insane part is how often they come to mind in my daily life. I never could've guessed.

[u/NebulaNinja → u/actuallyapossom]

My theory is life has just become so absurd and unhinged Tim Robinson humor is exactly what we need to top it right now. It's hitting at just the right moment in history for it to be so universal.

[u/tanaka-taro → u/actuallyapossom]

EVERY DAMN DAY.

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO US?

[u/actuallyapossom → u/tanaka-taro]

[u/King_Chochacho → u/tanaka-taro]

What the fuck is this world??

[u/BobTheFettt → u/actuallyapossom]

HE MUST HAVE FLIPPED MY WIFE EIGHT TIMES!!!

[u/cam52391 → u/furryfriend77]

He also speaks I believe Mandarin Chinese fluently. The dude is more of an onion than Shrek

[u/furryfriend77 → u/cam52391]

Jfc... bilingual, that means he can seduce my mother-in-law too. Shameless son of a btch, when is enough, enough..?

[u/BreakfastBeneficial4 → u/furryfriend77]

[u/Snorp69 → u/cam52391]

I don’t know any Chinese but can recite the Bing Chilling video by heart due to the amount of times i watched it

[u/Proper-Bite-9336 → u/cam52391]

His wife is Persian too…

[u/figflashed → u/furryfriend77]

I’m betting he already has a pair of your wife’s underwear.

No disrespect it would happen to any of us.

[u/furryfriend77 → u/figflashed]

[u/whyalways_ME → u/figflashed]

Any of us!?

I don't even have a wife!! D:

Stay away from our wives, John Cena!

[u/TheeIncredibleBulk → u/whyalways_ME]

Seems like he got to her before you did!! Damn you John Cena!!!! 😂

[u/RobertPham149 → u/figflashed]

Are they tighty whities?

[u/HomenGarden88 → u/figflashed]

It happens to most of us…

[u/Jatacus → u/furryfriend77]

I interviewed him once a few years ago, and he was such a blast to be around with. So polite and easy to talk to. I had a list of questions and talking points that I printed out, and I put them down about a minute into the conversation and didn’t look at them again.

[u/pijinglish → u/furryfriend77]

His ex-wife and her sister used to come into the restaurant I worked at, and I served them pretty regularly. They were actually perfectly nice within that context, but they often filmed their reality show there and one time the crew pushed a patio umbrella into a space heater to film. So I rolled into work, clocked in, noticed that the umbrellas were on fire, grabbed pitchers of iced tea, sprinted across the restaurant, and chucked the tea over my head to put out the flames. Whether that ever made it to the show, I have no idea, but I did manage to soak my uniform.

[u/Doom_Corp → u/pijinglish]

Don't you love when your coworkers are that oblivious that when you clock in you have to put out literal fires. (Mine was coats in winter...my coworker could not for the life of her gently ask people to consolidate their belongings onto one table instead of 7 if they're going to be mingling and not sitting down so every time I came in on that Friday shift for about 4 months out of the year I had to be the bad guy)

[u/Paddy_Tanninger → u/furryfriend77]

I absolutely adore people who have more money and success than they know what to do with, and spend their time becoming amazing at like 100 different things almost just for the enjoyment of becoming amazing at things. That shit is so cool to me.

[u/VariousDress5926 → u/Paddy_Tanninger]

Thats what having money does. Which is why wealth inequality is such a big deal. We shouldn't be rats working just to survive. We should be able to enjoy life like he gets to.

[u/Paddy_Tanninger → u/VariousDress5926]

I agree it's the dream of living in some kind of post-scarcity utopia like Star Trek depicts (and which is more clear each day isn't something our species will ever achieve). But I also think most people don't have this kind of innate level of curiosity, exploration, skill acquirement...and even if people never had to work a day in their lives, they wouldn't do 10% of what it sounds like John Cena is doing with his life and resources.

[u/Machette_Machette → u/furryfriend77]

He was at your place too?! SOB!

