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It kind of depends on how you define ‘appreciation’
I don’t particularly relate to the ‘hallowed bean’ school of thought, that you must follow a process that allows you to identify all the flavour profiles. Those flavour profiles are affected by trends and tastes. I think coffee appreciation is much wider than this and operates outside just a 'flavour wheel’ parameter.
Sometimes I appreciate a dark as sin ristretto, sometimes I appreciate a cold water process, sometimes I appreciate a spot on flat white.
The other thing I don’t particularly agree with is the school of thought that home espresso machines can’t deliver - I’d love it to be the case that every coffee shop I walked to served me an espresso or flat white like I get at Notes but I’d say that even in the indie coffee shops with trained baristas I’m getting a decent coffee about 60% of the time.
At home I’ve got time to temp surf, weigh every shot, concentrate on stretching the milk etc. However well trained the baristas are pressures of volume, time and sometimes pure ‘can’t be arsed’ means that a good deal of the time I can make a better coffee at home than I will get in a coffee shop