I think I'm a coffee snob

Cee-Jay-Cee · 11-09-2019 01:00PM

Gerry G wrote: »

Nescafe gold is piss. They stick a shiny label on it, that's the only difference between it and the regular red label stuff

Correct. Nescafe red label is the stuff that falls on the floor and is swept up and put in jars. The gold label stuff is the coffee that doesn't fall on the floor.

At home I drink Azera Americano and sometimes the Espresso (although its getting harder and harder to find at reduced prices) but do like a nice rich coffee when out and about. Costa's Americano is also pretty good but I prefer Insomnias.

On a side note, I was in a little 'coffee shop' (using the term loosely) in a small village and asked for a coffee. I just happened to catch sight of the gril behind the counter making coffee from what looked like an Aldi own brand instant coffee jar. When she brought over my coffee I asked if it was instant coffee from a jar and she confirmed it was. I asked it was that jar sitting behind the counter on the shelf and she confirmed it was. I asked how they could charge €3.50 for a coffee that costs around €1.50 in Aldi and she went red in the face at which point I got up and left.

AirAmp2019 · 11-09-2019 01:04PM

I think you might have to start picking out the different flavours and aromas like some form of coffee sommelier in order to be classified a snob.

Sure don't we all need something to enjoy? Hot drinks are the best.

Infernal Racket · 11-09-2019 01:26PM

Is there somewhere I could train as a barista in a hurry? I don't want to do any long complicated courses where I have to study stuff to qualify. I'm looking for a quick fix online thing that will teach me just enough that I'm able to act even more snobbish about my coffee drinking?

Donnielighto · 11-09-2019 01:36PM

I buy kilo bags in coffee angel and use them in a french press at work and a french press or mokka pot at home.

Lewis_Benson · 11-09-2019 01:41PM

Nothing wrong with drinking good coffee.
I get the whole snob thing myself.
Same with Craft beers, if you like good beer you like good beer.
Each to their own and all that.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 11-09-2019 01:41PM

I’ve hated every cup of coffee I’ve ever drank. All awful to me. I can’t say I’ve tried all the coffees but I’ve had various cups of the stuff handed to me throughout my life from instant to Nespresso to “this place does the best coffee” coffee and I hated it all.

I love caffeine so wish I liked coffee.

Greyfox · 11-09-2019 02:00PM

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

Nothing wrong with drinking good coffee.

True but their is something wrong with not accepting that people have different opinions on what is good coffee. I don't like instant coffee myself but the fact is some people actually prefer an instant coffee brand to other proper coffee brands.

Lewis_Benson · 11-09-2019 02:02PM

Greyfox wrote: »

True but their is something wrong with not accepting that people have different opinions on what is good coffee. I don't like instant coffee myself but the fact is some people actually prefer an instant coffee brand to other proper coffee brands.

More power to them.

Infernal Racket · 11-09-2019 02:30PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I’ve hated every cup of coffee I’ve ever drank. All awful to me. I can’t say I’ve tried all the coffees but I’ve had various cups of the stuff handed to me throughout my life from instant to Nespresso to “this place does the best coffee” coffee and I hated it all.

I love caffeine so wish I liked coffee.

That sucks

Greyfox · 11-09-2019 04:05PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I love caffeine so wish I liked coffee.

Not to worry, Lyons tea is much nicer

earlytobed · 11-09-2019 04:13PM

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

In my book drinking anything that sounds Italian makes you a snob. But then again I gave up on coffee way before starbucks and the like arrived in the country so what do I know.

I didn't know you had a book out

11-09-2019 04:19PM

These threads always underline what a low-brow philistine I am, so uneducated is my palate and unrefined are my tastes.

I have one coffee a day, in the morning. You could give me a mug of instant own-brand or an infusion of hand polished beans ground on the molars of the gods and brewed in holy water from Lourdes, and it will all taste equally icky to me. Shame, because the health benefits of freshly brewed coffee are impressive.

Builders tea for me, a good stewing and a splash of milk. Every two hours and served in an ignorantly huge mug, please and thanks.

Stevieluvsye · 11-09-2019 04:22PM

They serve douwe egberts in my office.......Any good? Taste nice, but as i said, i like Tesco own brand instant

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 11-09-2019 04:22PM

I’d like to do a blind test someday of coffee snobs. See what they really know.

11-09-2019 04:24PM

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

I’d like to do a blind test someday of coffee snobs. See what they really know.

I put a bottle of wine through a sodastream and told people it was champagne. A couple had suspicions, but only a couple.

Thelonious Monk · 11-09-2019 04:25PM

Any kind of ground coffee beans in a French press pour moi. I'd like to taste the beans that have been digested by jaguars and shat out before I die.

jimgoose · 11-09-2019 04:26PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Any kind of ground coffee beans in a French press pour moi. I'd like to taste the beans that have been digested by jaguars and shat out before I die.

Asian palm civet, Chief. Not jaguars.

pappyodaniel · 11-09-2019 04:29PM

Gerry G wrote: »

and sometimes those little bullet things that I put in my wife's Nespresso machine.

Is that a euphemism?

cnocbui · 11-09-2019 04:31PM

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

I’d like to do a blind test someday of coffee snobs. See what they really know.

Yeah, especially those who think if you are paying anything less than €40 per Kg, it's obviously second rate.

Infernal Racket · 11-09-2019 04:57PM

cnocbui wrote: »

Yeah, especially those who think if you are paying anything less than €40 per Kg, it's obviously second rate.

Is it not?

Dr. Bre · 11-09-2019 05:01PM

LukFwd wrote: »

Maxwell house should be illegal

Maxhell house

Dr. Bre · 11-09-2019 05:01PM

LukFwd wrote: »

Maxwell house should be illegal

Maxhell house

smurfjed · 11-09-2019 05:25PM

The joys of travel,

Coffee beans direct from Ethiopia and Indonesia including the civet droppings.
Tea from Sri Lanka, gold and silver.

Nespresso for lazy work days and offices.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 11-09-2019 05:36PM

Gerry G wrote: »

That sucks

I don’t like the stuff though so it doesn’t really matter. I’m not missing out. I’m only sad about missing the caffeine hit, really.

Weirdly, I like some coffee desserts. Not affogato though which is basically a coffee drink. Way too strong and the sugar from the ice cream doesn’t help.

paleoperson · 11-09-2019 06:00PM

Having preferences hardly makes someone a snob.

I don't see what the point of instant coffee is. Is it to save money?

11-09-2019 06:04PM

paleoperson wrote: »

Having preferences hardly makes someone a snob.

I don't see what the point of instant coffee is. Is it to save money?

Imagine if there was a clue in the name.

skallywag · 11-09-2019 06:04PM

*ding dong*

'We're on the coffee'

Not sure what that came to mind, it just did. 'goldblend' if I recall correctly?

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 11-09-2019 06:09PM

paleoperson wrote: »

Having preferences hardly makes someone a snob.

I don't see what the point of instant coffee is. Is it to save money?

Not a snob but doesn’t see the point of...

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 11-09-2019 06:10PM

Candie wrote: »

Imagine if there was a clue in the name.

Its all instant though. You either press a button or ask a barista.

11-09-2019 06:14PM

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

Its all instant though. You either press a button or ask a barista.

You don't grind the beans with instant, or wait for the barista (that's a real job?).

I think I'm a coffee snob

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