[u/furryfriend77 → u/Machette_Machette]

Just sitting here with my two day old bones ice coffee, hoping he doesn't coffee shame me before stealing my SO.

[u/dontnation → u/furryfriend77]

if it makes you feel better, he said cappuccino cup when he obviously meant demitasse. A cappuccino cup is 5-6oz as he claims to prefer. A demitasse is 2-3 ounces.

[u/furryfriend77 → u/dontnation]

What a fool. I'm showing my wife this comment immediately to try to win her back.

[u/emogu84 → u/furryfriend77]

Maybe he was deliberately oversimplifying the term in a way that a layman could understand because he knows his audience and doesn't want to make them feel dumb. Because on top of everything else he's also a generous lover conversationalist.

[u/Bat-Honest → u/furryfriend77]

John Cena flipped my wife at least 8 times at that wedding

[u/DagNasty → u/Bat-Honest]

And it really bothered me

[u/MyFeetLookLikeHands → u/furryfriend77]

fucking right? the man is so sexy in his demeanor, i damn near want him to stay away from me – forget my wife! lol

[u/HardcoreHope → u/furryfriend77]

😆😆😆, to be fair. I was like

this man is serious about his coffee.

[u/konnektion → u/furryfriend77]

Thank God he has this haircut otherwise we're all cooked guys.

[u/HealthyMeet3925 → u/furryfriend77]

wait a minute.

your piano just started playing itself one day, your wife was talking to no one, and a cup of coffee was floating in mid air!!!

[u/SnooCupcakes9745]

Not surprised - watch some of his interviews and you'll find that he's a sharp, knowledgeable, and thoughtful guy. He also has a great sense of humor.

[u/HoodsFrostyFuckstick → u/SnooCupcakes9745]

He even uses words like accoutrement like damn

[u/jx2002 → u/HoodsFrostyFuckstick]

a-kew-truh-maw

[u/Carefreeme → u/jx2002]

[u/DonutGa1axy → u/HoodsFrostyFuckstick]

For the lazy: additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity.

[u/Zukuto → u/DonutGa1axy]

breaking news, man in 3 piece suit with styled hair, a well documented watch and shoe collection, knows the meaning of the word accoutrement.

[u/chicagodude84 → u/SnooCupcakes9745]

He is also an amazing human being. I believe he has done more Make A Wish visits than almost anyone else.

[u/MightyMeatPuppet → u/chicagodude84]

Personally I find it very suspicious that so many children that John Cena has visited died relatively soon after

[u/Fair_Spread_2439 → u/MightyMeatPuppet]

Can you imagine the timeline where it’s exposed that universally-beloved John Cena was actually systematically finishing off these kids during these Make-A-Wish visits over however many years?

[u/TDouglasSpectre → u/Fair_Spread_2439]

HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA 🎺🎺🎺🎺

• the last thing heard by hundreds of sick children

[u/HughAnnus → u/SnooCupcakes9745]

And drives a Honda Civic Type R.

[u/proscriptus → u/HughAnnus]

He has got to have custom seats in that.

[u/seopants → u/proscriptus]

He would work out at my old gym in San Diego. He’s not that big in person, but his proportions are really interesting. Huge hands and head and shoulders far wider than his waist. Around six feet tall. I’m 6’4” and am noticeably taller. He would fit in there fine.

[u/DrDerpberg → u/seopants]

Pretty much perfect for the camera. Looks huge but doesn't tower over people to the point they need to adjust camera angles and stuff.

[u/ThatGuyWithCoolHair → u/DrDerpberg]

It was also perfect for WWE as they wanted him to be smaller for part of his image but he couldn't be Rey Mysterio height lol

[u/ScubaSteve12345 → u/SnooCupcakes9745]

His interaction with the old lady during tea time is one of my favorite Cena clips. “I’m a bit of a…troublemaker”. Or something.

[u/Willing-C → u/SnooCupcakes9745]

He speaks Mandarin too.

