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ankhtahr:
Actually there's a coffee shop close to where I live, which is relatively small. They have three coffee shops in this city, and that's it. They make some good espresso. You can choose between 4 different types of espresso beans. I like them. I didn't go into the Starbucks expecting to get some fantastic coffee. I just wanted to see, whether the coffee really is hyped, or if it's alright. Turns out, it really is hyped.

Actually I'm not really a coffee fan. I don't enjoy ordinary coffee, and I don't enjoy all these specialties too much. I do enjoy a good espresso though. I have a relatively cheap espresso machine at home, but it can build up sufficient pressure, and with the right beans it makes an espresso which is so much better than this stuff Starbucks served me today. I'll definitely try the different espressos offered by MoccaSin. I'd also love to try some of the beans of Ettli, a locally roasting brand, but I'd need a coffee grinder for that, and I can't afford one.

In the meanwhile I'll enjoy some nice FTGFOP Darjeeling.

cesium133:
One thing I really liked when I was in Brazil is that there was good coffee everywhere. Even the gas station coffee there was amazing.

BeoPuppy:
Maybe someone can explain this to me: coffee is roasted and ground beans through which boiling water is poored. This is not a difficult recipe. Why then is there such a difference between coffees to coffee drinkers? There's not many steps you can fuck up on ...

Metope:
Oh there are plenty of ways to fuck up. First it depends on the quality of the beans, if you have terrible quality beans you're screwed from the beginning. Then there's the roasting process itself, roasting beans for a short amount of time will preserve the juices and aromas much better, so if you have good quality beans you want to bring them out with a light roast, but if you have terrible beans you want to roast the hell out of them in order to disguise the awful quality. Of course, you can't really get good coffee that way, since roasting beans for too long will make the coffee really bitter and sour.

At last, there are so many different ways of actually brewing the coffee which will affect the outcome. The quality of the coffee in this process also depends on several factors: water to coffee ratio, how finely and evenly the beans are ground, temperature of water, how fresh the beans are etc etc.

The Seldom Killer:

--- Quote from: Metope on 19 Dec 2013, 14:10 ---Man I'd argue Nero is worse than Starbucks. Costa is way better than both for sure though.


--- End quote ---

You would be wrong. I'd put Nero at the top of the list of UK chains.

About 5-6 years ago I was doing a driving job and about the only place I had on my route to pick up a coffee was Starbucks. I used to have to insist that they give me a small americano with half the water. Bought it a bit closer to palatable and meant I didn't have to stop in the middle of the countryside with an immensely full bladder.

Mind you, In Canada I was once presented with the choice between Starbucks and Tim Hortons. I was very close to crying.

I do make an effort to seek out indie coffee shops whenever I can. I like the anticipation of not knowing quite what you'll get and the sort of treats they might have on offer.

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