I think I'm a coffee snob

Infernal Racket

Back in the day a good old cup of Maxwell house with the red label used to do the job. Now, the only instant coffee I can stand is Nescafe Azera Americano. I normally make filtered coffee and sometimes those little bullet things that I put in my wife's Nespresso machine. Have we all become a nation of coffee snobs with the amount of choice nowadays? I'm a bit bored at home and this is the only thing running through my head right now.

Good jib!

Nothing wrong with wanting to drink nice stuff. I've always been amazed at the amount people spend on rubbish (crap coffee, crap beer, crap food) when for feck all price difference you can get other nicer stuff.

Infernal Racket

Good jib! wrote: »

Nothing wrong with wanting to drink nice stuff. I've always been amazed at the amount people spend on rubbish (crap coffee, crap beer, crap food) when for feck all price difference you can get other nicer stuff.

€4 For a tub of Azera when it's on special and I'd say I get at least 30-40 cups out of it. Over €4 For a cup of slop on some places in the city

LukFwd

Maxwell house should be illegal

Feisar

Good jib! wrote: »

Nothing wrong with wanting to drink nice stuff. I've always been amazed at the amount people spend on rubbish (crap coffee, crap beer, crap food) when for feck all price difference you can get other nicer stuff.

If beer is an acquired taste one may as well acquire a taste for cheap beer.

is_that_so

LukFwd wrote: »

Maxwell house should be illegal

Noooooo! Junkies will always need a fix!

utyh2ikcq9z76b

Your drinking Nescafe Azera Americano & Nespresso that's far from a snob, you need to be drinking some organic arabica taken down the mountain on the back of virgins and washed with holy spring water before being transported in some carbon neutral way.

Each to their own. I lived for a spell in Italy, instant coffee simply doesn't exist over there. Certainly opened my eyes. You stop by a hatch on the street, sip your espresso normale and walk on. At home, the moka pot is ubiquitous. I brought one back with me, which now serves as my morning ritual. Lavazza Qualita Oro, a few minutes heating on the stove & the day is off to a flier.

banie01

Coffee snobs grind their own, and flick at least a bean a day.

Coffee snobs don't have a preferred instant, as instant is akin to drinking the piss one arranges an Atari jaguar to blast the azera with!

Effects

Gerry G wrote: »

I normally make filtered coffee and sometimes those little bullet things that I put in my wife's Nespresso machine.

You are nowhere near being a snob yet. Nespresso is for people who just think they are coffee snobs.

Chris_Heilong

In my book drinking anything that sounds Italian makes you a snob. But then again I gave up on coffee way before starbucks and the like arrived in the country so what do I know.

Mr E

Mod: Not really current affairs, OP (although it is important!)
I'll move this to After Hours.

Stevieluvsye

Tesco own brand instant.

Does me, but i'm not a big coffee drinker

ollkiller

Gerry G wrote: »

Back in the day a good old cup of Maxwell house with the red label used to do the job. Now, the only instant coffee I can stand is Nescafe Azera Americano. I normally make filtered coffee and sometimes those little bullet things that I put in my wife's Nespresso machine. Have we all become a nation of coffee snobs with the amount of choice nowadays? I'm a bit bored at home and this is the only thing running through my head right now.

Nescafe GOLD Espresso instant is lovely as well. I lived on the Azera for about a year but this one is nicer tasting and smoother.

Also if you put milk in your coffee you're not far removed from wolves.

Infernal Racket

Mr E wrote: »

Mod: Not really current affairs, OP (although it is important!)
I'll move this to After Hours.

Cheers Mr E, wasn't really sure where to put it. I think there should be a special section for people like me who think they are snobs but as it turns out may not have reached the acquired snob level just yet. I have heard of the coffee beans that are extracted from wild animal poo in some far flung corner of the world. When I graduate to this I'll have fully made it.

Infernal Racket

ollkiller wrote: »

Nescafe GOLD Espresso instant is lovely as well. I lived on the Azera for about a year but this one is nicer tasting and smoother.