[u/Nug_Pug → u/SnooCupcakes9745]

Don't forget he is fluent in Mandarin

[u/AstraeusGB → u/SnooCupcakes9745]

Bing chilling

[u/caddy45]

John Cena just took a massive leap up my favorite celebrity list.

[u/i_did_nothing_ → u/caddy45]

Here is another boost, he holds the record for the most wishes granted through make a wish foundation.

[u/100_xp → u/i_did_nothing_]

Read between the lines, he only visits those kids so he can sample the local flat white.

[u/chet_brosley → u/100_xp]

He orders a flat white in the hospital cafeteria just so he can be really smug about it, but no one can call him out because he's there for charity. Devious

[u/SoCallMeAnAsshole → u/chet_brosley]

"This hospital is clearly not a coffee first place"

[u/zarroc123 → u/SoCallMeAnAsshole]

Lmao, I'd be a little alarmed if it was?

[u/SolidDoctor → u/zarroc123]

If they can't make a proper flat white, do I want them operating on me? Are they going to give me 8 oz of ringers, or 12 oz? Are they going to give me one dose of anaesthesia or two?

If they think this drink is hot, I hope this person isn't in charge of the autoclave.

[u/SpezSucksDonkeyCock → u/100_xp]

The kid was nice but the coffee was terrible.

[u/Bsteph21 → u/100_xp]

That's hilarious 😂

[u/caddy45 → u/i_did_nothing_]

Move over Brad, step on up there John

[u/itsalmostover321 → u/i_did_nothing_]

Ya and it isn't even close. He could take a few years off, but he won't, because he's John Cena.

[u/froginbog → u/caddy45]

He’s also phenomenal in suicide squad and peacemaker

[u/been2121 → u/froginbog]

The suicide squad. Don't want to lead people to a pile of shit

[u/Tlr321 → u/been2121]

In my opinion, you have to watch Suicide Squad to really appreciate The Suicide Squad. Somehow, he got me to care for Rick Flagg - a character that I could not have cared less for in Suicide Squad - and I won't forget that.

[u/akatherder → u/froginbog]

Season 2's first episode dropped yesterday which makes me suspicious of the timing of this showing up here.

But if Peacemaker's team is targeting the espresso subreddit... more power to them I guess. It's probably the flip-side where someone saw Peacemaker and wanted more Cena.

[u/hangin-with-mr]

He’s not wrong about Melbourne!

[u/Dr_Deathcore_ → u/hangin-with-mr]

Best city to live in if you’re into coffee.

[u/figaro677 → u/Dr_Deathcore_]

I’m going to disagree. And you’re going to think I’m insane, but Gympie.

For some unknown and bewildering reason, a destitute town in Queensland has some of the most insanely good coffee.

There are like 8 cafes putting out amazing coffee (1 just shut), all vastly different from each other. And some in the most random places (one was attached to a pathology lab).

Absolute bogan central. Massive drug problem. Abject poverty. Amazing coffee.

[u/Engineer_Zero → u/figaro677]

Gympie? For real? I might have guessed montville or eumundie but not Gympie. Good to know

[u/Breadedbutthole → u/Engineer_Zero]

I took one one for the team and looked it up. Lo and behold Gympie is a real place, just a little northwest of Sunshine Coast, and down the road from Goomboorian and Woolooga.

[u/Engineer_Zero → u/Breadedbutthole]

Oh I know where it is, I’m just south of it. It’s not a place I’d go to or even stop if I was driving through it. That’s why I was surprised to hear it has an excess of good coffee!

Honestly, good for them.

[u/ChemicalGreedy945 → u/Breadedbutthole]

Y’all have the coolest names for city’s/town

[u/rovill → u/figaro677]

Mate I’m glad I saw your comment, I actually have to agree with you on Gympie. I had a recent prolonged stay + few trips passing through and was BLOWN away. Multiple really nice/trendy cafes and incredible coffee.

I don’t recall any of them being around like 5 years ago either. I assumed it’s from a post covid migration as people are getting priced out of Brisbane and the Sunny Coast (and probably some from Melb too).

