Talk:black eye

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Plausible, but unheard of, on this side of the pond. --Connel MacKenzie 20:41, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I've not heard it over here either, but to be fair, I'm not part of the designer coffee crowd. --Enginear 13:37, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Seems to be a spinoff of red eye; not a lot of print citations, but can be found in coffee shop menus. Wikipedia has the following: w:Black_Eye_(drink) and w:Espresso#Naming variations. Searches on "black eye" + coffee + espresso turn up these: [1],[2], [3], [4], [5], and one where there is only one shot of espresso [6].

I'd say this one is in a kind of grey area between particular coffee establishments' names for drinks, and a general term for this drink; I'm not enough of a hardcore coffee shop patron to know which side of the line this falls on. --Jeffqyzt 15:18, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

I think it is safe to discount the Wikipedia entries, as they likely were entered by the same person. Wikipedia references are not Wiktionary citations; we'd do well to find actual uses of this, or remove it. The fact that it is plausible for a coffee shop menu does not mean that actually is. And yes, it would need to be from three different coffee shops to satisfy the 'independence' criteria, i.e. not three separate Starbucks. --Connel MacKenzie 19:29, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

So, rfv failed? --Connel MacKenzie 18:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

No objection from me, as no one produced any better cites. --Jeffqyzt 21:35, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, this hasn't caught on just yet. DAVilla 22:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

RFV failed for "a cup of coffee with two shots of espresso" , moved to WT:LOP. DAVilla 22:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC)