If you're anything like me, you could spend hours upon hours binge watching the dysfunctional group of six young adults that find their niche in each other and a New York coffeehouse called Central Perk. If you have absolutely no clue what I'm talking about, let me explain it in a different way. The TV show "Friends" may have aired before I was born and continued on into my early childhood, before I could appreciate a lot of the jokes and innuendos they made, but now at the age of 20 it's easily one of my top five go-to shows.
As I watched this group of friends take on life in New York City I began to wonder, they spend so much of their time in this one central location but does anyone ever bother to ask what their go-to order at Central Perk may be? Worry not avid "Friends" fans, because I've answered the burning question I'm sure oh so many of us have had at one point or another.
1. Monica - Café Latte
Monica Geller as the always put together, overly-anal-borderline-OCD friend who thrives off having everything in her life under her control. But beyond that she's also caring and loves each of her friends so deeply, I mean for crying out loud she let Rachel live with her after years of being disconnected from each other. For that reason she seems to me like a latte kinda gal. Lattes are trendy for their well put together and elaborate foam art designs and they have just enough sweetness to crave any sweet tooth craving someone might have. So despite Monica's attraction towards unhealthy foods she allows herself to oblige her tastebuds with this sweet treat to kickstart her day and satisfy her deep-rooted sweet tooth.2. Chandler - Cappuccino
Chandler is the guy with the messed up past who uses humor as a defense mechanism, yet in spite of that all of his friends accept him as he is through the good, the bad, and the multiple relationships with Janice. Behind the layers of years of family drama and torment is a child-like spirit that Chandler never really got to express as a kid. For this reason I think he'd be the type to go for a drink that has a mix of intense, sweet, and chocolate all in one. Time and time again we see Chandler accepting that he may not be the most "masculine" character on the show as defined by the world's standards, but he embraces that about himself and sadistically makes joking remarks about himself on a daily basis because that's who Chandler is. For all of these reasons there is no other drunk I could see him spending hours of his life sipping on than a classic cappuccino.
3. Ross - Long Black (Americano)
Ross is by far the most serious and furthest along in having an "established" life at the shows commencement. Well, other than his pregnant wife leaving him for another woman, but I'm mean that's just another day in the books for Ross. As the most intense member of the friend group it wouldn't surprise me if Ross found himself sipping on an americano, or better known as plain black coffee. The expresso in his drink is the perfect thing to kickstart his otherwise interesting day as a paleontologist. I mean you gotta have some energy to be working with pretty old artifacts right? On occasion he may even find himself adding in a dab of sugar or creamer just to satiate his sweet tooth for the day, but 97 percent of the time he's more than likely just going for your run of the mill cup of Joe.4. Rachel - Mocha
Ah Rachel Green, the girl whose closet we all dreamed of diving into at one point or another. Of the friend group she's probably the one who's most confused about what she wants out of life or how to even begin to find it. She lives to shop and loves deeper than most of us will ever know how to. While throughout the series she may frustrate us on multiple occasions with her lack of expertise in anything dealing with finances, we see ourselves embodied in her through her on-again off-agaln relationship with the one and only Ross Geller. In all honest though, one of the most important reasons I would dub her as this sweet delicacy is because she cares deeply about her friends, and while it may not always come out in the finest of ways, she's always there for the ones she cares about most and wouldn't know what to do without them/
5. Phoebe - Matcha Tea
Phoebe is the bright, eccentric friend of the group who sometimes makes you question their sanity but at the end of the day, you'd have no clue what to do without them. The main reason I could see her drink order being something of the tea variety as opposed to coffee is because on her own she has enough energy to sustain her, therefore, the lower caffeinated option is probably best. Just as matcha is one of those new trendy things that we all fear to try, we all love the free-spirited lifestyle that Phoebe leads forging her own path in this world not afraid to speak up for what she loves. I mean for goodness sakes she went so far out of her way in trying to impress Mike's parents just because she cared for him only to have it all backfire on her. She's passionate, loving and unique in her own special way just as a warm cup of tea is on a brisk day.
6. Joey - Affogato
Joey. Joey is probably the easiest of the friends' orders to decipher. Though he may not be able to accurately pronounce Affogato (then again can I even do that) it's still his go-to. I mean who doesn't love food mixed with a beverage? It's like knocking out two birds with one stone and we all know that Joey is about food and being lazy. No matter if you love or hate Joey, the one thing we can all agree on is our appreciation of his unashamed love of food and his happy-go-lucky personality. He may not make the most money or have the most stable job, at the end of the say none of that matters to Joey as long as he can spend a few hours every day hanging out with his best friends in their favorite hangout spot.
No matter which of these six you would deem as your spirit animal I think we can all agree that we would love to be any of them in the respect that they spent hours of their day doing nothing but sitting around a coffee shop with their best friends. That's love and friendship in its purest of forms. As you now go back to regretfully binge-watching "Friends" for the 30th time let me know if you think I got these classifications right or if you have other ideas of what their go-to drink orders could possibly be.