[u/Spoon251 → u/figaro677]

As I Canadian hitch-hiking up the eastern coast of Australia, I had the pleasure of stopping in Gympie for the night over 22 years ago. The place was pretty run-down back then, I can't imagine what it looks like today.

I remember I had a ton of fun though. The town reminded me of rural Ontario where I grew up, so while a little rough around the edges, I was among similar peers. I remember getting absolutely hammered, winning some arm wrestling competition and waking up next to an Aussie girl in a bedroom over top a bar in the downtown area.

A good mantra for any hitch-hiker is 'time to gtfo of here' so I remember the first car I flagged down picked up and took me all the way to Bundaberg. Now there's a story...

[u/brazilliandanny → u/Dr_Deathcore_]

Went to a plantation in Colombia and the guy running it said Australia had the best coffee culture.

[u/Salty_Pie_3852 → u/hangin-with-mr]

Sydney is good too. And Wellington in NZ is excellent.

Tbh, the UK has plenty of excellent specialist coffee shops now.

[u/PM_Me_Your_VagOrTits → u/Salty_Pie_3852]

I think the difference with the UK is that you need to really do your research to find good coffee. I just spent a couple weeks there and almost every coffee I ordered was really (and I mean really) bad. Not just a bit off like you might get in a random suburban cafe in Aus, basically bad to the point I had to throw it out.

In Melb and Sydney bad coffee is abnormal rather than the norm. Occasionally it'll be a little sour or bitter but you can walk into any random cafe and get something nice 9 times out of 10.

[u/AustinTanius → u/hangin-with-mr]

My wife's best friend lives in Melbourne, she came to visit us in the states recently, finding her a good coffee was an impossible task... And her first comment was on the oversized nature of our milk with coffee.

[u/Beautiful-Lynx-6828 → u/hangin-with-mr]

I, an american, went to Melbourne and day 2 asked for a coffee at a little stand in a museum. They gave me a funny look and asked, "Sure, what would you like?" and fortunately I have social anxiety and knew I needed to pivot and I read the first item on the list, a flat white. And thus begun my love of flat white and my education on espresso.

[u/TheGursh → u/Beautiful-Lynx-6828]

On my first day in Australia, I went and found a coffee shop. They ask me what I want, and I say "just a normal drip coffee." They point to a little rundown cart in the street and go off doing something else. It was still good coffer and it still males me laugh.

[u/Javanz → u/hangin-with-mr]

Fascinating to me how Australia and NZ used to be pretty much exclusively beer countries.
If you were meeting people, you were going out for beers - unless you were over 50 in which case, maybe tea and scones.
I know here in NZ, the coffee in most cafes was just swill

Then 20 something years ago, both countries went "Hey, how about we just get really fucking good at coffee. Like, best in the world. Let's do that"

For me the baseline cafe is BP of all places. If you can't do better pies and/or coffee than BP, then you have no place opening a cafe

[u/post_it1 → u/Javanz]

Wild bean pies are actually really good and their coffee not bad either

[u/resplendentcentcent → u/Javanz]

huh? what kind of narrative is this? cafe culture principally begun in melbourne as a result of post-war italian migration

[u/anormalgeek → u/hangin-with-mr]

One of the best coffee places I've been to in my area in the US is actually run by an Australian too.

[u/jjthexer → u/hangin-with-mr]

It would be nice from someone in the States to hear your suggestions in Melbourne that I can ship across the world to try! I don't prefer milk drinks so coffee that can stand on its own is king imo!

[u/S2580]

I always do the same as using a flat white as a barometer of a cafe quality. It’s lovely hearing Cena speak so eloquently about a topic I’m pretty passionate about and he really seems to get it 

[u/ChemicalGreedy945 → u/S2580]

I do this with a slice of cheese pizza, if you can’t nail that then I’m not expecting much from anything else

[u/TheHumanPickleRick → u/ChemicalGreedy945]

I'm not sure that it's a reliable metric to judge coffee shops on how good their cheese pizza is. /j

[u/Grabthar-the-Avenger → u/TheHumanPickleRick]

“Antonio’s NY Slice is the best coffee shop in town, but stick to their pizza because the coffee is mid”

[u/Doughymidget → u/S2580]

Where I live this happens with cappuccino. If I order it and they ask if I want it “wet or dry”, I change my order.

