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Originally Posted by wannabee
just the name sounds good enough to drink.  |
Yes, it does, and it is. I've been a casual coffee drinker for most of my life, more as a social beverage than as a caffeine-delivery system. Then a couple of years ago, I had a chance to drink some fresh, properly roasted single cultivar (varietal) coffee and my world changed. I found that really good coffee, properly roasted, fresh, is on a completely different 'level' than the mass-market stuff everyone thinks of as coffee. Even Starbucks pales in comparison because the commercial specialty vendors roast their beans into oblivion, destroying the character of the coffee beans, which replaces flavor and complexity. So I bought a small roaster and I buy green, unroasted beans from any of dozens of countries and hundreds of coffee farms and plantations, and enjoy some of the finest coffee on earth.
So, yes, I've become a snob, refusing now to consider drinking Folgers, Maxwell house, Starbucks or Seattle's Best in favor of my own brews. I even take my equipment with me on the road when I travel by car. There is no comparison and no substitute for really fine coffee, something that most people have never experienced.