NobbyR Senior Member Joined: 10 Jul 2011 Posts: 1,611 Location: Germany Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Poccino Opus One, Ariete Grinder: Eureka Mignon Istantaneo,... Vac Pot: N/A Drip: Melitta Linea Unica de Luxe Roaster: N/A
Posted Sun Mar 3, 2013, 3:26am Subject: Re: Been a while since I've put up a new coffee toon
"The whole purpose of places like Starbuck's is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino."
(From: "You've Got Mail" by Nora & Delia Ephron, 1998)
*** "This drink of the Satan is so delicious that it would be a shame to leave it to the infidels." (Pope Clement VIII on coffee)
headcrowny Senior Member Joined: 22 Apr 2009 Posts: 70 Location: Bay Area Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: Isomac (now dead), La... Grinder: Mazzer Mini Vac Pot: Aerobie Coffee machine Drip: Ibik, French Press
Posted Sun Mar 3, 2013, 8:31am Subject: Re: Been a while since I've put up a new coffee toon
NobbyR Said:
"The whole purpose of places like Starbuck's is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino."
(From: "You've Got Mail" by Nora & Delia Ephron, 1998)
Before you completely dismiss Starbucks, you need to get a half pound of their Pikes Place beans and pull yourself an espresso shot from them at home. I've got one in front of me right now. It's quite good. Pikes Place is one of their medium roasts and since they over roast everything, it actually comes out correct for espresso. I discovered this fact by accident when in an airport and in desperation asked for a shot of espresso with an ounce of water (to help with the expected bitterness). I was floored with the taste and went back to ask what beans they'd used. Turns out, since it was an airport affiliate, they didn't have to use the corporate mandated espresso roast used at the regular stores and had used Pikes Place. And when I tried it myself - a win. Shocking but true.
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