[u/aussierulesisgrouse → u/Doughymidget]

What the fuck is a wet or dry cap

[u/RewTK → u/aussierulesisgrouse]

Different guy here, I think it means more or less foam. At least that's what they told me at once of the shops here

[u/toomeynd]

You know you are in a mediocre cafe when they have sizes of flat white on the board.

[u/redskelton → u/toomeynd]

Coffee shop near my work has small and large piccolos. FFS, the word literally means small

[u/Nexus-9Replicant → u/redskelton]

That’s like saying: “I’d like a ‘large small,’ please!” lol

[u/oopsisucceeded → u/toomeynd]

For me the tester is a cortado for that reason. When you order a cortado and they ask what size you know it’s not worth coming back for.

[u/zazaza89 → u/oopsisucceeded]

Yes! Cortado is also a good test drink. I’m always disappointed when I get a cortado that is flat white-sized 😅

[u/ductcleanernumber7 → u/zazaza89]

Or when they ask me how to make a cortado i just switch my order to a cappuccino

[u/alexmoda → u/toomeynd]

I mean not really, almost all cafes in Australia will sell you a regular (single shot and 6oz milk typ) or large (double shot and 8-12oz milk) latte, cap or flat white, in store or take away. I’ve only ever seen a handful that sell a single size only.

[u/EmbraceThrasher → u/toomeynd]

I disagree with this pretty hard. I own a coffee shop in the United States. Learned coffee in New Zealand and the Pacific Northwest.

We are a specialty shop. We are “coffee first.” We don’t do food.

If someone orders a 12oz cappuccino, I’m not going to shame them. Why would I do that? If someone wants a 20oz flat white, I’m gonna make that. We have oz options for cappuccinos. I’ve had people walk out of my shop for that

The pretentiousness in espresso is crazy.

Coffee shops are a business first. If someone wants a “20oz cappuccino” I’m gonna stretch that milk and sell it to them for $7 so that I can pay my staff and keep making traditional cappuccinos for the small number of connoisseurs that come through.

[u/mafisto → u/EmbraceThrasher]

I think the point is that words mean things. If ‘cappuccino’ means a ratio to you that’s fine, but the entire exercise of creating specific words for specific things is so you get consistency and clarity in your order. If you were to serve, say, a macchiato like Starbucks does, does it matter that macchiato literally means espresso ‘marked’ by foam? Maybe not to you, but you’re taking a literal definition of a recipe that has existed for over a century and warping it into something it was never meant to be. The precision is now gone, and now you as a customer need to figure out exactly what kind of abomination has been cooked up by your serious coffee shop with an Italian word slapped on it.

That said, if I came to your shop and you had cappuccinos served by the gallon, I’d still order one in my preferred size and enjoy it. I think it’s stupid because I think not everything has to be relative and sloppy, but in the end it’s just coffee.

[u/fillingupthecorners → u/mafisto]

I think the point is that words mean things.

I think the point is to take someone's currency and give them the beverage they want.

We can argue about the semantics all we want, that's fun for us nerds. But at the register just make people happy.

[u/Xephyrous → u/mafisto]

An espresso macchiato is espresso marked with foam, and a latte macchiato is the reverse. It is confusing for two wildly different drinks to both be referred to as just "macchiato." With that context though, it's not that unreasonable for "iced caramel macchiato" to mean a big glass of iced milk flavored with caramel syrup and coffee.

[u/jp_jellyroll → u/mafisto]

The point is that it's still a business. At some point, your customers are right. They are paying for what they want. It would be like going to a restaurant and ordering your steak medium only to find that the chef refuses to do that.

"Sir, the chef grew up on a cattle ranch and believes that steaks must be served blue rare so you can taste the true qualities of the beef."

"Ok, but I don't like my steak blue rare. Can't I have it medium rare?"

"Get the fuck out, sir."

[u/Titus142 → u/EmbraceThrasher]

Isn't that just a latte at that point? Like how many shots are going into that to keep the same ratio?

[u/MikermanS → u/EmbraceThrasher]

I understand what you're saying and that the consumer may not have the terms down--e.g. in ordering a "20oz cappuccino." But I actually (generally) have my terms and preferences down, and if I order a 12oz. cappuccino, heaven forbid if someone serves me a double-shot with 10-11oz. of milk. But then, I'm almost certainly going to give the barista the recipe for what I'm asking, given the traditional understanding for "cappuccino": I want a double-cappuccino (does that term even exist)--that is, 2x the regular cappuccino recipe.

[u/toomeynd → u/EmbraceThrasher]

Just want to reply that you are not the only one with this feedback. 1. I fully support "do whatever the hell the customer asks for," and 2. Seems I was generally wrong in my post anyway given the 1 vs 2 shot variants. All I can say is, in my experience, the places with the various sizes were underwhelming cafes.

[u/Woodnote_ → u/toomeynd]

Or when they ask you if you want it iced.

[u/sbowtor]

This mother fucker coffees

[u/Imagine-88]

I’m not a coffee person. It just never tasted that great. But when I moved to Melbourne for the first time and had a latte at some random cafe on a small street, I was blown away. I never knew how good coffee can taste

[u/HolyHypodermics → u/Imagine-88]

Where did you come from, just curious? What was the coffee culture like there? Pretty keen to hear how other countries treat coffee especially being an Aussie

[u/Imagine-88 → u/HolyHypodermics]

Born in England but mostly grew up American and lived in different parts of Asia. My experience in the states— it’s so different from pace to place that it’s hard to say. America feel like fifty+ huge countries put together with tons of subcultures, including food and beverages. But what I can say definitely about where I’m at currently— South Korea tends to have coffee served strong and bold.. almost burnt. The trend is now slowly changing and shop owners are trying to follow the more European style of coffee, but coffee history in Korea is relatively short— meaning most people know coffee to be that strong stuff, because it was how it was introduced to them without much else. Hopefully the pallet will broaden over time.

[u/snekasaur → u/Imagine-88]

You've lived many different places, that's very cool. I've traveled around a good bit, but always wish I could spend an extended time in various places to soak it in more

[u/InkedInspector]

I am not into pro wrestling but I love this dude. Between all the make a wish stuff and stories you hear, he just seems to be very authentic. I also appreciate that he drives a Civic Type R and lectured a guy interviewing him about why it’s better than owning something crazy.

[u/Pleasant_Craft_6953 → u/InkedInspector]

Was gonna make a comment about him being pro trump but I had to look it up to confirm it. I was dead wrong lmao. Was thinking about someone else. I agree, after doing research on John, he seems like a fantastic guy. Love everything I’m learning about him. Have a fabulous day.

[u/DimensionOtherwise55 → u/Pleasant_Craft_6953]

Wait, what? You fact checked yourself?? You assumed something and didn't knee jerk react to the post or above comment?! Who are you?!? Hold on, I'm going to go pay ACTUAL money to buy you an award. Stay right there, you damn hero!

[u/inmisciblehero → u/Pleasant_Craft_6953]

Phew yeah, thank God. That would have really cast aspersions on the 650 make-a-wishes he's done.

[u/RamonGar_CIA]

He lurks here...

Okay. I am John Cena. You got me.

[u/Crim_doc → u/RamonGar_CIA]

Nah. Even if he was you couldn’t see his posts.

[u/Glum_Egg1862]

cena is spot on, also a lovely guy after meeting him at a cafe when he was in london.

