The whole coffee fixation...

...I'm sceptical about the whole coffee obsession. I think people vastly overstate how important coffee is to them and suspect if blindfolded many really couldn't tell a Frank and Honest from a Lidl instant. They simply want to go around clutching a coffee cup and extolling the virtues of Badger and Dodo because it's in, like watching rugby and going to the gym, in a way that for example tea is not. We like tea, but it's too boring for people, it doesn't come with a perceived image angle.

Hearing that someone can't function without their flat white...give me a break.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Coffee is ****, give me a cuppa tae anyday

jcorr

I think Irish people "appreciate" coffee a lot more than in the 80's or 90's. But i don't think it's obsession.

But it's better to drink tea I think, it's less strong. Coffee is very addictive.

__..__

Nothing like a cup of decent coffee to start your day. And I'm not taking about that sh1t you get in Tesco or spar machines,. Or the cheap stuff you get for your own machines.
Neacafe is awful.
I laugh at people who declare that they know their coffee and come in with cheap slop.
I need my coffee now.
And nothing like a nice smooth coffee for lunch too.

Canis Lupus

Coffee tastes like gack.. Don't understand why people like it and furthermore detest the beardy hipster twat element to it as well.

mackeire

Coffee wan-kers is what I call them!
The whole first half of the day seems to revolve around drinking poxy coffee! They talk about coffee as if it's some sort of precious mineral and have no problem spending an absolute fortune every week on the stuff.
Those coffee shops are a bloody disgrace aswel.

Much prefer tea. When I drink coffee like once or twice a year I always feel thirsty after it - I imagine it dehydrates you a lot.

WHIP IT!

I love an oul latte I must say and drink about four cups of tea a day as well... but I completely agree, the absolute w*nkerish element to the whole coffee 'scene' is hilarious...

No Instagram pic of your work station or study notes is complete without an accompanying take-away cup from the popular pretentious coffee emporium of that particular week along with such hashtags as #TheGrind #TheHustle #MillionaireMindset and so on and so forth..

One eyed Jack

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Coffee tastes like gack.. Don't understand why people like it and furthermore detest the beardy hipster twat element to it as well.

I'm as far from a beardy hipster as it gets (jury is well out on the 'twat' part :pac:), but I prefer a dirty Columbian because it tastes like gack! Really it's just the taste I prefer, sort of like a bitter hit that I just never found with tea. I grew up of course drinking tea, but about 16 I had a first taste of coffee and just preferred it over tea.

I see my own young lad now and he prefers 'exotic' teas like green tea, fruit tea, camomile tea (it tastes like straw ffs!), and now when we're out he'll buy himself an iced tea, or tea with lemon. That was a fancy drink when I was his age!

Jawgap

I like my coffee and brew my own, and yes you can tell the difference between different roasts (at least I can). Nothing too complicated like you see some of the hipsters doing, I just use freshly ground nice beans and a good French press or have a shot from the espresso machine.

I generally don't buy from shops/cafes because it tends to be hugely over-priced and often not prepared properly, so yes you do end up with a scalding butter cup of gick!

Jawgap

Deleted User wrote: »

Much prefer tea. When I drink coffee like once or twice a year I always feel thirsty after it - I imagine it dehydrates you a lot.

They both do. Caffeine, which is also in tea but at a lower level, is a diuretic.

Btw, I enjoy tea as well as coffee - Lyons tea, none of that Barry's muck

Realt Dearg Sec

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Coffee tastes like gack.. Don't understand why people like it and furthermore detest the beardy hipster twat element to it as well.

I'm as far from a beardy hipster as it gets (jury is well out on the 'twat' part :pac:), but I prefer a dirty Columbian because it tastes like gack! Really it's just the taste I prefer, sort of like a bitter hit that I just never found with tea. I grew up of course drinking tea, but about 16 I had a first taste of coffee and just preferred it over tea.

I see my own young lad now and he prefers 'exotic' teas like green tea, fruit tea, camomile tea (it tastes like straw ffs!), and now when we're out he'll buy himself an iced tea, or tea with lemon. That was a fancy drink when I was his age!

Is your son an anarchist?

One eyed Jack

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Is your son an anarchist?

Possibly!! :pac:

Realt Dearg Sec

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Is your son an anarchist?

Possibly!! :pac:

I know they believe proper tea is robbery.

