Current Events > why are coffee nerds so insufferable

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they're possibly worse than hype craft beer drinkers

Do a pour over in a V60 with freshly ground Ethiopian Yirgacheffe 3-5 days off the roast and youll understand.

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Nobody:
TC: "Fuck I hate people that like coffee"

It bothers me that there are people who think they hate coffee because they tried some over roasted, liquid ass. I seriously don't understand how so much of that is in stores.

masterbarf posted...

It bothers me that there are people who think they hate coffee because they tried some over roasted, liquid ass. I seriously don't understand how so much of that is in stores.

Honestly this. I thought I hated coffee until I actually made myself a good cup of Joe. Tho I can see how some people can be obnoxious about it

masterbarf posted...

It bothers me that there are people who think they hate coffee because they tried some over roasted, liquid ass. I seriously don't understand how so much of that is in stores.

Coffee, like any other type of food/drink varies from brand to how it is prepared. It's why I get pissed off at people who say they don't like a certain flavor of chips because they had one brand and it wasn't to their liking. You may not like that brand, but each brand (Lays, Old Dutch, Ruffles) have their own flavor that you should try before tossing away the notion that you outright don't like something.

Irony posted...

Nobody:
TC: "Fuck I hate people that like coffee"

yeah thats exactly what i said, scotty

Slaya4 posted...

Am I going too hard?

Fuck no.

The lounge where I work has two boxes of coffee pods. One box is some brand I haven't bothered to remember. The other box is McDonalds. First day I go in there I assume that surely the first box is better than the McCafe. Tastes like total shit. Burnt as fuck. Next day I look at the boxes and I decide to pick the "light roast" from the first box. Fucking burnt. Just less. So light roast is basically quite over roasted and anything higher I just assume they mix the beans with charcoal or some shit.

Anywho McCafe is completely unremarkable, but it isn't burnt. Because shitty burnt coffee is so common, any coffee that doesn't have that flavor is automatically not bad in my mind.

Ivany2008 posted...

Coffee, like any other type of food/drink varies from brand to how it is prepared. It's why I get pissed off at people who say they don't like a certain flavor of chips because they had one brand and it wasn't to their liking. You may not like that brand, but each brand (Lays, Old Dutch, Ruffles) have their own flavor that you should try before tossing away the notion that you outright don't like something.

Yea. I imagine a lot of people buy Starbucks as their first coffee at a grocery store because of name recognition, try it, say "what the fuck", and become a tea drinker.

I feel the same whenever I see you comment on beer tc :/

Ivany2008 posted...

Coffee, like any other type of food/drink varies from brand to how it is prepared. It's why I get pissed off at people who say they don't like a certain flavor of chips because they had one brand and it wasn't to their liking. You may not like that brand, but each brand (Lays, Old Dutch, Ruffles) have their own flavor that you should try before tossing away the notion that you outright don't like something.

But have you tried Lets?

AloneIBreak posted...

V60

Isn't a Chemex much simpler?

pauIie posted...

I feel the same whenever I see you comment on beer tc :/

fair tbh

OudeGeuze posted...

fair tbh

im sure people feel this about me for both coffee and beer

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i mean thats fine, its when it turns into pretentiousness

I bet they don't even drink kopi luwak

I legit came in here to say LOL coffee nerds until I saw this post:

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And now I'll just see myself out

Ivany2008 posted...

Coffee, like any other type of food/drink varies from brand to how it is prepared. It's why I get pissed off at people who say they don't like a certain flavor of chips because they had one brand and it wasn't to their liking. You may not like that brand, but each brand (Lays, Old Dutch, Ruffles) have their own flavor that you should try before tossing away the notion that you outright don't like something.

Why the fuck would I spend money multiple times just to prove I don't like something when I could use that money to try something else?

masterbarf posted...

Isn't a Chemex much simpler?

For most people, I think so. I never had much luck with the Chemex tbh. Maybe I'll give it a whirl tomorrow morning.

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Snore. Talk shit and double down when you're called out for it. This is the internet. It's not a place for sincerity and sensibility.

party_animal07 posted...

Why the fuck would I spend money multiple times just to prove I don't like something when I could use that money to try something else?

Way to miss the fucking point. Literally flew over your head. The point I was making was that no 2 brands taste the same. If all you've had in your life is Starbucks coffee and someone offers you Mcdonalds coffee, maybe take a sip to see how it tastes rather than turn out down outright. You may hate it, but you may enjoy it. You don't know.

Christ, I have 2 specific things I cannot stand: Beer and Salmon. But to this day I still try different ways of having them just in case. And guess what? I actually like Smoked Salmon. It's not my first option, I'll take a nice pan fried Codfish, but if I'm in a situation where Salmon is all that is available to me, then at least I know I can smoke it so I won't starve to death.

party_animal07 posted...

Why the fuck would I spend money multiple times just to prove I don't like something when I could use that money to try something else?

quitting everything you don't like after the first time is kid shit

Every morning I wake up and fresh-grind beans to make my moka pot.

I got into coffee a few months ago after never really liking it. I just needed a decent enough latte or cappucino. Turns out I don't like instant coffee all that much but mix coffee with a lot of milk and I'm fine lol

My wife still can't stand it though. She doesn't even like tiramisu.

Ivany2008 posted...

Way to miss the fucking point. Literally flew over your head. The point I was making was that no 2 brands taste the same. If all you've had in your life is Starbucks coffee and someone offers you Mcdonalds coffee, maybe take a sip to see how it tastes rather than turn out down outright. You may hate it, but you may enjoy it. You don't know.