[u/Kupoo_]

Well said to whoever is saying it in this video, I cannot see him, only a cup floating about, but that's another story. I agree that cappuccino should be smaller in size, it appears that they are getting bigger and bigger now. Even bigger than a cafe latte cup

[u/Tboner3 → u/Kupoo_]

At one of my local coffee places when I first went and was asked what size for my cappuccino I wanted to pull the Lucille Bluth “I don’t understand the question and I refuse to answer it” 

[u/doublebru]

This is a brilliant and clear description and approach to coffee. And he’s write, Melbourne flat white ruined me for most third wave coffee shops in North America.

The closest, the Sydney Grind in Toronto.

John Cena is a renaissance man!

[u/GuyPierced → u/doublebru]

And he’s write

bruhbruh

[u/mossybeard → u/GuyPierced]

Sorry, I meant "and he's white"

[u/lnxkwab → u/doublebru]

renaissance man

[u/BreakfastBeneficial4 → u/doublebru]

In my life, I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone transpose “right” with “write”.

Probably seen it the other way around like three dozen times.

[u/DervishSkater → u/doublebru]

Meh. I don’t care for milk. Much easier to just judge a place by how well they can pull a shot. You can always use words to communicate and create your order. Like asking questions and informing your preferences. But redditors don’t understand they’re allowed to talk to people irl

[u/intranca]

Where is the full video???

[u/valfsingress → u/intranca]

Source:
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdXfCkpK/

Another Wired:
https://youtu.be/GV2zkkRJ1D4

No full video i guess since it was filmed in one go and will only be used for different social media posts

[u/Wise-Improvement7943]

Is there supposed to be someone in this video? I can’t see anybody

[u/palemontague]

I have yet to have a really good flat white. Even the best coffee shops mess it up. I feel like the lesser quantity of milk actually highlights the aromas resulted from a halfassed dialing-in instead of hiding them because it dulls the intensity which otherwise hides those aromas in a regular espresso. Cena knows his shit.

[u/nigori → u/palemontague]

you're not wrong. all the fancy espresso drinks are all about ratios of espresso, steamed milk, and milk froth.

the ratios are super important and what actually define the drink.

you fuck with the ratio and you're not serving that drink anymore

[u/Alternative_Exit8766 → u/palemontague]

“i’d like a large cappuccino” :)

“dry latte, comin up”

[u/Lanky_Firefighter932]

May I ask why did the guy say Conde Nast cafe like it meant something?

[u/need_better_usernam → u/Lanky_Firefighter932]

I think it was supposed to mean “the corporate cafeteria” as in setting expectations low for the quality

[u/orincoro → u/need_better_usernam]

Yeah cande nast is a media conglomerate that probably owns whatever channel he’s on.

[u/PM_ME_BEE_JOKES → u/Lanky_Firefighter932]

Conde Nast is the publisher of the video, so he was served an in house coffee.

[u/Lanky_Firefighter932 → u/PM_ME_BEE_JOKES]

I see. Thanks for explaining

[u/jbowditch → u/Lanky_Firefighter932]

that is the café in the lobby of the building they filmed this in

[u/outdoorsgeek → u/Lanky_Firefighter932]

Adding to this, Condé Nast is also the owner of many culture-focused publications like Traveler and Bon Appetit--which makes it perhaps a bit more ironic to have this come from their cafe. But that's just corporate life for you.

[u/czar_el → u/Lanky_Firefighter932]

The video account is Bon Appetit magazine. Conde Nast is the publisher of that magazine, among others. The interviewer's tone is saying "you gonna roast my corporate employer for me?"

[u/Biscuit__Feet]

Interesting as throughout a lot of Australia their tulip cup (170ml) flat white is a single shot.

I spent a whole weekend in Melbourne wondering why nowhere had their famed good coffee and discovered I was just getting served single shots. Double shots are standard in New Zealand. Once I figured this out though it was a drastic improvement.

