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I grew up drinking coffee milk in Brooklyn and never new it was from RI, but always loved it. I don't know the name of the brand of syrup that we used, but I don't think it is one of your 3. It's great that you are raising awareness of coffee milk as I've been confronted with the same weird looks, you can also use the syrup instead of chocolate syrup to make something like a coffee egg cream.

My one complaint is that though I'm sure you are well experienced making coffee milk, for a tasting and comparison you really should have consistently measured out the syrup and milk, this would take no more than 5 seconds with a scale. I think Serious eats need to promote Kenji to head tester and standards controller as no one does double blind taste tests like Kenji.

As I only had the choice of Cinnamon and Chocolate I went with chocolate, but the best Babka is Rum Babka.

So your comments on the real corner bistro (Jane and West 4th) are very interesting because I was at one point questioning whether my recent disappointment with the bistro was a change in taste, the change in the crowd/actually having a crowd, or was it a change in the burger quality. After have deep discussions with people and verifying, it is the burger that has change, it isn't just some subjective change. They under season their burgers now, they seem to use less bacon grease in the fries, and I dare say the meat they are using seems more lean and less juicy. However for the amount of meat you get for the price you pay it is pretty unbeatable. Lot 2 in Green Wood Heights in Brooklyn has a sweet burger that everyone should try.

L&B's for the Square/Sicilian (though they have been off their game of late)

I've recently become a huge fan of Louigi's on 5th ave between 21st and 20th in Brooklyn.

So it is very situational, but if say it is with friends I will make them aware that of my displeasure with an inadequate tip. Though it's not necessarily my place to teach this person about proper tipping as a friend I don't want to be continuously confronted with this situation with them thinking it is okay. Sometimes I'll even bring the server into the discussion sometimes as I don't think it's okay behavior. Now obviously if it is someone that you aren't on equal footing with it can sometimes be easier to somehow discreetly give money to the server. I think the real discussion about tipping is whether you do base it on the before or after tax total. A 20% tip should be considered standard for normal good service.