Thespoofer

Conor74 wrote: »

...I'm sceptical about the whole coffee obsession. I think people vastly overstate how important coffee is to them and suspect if blindfolded many really couldn't tell a Frank and Honest from a Lidl instant. They simply want to go around clutching a coffee cup and extolling the virtues of Badger and Dodo because it's in, like watching rugby and going to the gym, in a way that for example tea is not. We like tea, but it's too boring for people, it doesn't come with a perceived image angle.

Hearing that someone can't function without their flat white...give me a break.

To be honest, I think that Frank and Honest coffee isn't great, to be frank, ahem.

Odd thing to feel strongly about.

I have my own grinder, Moka pot and good beans and I drink it black. It's a morning ritual that I love, it's cheap and it sets me up for the day.

I used to go to cafés a lot up until a couple of years ago when a lot of them started using fake coffee here. They killed something the country was famous for so I drink tea when I'm out and about.

Jawgap

Deleted User wrote: »

Odd thing to feel strongly about.

I have my own grinder, Moka pot and good beans and I drink it black. It's a morning ritual that I love, it's cheap and it sets me up for the day.

I used to go to cafés a lot up until a couple of years ago when a lot of them started using fake coffee here. They killed something the country was famous for so I drink tea when I'm out and about.

The one thing I don't drink when I'm out is tea......they never use hot enough water!

WHIP IT!

At what point... ever... in history... was Ireland "famous for" coffee??

WHIP IT!

WHIP IT! wrote: »

At what point... ever... in history... was Ireland "fanous for" coffee??

Never. That, using "here", and the fact that you'd never be given fake coffee in Ireland, was meant to imply a different country.

Jamiekelly

You put the lime in the coffee cup and charge alotta muny.

exaisle

Anybody got a view on Nespresso machines?

*lights blue touch-paper and stands well back....

uck51js9zml2yt

Thespoofer wrote: »

To be honest, I think that Frank and Honest coffee isn't great, to be frank, ahem.

I prefer an honest opinion and to be frank , F&H is dire.

WHIP IT!

exaisle wrote: »

Anybody got a view on Nespresso machines?

*lights blue touch-paper and stands well back....

I got one. Huge fan.

Jawgap

exaisle wrote: »

Anybody got a view on Nespresso machines?

*lights blue touch-paper and stands well back....

As a convenience they're ok (I've got one) but my preference is fresh ground.

listermint

The whole sets me up for the day ****e means your addicted.

Your day was setup before coffee. Since you started drinking it regularly you can't function..... Tells you something

exaisle

Jawgap wrote: »

As a convenience they're ok (I've got one) but my preference is fresh ground.

I just see them as a way for coffee sellers to charge exhorbitant prices...in the same way as printer manufacturers sell relatively cheap machines and then sell a very small amount of printer ink at very high prices..
They're also very wasteful...

Compare what a bag of coffee beans costs in comparison to the same amount of actual coffee from Nespresso...

nailer54321

Over priced, ffs 3euro for a coffee and keeps going up,

tomwaterford

Absolutely vile smell off it aswell....

almost as bad as bring around people who eat fish for lunch..

Gross

listermint

listermint wrote: »

The whole sets me up for the day ****e means your addicted.

Your day was setup before coffee. Since you started drinking it regularly you can't function..... Tells you something

You're assuming people care they're addicted to coffee. My mum certainly doesn't mind being addicted to her tea.

Fanny Wank

Like a lot of things it's ok to like coffee, try different blends (I don't drink it at all btw). No different to anything else it's not ok to bore the **** out of me about it

I remember someone showing me pictures on their phone (I didn't want to see them). So many had them carrying (their words) the "obligatory" takeaway coffee. **** off

dudara

exaisle wrote: »

I just see them as a way for coffee sellers to charge exhorbitant prices...in the same way as printer manufacturers sell relatively cheap machines and then sell a very small amount of printer ink at very high prices..
They're also very wasteful...

Compare what a bag of coffee beans costs in comparison to the same amount of actual coffee from Nespresso...

It is a convenience item that has been marketed to hell, but it's very useful for a house like ours which really only makes coffee at the weekend or very occasionally during the week. A bag of beans would be wasted on us. It's not the best coffee but neither is it terrible, and you can have different strengths/styles depending.

You can also return the used capsules to Nespresso for recycling, they even provide bags for you to do so.

