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Greggs is the best shit coffee about. It’s really good.

I had two today. One Americano, and a white that the customer in front threw down my trousers.

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Yeah coffee is actually a pretty mental rabbit hole once you get into it, same as all the other fields you mentioned. There's a huge variety of flavours to be found in different origins of bean, different brew methods, different ways of pulling an espresso shot. The current methodical approach is quite young so new shit is always being discovered and experimented with, like the effects of water mineral content on coffee flavour, the fact that you can pull stupidly long shots if you grind using an EK43, and using vaccum-packed pre-dosed shots straight from the freezer. I've been working as a barista for a few years as a side thing and it's a shame there's so little money in it because it's pretty interesting once you get into it.

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Needs moar Penelope Cruz.

No Zuckerberg memes yet?

I like that coffee that’s been shit out by meerkats or lynx or something like that. It has an irresistible bouquet and aroma and stuff.

Cycling is a similar rabbit hole. Try and explain to a non cyclist why bikes can cost between £50–£12000 and you’ll get a similar incredulity/ ignorant anger.

That’s actually a thing as well isn’t it?

I sampled loads off coffe when I was in Colombia (coffee region, #csb), still prefer Tea any day.

They were asking £10 for a pack of tetleys in the super markets though which could jog on like coffee.

I agree with the McDonald's coffee review, and I will now seek out Greggs. #proofreadapostrophes

Did somebody call?

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Wonder if I'm alone in thinking that the difference between the best and worst cups of coffee I've ever had is tiny in comparison to say the best and worst beers I've drank, or the best and worst steaks I've eaten?

I was just about to post that too. It's the only one I've seen so far but it's only about 6/10.

Still cracking me up more than discussions about the merits of coffee though.

Thats because you haven't had really really good coffee.... Is a thing I would never say.

Thing is I should have, I've not had the monkey shit stuff but I've been to plenty of good coffee places but nothing's ever blown me away.

Isn't there a coffee thread?

I have a related coffee thought which is why would you bother to develop the ability to taste different types of coffee? Seems like it just ruins 90% of available coffee, which you enjoyed previously. Unless you enjoy having another thing to moan about.

Wine is kind of the same - if you aren’t too careful you’ll start finding that everything below £15/ bottle seems undrinkable.

Or anything at all - see also beer, burgers, clothes, bikes etc etc. The more exposed you are to the nice stuff, the more the regular stuff seems crap.

Why bother learning about bikes when you can just ride average but functional ones forever?

Imagine how easy life would be if you could pop into Starbucks to pick up a coffee, pizza from Pizza Hut, 6 pack of Carling, Wetherspoons burger.

#snoblife #1stworldproblems

Jesus Christ, the horror...

My main issue with coffee is the insane wastage produced by disposable cups, bought by the middle classes who talk like they are eco warriors but it’s actually nothing more than boring bragging round the dinner table.

I'd wager that the volume of cup wastage by the "bragging around the dinner table" types pales in comparison to the volume of cup wastage by every other person.

It doesn't make it OK but at least those doing not much more than paying lip service to eco friendliness are at least recycling their paper cups.

I don't really buy coffee from coffee shops so I'll sit and fester in my fog of smugness.

Beverage discussions that are cracking you up at the moment.

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The trolley is out of order and not moving, but the guy on the top track totally saw you pull the lever to kill him. Was it worth it?