Nescafe gold is piss. They stick a shiny label on it, that's the only difference between it and the regular red label stuff

gwalk

Nespresso machines pffft.

everyone knows that a filration vacuum like Gale in breaking bad is the way to go

Mr E

Gerry G wrote: »

Cheers Mr E, wasn't really sure where to put it. I think there should be a special section for people like me who think they are snobs but as it turns out may not have reached the acquired snob level just yet. I have heard of the coffee beans that are extracted from wild animal poo in some far flung corner of the world. When I graduate to this I'll have fully made it.

No worries. Have a look at the Coffee and Tea forum too...

LollipopJimmy

Nespresso is barely a step up from instant. I use a glass cup, grind my own and generally spend a while selecting a coffee, a quirky wee one I'm on at the moment is Red Rooster which isn't bad at all. I don't consider myself a coffee snob so I reckon you have a way to go!

Mad_maxx

Colombian gold packet in lidl

Nicer than lavazza in my view and I like lavazza

Duane Dibbley

I have a DeLonghi Magnifica S machine which produces my perfect coffee using Lavazza Crema e Aroma Coffee Beans.

I used to drink instant in work but now I work from home, I invested in a proper coffee machine.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Most instants are dreadful, especially Maxwell House and Folgers.


A decent strong Java in a filter drip does me nicely.

WB Yokes

Never drank a cup of coffee till i hit 30, im no connoisseur but maxwell house seems like piss water.

Im on the Kenco millicano atm, good stuff.

Agricola

That's not a snob. Sure I traveled to Columbia in the hold of a freight ship to source my own, exclusive and very special variety. That way, I was able to experience both the true joy and exhilaration of solo travel and to demonstrate my awareness of the importance of carbon neutrality. All the while drinking very good coffee indeed.

Graces7

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Tesco own brand instant.

Does me, but i'm not a big coffee drinker

a kindred spirit.. I cannot get to Tesco any more but supervalu 98 cents super rich roast is better than nescafe gold by far.. Oh and I get sent folgers singles from the US from a friend ie ground coffee .

Mad_maxx

I have one of those old Italian moka coffee pots, prefer the experience to a near instant coffee machine

Graces7

Mr E wrote: »

No worries. Have a look at the Coffee and Tea forum too...

I did years ago; took a look and fled!

my3cents

Jesus Dry Triangle wrote: »

Your drinking Nescafe Azera Americano & Nespresso that's far from a snob, you need to be drinking some organic arabica taken down the mountain on the back of virgins and washed with holy spring water before being transported in some carbon neutral way.

Not as far from the truth as you may think but .....

Kopi luwak is made from coffee beans plucked from civets’ feces.

Plumbthedepths

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Each to their own. I lived for a spell in Italy, instant coffee simply doesn't exist over there. Certainly opened my eyes. You stop by a hatch on the street, sip your espresso normale and walk on. At home, the moka pot is ubiquitous. I brought one back with me, which now serves as my morning ritual. Lavazza Qualita Oro, a few minutes heating on the stove & the day is off to a flier.

One of my joys of my regular trips to Italy. Love the coffee over there. Making coffee there is almost an art form.

magic_murph

Gerry G wrote: »

€4 For a tub of Azera when it's on special and I'd say I get at least 30-40 cups out of it. Over €4 For a cup of slop on some places in the city

Read the back of the Azera packet - its something like 90% ground coffee (same as the maxwel house stuff) and 10% 'fancy coffee' - I agree though it is the nicest instant coffee.

The Nespresso stuff is hard to beat in fairness but the cost does add up over a year when compared to what you would spend on instant.

Aceandstuff

I'm still working through all the bricks of coffee I got in Lidl for 1.50 each a few years ago. And the beans from the cute little barrels they have at Christmas!

Cee-Jay-Cee

Gerry G wrote: »

Nescafe gold is piss. They stick a shiny label on it, that's the only difference between it and the regular red label stuff

Correct. Nescafe red label is the stuff that falls on the floor and is swept up and put in jars. The gold label stuff is the coffee that doesn't fall on the floor.

At home I drink Azera Americano and sometimes the Espresso (although its getting harder and harder to find at reduced prices) but do like a nice rich coffee when out and about. Costa's Americano is also pretty good but I prefer Insomnias.