AnneFrank

I snort two lines every morning, no need for water or milk

OldMrBrennan83

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barneygumble99

I like coffee and tea. I stop for coffee every morning on the way to work but I never drink it at home. Tea always. My favourite coffee - Costa cappuccino. The only thing that annoys me about coffee drinkers are the ones that say unless it's freshly ground or if it comes from a machine in a petrol station or a chain , it must be gack. Each to their own, live and let live etc

OldMrBrennan83

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Motivator

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I'm as far from a beardy hipster as it gets (jury is well out on the 'twat' part :pac:), but I prefer a dirty Columbian because it tastes like gack! Really it's just the taste I prefer, sort of like a bitter hit that I just never found with tea. I grew up of course drinking tea, but about 16 I had a first taste of coffee and just preferred it over tea.

I see my own young lad now and he prefers 'exotic' teas like green tea, fruit tea, camomile tea (it tastes like straw ffs!), and now when we're out he'll buy himself an iced tea, or tea with lemon. That was a fancy drink when I was his age!

So really what you’re saying is that you and your son are losers?

Esse85

Costa and Starbucks coffee is rotten and similar to rotten fast food outlets like McDonalds or Burger King where its all about branding/marketing and less emphasis on the actual product itself, whereas give me a coffee from an independent coffee store or a takeaway from an independent Italian chipper any day.

andekwarhola

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Odd thing to feel strongly about.

You don't read the forum a lot, I presume.

meeeeh

I like coffee. I'm not fussy about it and I certainly don't bother with independent roasted faff, I'm quite happy with Illy and slightly less happy with lavazza lately. I usually drink about five espressos by mid day and I probably am addicted to it.

As for independent coffee culture stuff it always amazes me how five years ago Starbucks was the height of coffee sophistication and now the same people are waxing lyrical about mellow taste of fruity beans from a Columbian farmer living six day walk away from the civilisation. And paying 10 euro per 100 gram bag because it's part of the experience.

OldMrBrennan83

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The J Stands for Jay

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You're assuming people care they're addicted to coffee. My mum certainly doesn't mind being addicted to her tea.

I hate when other people's addictions start impacting the rest of us. People showing up late with a paper cup from wherever on their hands. Refusing to do any work because they can't function without a cup of coffee.

LincolnHawk

You're wrong OP. Coffee is nectar of the gods

whoopsadoodles

What if the people carrying those coffee cups as their badge of honour are actually carrying tea?

tedpan

Conor74 wrote:

Hearing that someone can't function without their flat white...give me a break.

This is down to drugs, whether it's alcohol, weed, sleeping tablets, pain killers, the list goes on and on. Most people think they need coffee and are in denial about their personal habits. It's horrible stuff.

MadDog76

I don't like tea, never have ........... I remember having to sit my parents down when I was about 14/15 and telling them both that tea just wasn't for me ........ my Mother struggled to hold the tears back, my Father left the room and couldn't look me in the eye for weeks ......... anyway, they eventually got over it.

I only started drinking coffee a couple of years ago and I do love it but keep it to 2/3 cups a day .......... I don't buy into the whole coffee snobbery though, the Lidl stuff is just as good as the coffee from 3Fe.

Dreading having to tell my Dad that I'm a coffee drinker though!!!

munster87

Motivator wrote: »

So really what you’re saying is that you and your son are losers?

Well...that was a bit uncalled for

El Horseboxo

I love coffee and would buy expensive blends. But I never buy a coffee outside of what I make myself and I couldn't give a fu<k if I don't have one in the morning. Also bet most of my friends wouldn't even know I like coffee. I hate the whole coffee culture. People acting like they can't function until they get their coffee when there's fu<k all caffeine in one. Actually the shït they're ordering from Starbucks is closer to a milkshake anyways.

The J Stands for Jay

tedpan wrote: »

This is down to drugs, whether it's alcohol, weed, sleeping tablets, pain killers, the list goes on and on. Most people think they need coffee and are in denial about their personal habits. It's horrible stuff.

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whisky_galore

WHIP IT! wrote: »

At what point... ever... in history... was Ireland "fanous for" coffee??

Mousewar

I'm always a bit suspicious of something that everyone says they can't function without when everyone functioned perfectly well without it not so long ago. That's marketing for you.

Romantic Rose

I've been drinking coffee for all of my adult life and I've definitely got a taste for the better beans. I had a horrible coffee a few weeks ago, it tasted like dishwater. Maybe it's a psychological thing but I feel like when I get my caffeine fix in the morning I feel better.

The only thing I feel bad about now is how many disposable cups I went through. I'm more aware of environmentally friendly cups now and I'd bring my own usually or just not take the plastic lid with me.