Christ, I have 2 specific things I cannot stand: Beer and Salmon. But to this day I still try different ways of having them just in case. And guess what? I actually like Smoked Salmon. It's not my first option, I'll take a nice pan fried Codfish, but if I'm in a situation where Salmon is all that is available to me, then at least I know I can smoke it so I won't starve to death.

I completely understood your point. I'm not the type who subscribes to that train of thought. If I don't like something, it's a definitive choice for me. If it's just okay or bland, I'm willing to try it again because of the potential.

Something I don't like is intolerable in it's best state (i.e olives).

pauIie posted...

quitting everything you don't like after the first time is kid shit

googoo gaga

masterbarf posted...

My Chemex turned out excellent this morning. Thanks for the inspiration.

When coffee tastes burnt, it might be because the water you used was too hot. Coffee brews ideally at something sub-boiling, like tea.

Once you grind your own beans there's no going back.

Weird flex but Im honestly so glad I never became one of those coffee-dependent people. Im glad people enjoy it so much but, jeez, sometimes its a bit much hearing cAnT sTaRt My DaY wiThOuT cOfFeE

Every day I take my fresh single origin beans, grind them to a specific fineness, add to my aeropress, immersion blend for a specific length of time with a specific temperature of water, filtered if I can get it

And even I hate coffee nerds. Like I don't want to talk about it, just let me enjoy the thing without being embarrassing.

AloneIBreak posted...

My Chemex turned out excellent this morning. Thanks for the inspiration.

My next coffee device is going to be a Chemex. I've had Black and Decker coffee brewers for the past couple years. They last about 6 months before they stop brewing properly, so having something that actually lasts will be nice.

Interestingly enough, both my B&D and moms Keurig broke at the same time. We'd set it to brew 10 ounces of coffee and we might get 3 at most. Mom just replaced hers with another Keurig, but I've grown addicted to freshly ground coffee.

voldothegr8 posted...

Once you grind your own beans there's no going back.

The big thing is that this is all it really takes to go from a shit cup of coffee to a pretty good cup of coffee. Like, you can buy whatever beans, brew it however you want, as long as you grind right before you brew you'll get something so much better than stale preground coffee.

Some people don't like coffee or drown it in milk and sugar primarily due to the acrid taste that stale preground coffee gives. You might find your opinion on coffee changed drastically because you unknowingly just hated the taste that the staleness provides, and not the coffee flavor itself.

Im an espresso bro.

I would buy better coffee, but all the "good" coffee beans are organic. I refuse to buy organic unless it's the only option.

I hate coffee, but I'm not over here judging anyone who likes it.

Didn't know there were people offended by this, but can't say I'm surprised.

Oh, Chemex is just pour-over lmao.

I get it if they kind of rub other people's nose in it because they like bad coffee or something

But there's literally nothing wrong with getting in depth with it.

I drink instant and have 6 different brands in the cupboard, (mostly in single packets). Btw the instant coffees have unique taste. I do have caffeine pills if needed.

It's a personality trait more than the subject matter, no one likes snobs do they?

I'm one of those people when I get into shit I tend to go all in...but I don't look down or judge anyone for not going deep.

Coffee serves a basic mechanical function in my life. I dont need to dress it up.

I think the real problem is all the coffee people who will put some insanely high quality beans into a French press and complain that coffee isn't as good, or understood as it should be. Then, said people will take a cheap tea bag, plop it in for half a minute, and call all tea disgusting and inferior to coffee after a sip.

TC could piss in a bottle and people would buy it

Ngl, I haven't tasted a single cup of non home made coffee I actually enjoyed, ever. And even then I need a decent and liquid creamer to enjoy it.

Maybe I'm the weird one but I have no idea how 90% of cofree brands get earn enough to stay in business or profit.

TBF, what some of you guys are describing are snobs in general, which yeah no one likes. I drink a cup of black coffee every monday morning, but not because I like it, but because it helps with your metabolism. Plus when you work in the accounting world, that's basically all you're surrounded with anyways lol.

Prismsblade posted...

Ngl, I haven't tasted a single cup of non home made coffee I actually enjoyed, ever. And even then I need a decent and liquid creamer to enjoy it.

Maybe I'm the weird one but I have no idea how 90% of cofree brands get earn enough to stay in business or profit.

Coffee only costs cents to make. Up here in Canada a large cup of coffee is a little over 2 dollars. It might cost them 50 cents to make. It's a combination of convenience, mass advertising and being on every street corner. Add to that "specialty" drinks that only pop up once a year, which you try and even if you hate the taste, by the time it rolls around next year you forget that you hated the taste and want to grab it again.

It's why Mcdonalds and Subway managed to get as big as they are. They don't do anything that is going to get people to flock to their stores, but they are open most of the day if not 24/7 and its affordable.

The problem with any kinda need is when their excitement over their hobby starts to over intrude into someone else's life.

I like coffee. I really appreciate a well-made cup of fresh coffee. But there are many days where I just need a cup of coffee, and I don't need to hear from my coworker that the office coffee is shit as I'm pouring myself a cup of it and how I really need to do x,y,z to really get good coffee.

You think I don't know I'm about to drink 20 oz of mediocrity? I'm extremely aware. It just isn't more important to me than just getting my caffeine right now. It just comes off as obnoxious at best, condescending at worst.

It's the same with food snobs, beer snobs, whatever. I'm aware that the Domino's, Coors Light, or whatever I'm consuming isn't great. But sometimes good enough is fine when it's meeting other cost and convenience factors.