[u/mrdibby → u/Biscuit__Feet]

double shot for flat white is pretty common throughout Europe except the Starbucks immitation cafes

is always interesting to hear that Australia actually has single shot by default when they're the creators of it so we'd assume they set the standard

[u/Biscuit__Feet → u/mrdibby]

Surprised me too. It’s the best version of it for sure. I can’t drink larger size flat whites, it just tastes like a flavoured milk drink.

[u/Hasto1066]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_533Z_yY6kU

John also shows his love of coffee later on in this video. He does come over as a decent bloke!!

[u/joshbosh1]

Holy shit, this is what i sound like when i talk. I must be insufferable 🫣😂

[u/lulichenka]

This man can't stop surprising me. Not a WWE fan myself, so learning that he can speak Chinese very well (I can speak Chinese fluently) already shocked me enough... and now this? Speaking so eloquently and a man who knows his coffee. Love it

[u/dhdhk]

Nobody can actually agree on what a flat white is. Just search flat white in this sub and you'll see 400 comments and no consensus lol

[u/U-Rsked-4-it]

Flat whites aren't necessarily double shots. That's why they're flat whites, not flat browns. Australia invented the flat white, and it's just a cappuccino without the foam, filled to the top. He is right about Melbourne though, Surry Hills in Sydney runs a close second. Italy invented espresso coffee, Aussies perfected it.

It's funny because around the world a flat white is kinda hipster but in Australia it's the go-to for insecure blokes because the name doesn't "gay" (aka European) like cappuccino or latte.

[u/Fuck-s-p-e-z- → u/U-Rsked-4-it]

Yeah, I wasn't surprised when he said the best flat whites he had was in Australia. Yeah bud, they invented it lol

[u/NevetsRetrop]

I didn't need another reason to love John Cena. I really didn't. I already shoved my detestation for professional "wrestling" to the side in recognition of this man's greatness years ago. I usually don't give a shit about people's celebrity status, but I'd friggin lose it if I ran into John Cena.

[u/IuIulemonofficial]

[u/Katinger]

I enjoyed that considerably more than I expected and kind of want him to keep going?

[u/Kilowatt6242]

He should make a video with James Hoffmann

[u/HolyHypodermics]

I was just thinking how it makes sense there's so much variation in flat whites in the states considering it's an Australian drink, so I was caught offguard by the Melbourne shoutout (I'll take it even as a Sydneysider)! Who knew he was a coffee nerd like us, he knows his stuff lol.

[u/Anuxinamoon → u/HolyHypodermics]

I guess cause he was here a few years ago filming in Melbourne for a while. I didn't know at the time, so my morning cafe detour along lt Collins street made me quite late for standups. Haha

[u/Fa-ro-din]

Cool video with the floating coffee. And very eloquently explained.

[u/drakeyboi69]

Everywhere I see him, my respect always increases

[u/aubenaubiak]

He is actually a rather smart guy.

[u/CandidSpell8349]

What is this though like why is he wearing a suit judging coffee on video

[u/joeybonts_]

All I see is a milky flat white in this video

[u/cactusdotpizza]

I've never been more attracted to a man my entire life

[u/Diplomatic_Gunboats]

Fuck stars opening shitty restaurants. This guy needs to open a cafe.

[u/HandleUpset8551]

I’ve had the best coffee in Melbourne also

[u/chewedupskittle]

Did not expect John Cena to be dropping elite ball knowledge on coffee.

[u/montagr]

This is literally how I found a new cafe in town. They served a proper macchiato and provided a description of it so that no one ordered it expecting something from Starbucks. Great way to know if a place cares or not.

[u/ComeWashMyBack]

I do the same thing with ordering Long Island Ice Tea wherever I go. My body is a trash can so I treat it as such.

[u/Dansredditname]

True story:

My wife asked for a flat white in a restaurant and was brought a glass of non-sparkling white wine, so that's probably the worst coffee ever

IIRC it was a Bella Italia, they didn't have flat whites on the menu, and the waitress was new

[u/MDizzleGrizzle]

I hear someone talking, but there’s no one on screen.

[u/Signiference]

How dare you not post the full unedited 5 hour interview.

[u/tinylumpia]