The whole coffee fixation...

22-10-2017 04:40AM #1

...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 · 22-10-2017 04:45AM

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

jcorr · 22-10-2017 04:54AM

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.

__..__ · 22-10-2017 04:58AM

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 · 22-10-2017 05:00AM

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

mackeire · 22-10-2017 05:06AM

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.

22-10-2017 05:06AM

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! · 22-10-2017 05:19AM

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 · 22-10-2017 05:20AM

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 · 22-10-2017 05:37AM

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 · 22-10-2017 05:41AM

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 · 22-10-2017 05:55AM

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 · 22-10-2017 05:57AM

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Is your son an anarchist?

Possibly!! :pac:

Realt Dearg Sec · 22-10-2017 05:58AM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Is your son an anarchist?

Possibly!! :pac:

I know they believe proper tea is robbery.

Thespoofer · 22-10-2017 05:59AM

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.

22-10-2017 06:41AM

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 · 22-10-2017 06:47AM

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! · 22-10-2017 06:48AM

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

22-10-2017 06:53AM

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 · 22-10-2017 07:08AM

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

exaisle · 22-10-2017 07:21AM

Anybody got a view on Nespresso machines?

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

uck51js9zml2yt · 22-10-2017 07:27AM

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! · 22-10-2017 07:32AM

exaisle wrote: »

Anybody got a view on Nespresso machines?

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

I got one. Huge fan.

Jawgap · 22-10-2017 07:34AM

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 · 22-10-2017 07:41AM

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 · 22-10-2017 07:44AM

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 · 22-10-2017 07:46AM

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

tomwaterford · 22-10-2017 07:47AM

Absolutely vile smell off it aswell....

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

Gross

22-10-2017 08:06AM

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 · 22-10-2017 08:15AM

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 · 22-10-2017 08:26AM

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.

The whole coffee fixation...

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