On a side note, I was in a little 'coffee shop' (using the term loosely) in a small village and asked for a coffee. I just happened to catch sight of the gril behind the counter making coffee from what looked like an Aldi own brand instant coffee jar. When she brought over my coffee I asked if it was instant coffee from a jar and she confirmed it was. I asked it was that jar sitting behind the counter on the shelf and she confirmed it was. I asked how they could charge €3.50 for a coffee that costs around €1.50 in Aldi and she went red in the face at which point I got up and left.

AirAmp2019

I think you might have to start picking out the different flavours and aromas like some form of coffee sommelier in order to be classified a snob.

Sure don't we all need something to enjoy? Hot drinks are the best.

Infernal Racket

Is there somewhere I could train as a barista in a hurry? I don't want to do any long complicated courses where I have to study stuff to qualify. I'm looking for a quick fix online thing that will teach me just enough that I'm able to act even more snobbish about my coffee drinking?

Donnielighto

I buy kilo bags in coffee angel and use them in a french press at work and a french press or mokka pot at home.

Lewis_Benson

Nothing wrong with drinking good coffee.
I get the whole snob thing myself.
Same with Craft beers, if you like good beer you like good beer.
Each to their own and all that.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

I’ve hated every cup of coffee I’ve ever drank. All awful to me. I can’t say I’ve tried all the coffees but I’ve had various cups of the stuff handed to me throughout my life from instant to Nespresso to “this place does the best coffee” coffee and I hated it all.

I love caffeine so wish I liked coffee.

Greyfox

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

Nothing wrong with drinking good coffee.

True but their is something wrong with not accepting that people have different opinions on what is good coffee. I don't like instant coffee myself but the fact is some people actually prefer an instant coffee brand to other proper coffee brands.

Lewis_Benson

Greyfox wrote: »

True but their is something wrong with not accepting that people have different opinions on what is good coffee. I don't like instant coffee myself but the fact is some people actually prefer an instant coffee brand to other proper coffee brands.

More power to them.

Infernal Racket

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I’ve hated every cup of coffee I’ve ever drank. All awful to me. I can’t say I’ve tried all the coffees but I’ve had various cups of the stuff handed to me throughout my life from instant to Nespresso to “this place does the best coffee” coffee and I hated it all.

I love caffeine so wish I liked coffee.

That sucks

Greyfox

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I love caffeine so wish I liked coffee.

Not to worry, Lyons tea is much nicer

earlytobed

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

In my book drinking anything that sounds Italian makes you a snob. But then again I gave up on coffee way before starbucks and the like arrived in the country so what do I know.

I didn't know you had a book out

These threads always underline what a low-brow philistine I am, so uneducated is my palate and unrefined are my tastes.

I have one coffee a day, in the morning. You could give me a mug of instant own-brand or an infusion of hand polished beans ground on the molars of the gods and brewed in holy water from Lourdes, and it will all taste equally icky to me. Shame, because the health benefits of freshly brewed coffee are impressive.

Builders tea for me, a good stewing and a splash of milk. Every two hours and served in an ignorantly huge mug, please and thanks.

Stevieluvsye

They serve douwe egberts in my office.......Any good? Taste nice, but as i said, i like Tesco own brand instant

Franz Von Peppercorn II

I’d like to do a blind test someday of coffee snobs. See what they really know.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

I’d like to do a blind test someday of coffee snobs. See what they really know.

I put a bottle of wine through a sodastream and told people it was champagne. A couple had suspicions, but only a couple.

Thelonious Monk

Any kind of ground coffee beans in a French press pour moi. I'd like to taste the beans that have been digested by jaguars and shat out before I die.

jimgoose

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Any kind of ground coffee beans in a French press pour moi. I'd like to taste the beans that have been digested by jaguars and shat out before I die.

Asian palm civet, Chief. Not jaguars.

pappyodaniel

Gerry G wrote: »

and sometimes those little bullet things that I put in my wife's Nespresso machine.

Is that a euphemism?

cnocbui

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

I’d like to do a blind test someday of coffee snobs. See what they really know.

Yeah, especially those who think if you are paying anything less than €40 per Kg, it's obviously second rate.

Infernal Racket

cnocbui wrote: »

Yeah, especially those who think if you are paying anything less than €40 per Kg, it's obviously second rate.

Is it not?