Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Coffee Snobs Can Filter Themselves Or Get Cupped

I love my coffee, but I am also aware how artisanal (meaning arty-farty) it has become. I like good coffee, or great coffee ... but at times, coffee is just really just coffee. Still like my Nescafe and local coffees. Just relek-la and enjoy, don't judge too much.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisrodley/annoying-habits-of-australian-coffee-snobs#.ojQennbO6

21 Harsh Truths Every Coffee Snob Needs To Hear

Hold onto your soy piccolo lattes.

1. A latte is just a flat white in a goddamn glass.

Stop acting like there’s a subtle difference.

2. Nobody cares that you went overseas and the coffee was undrinkable. If it’s that important, you should never have left Melbourne.

3. Sugar shaming is never OK.

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4. Your favorite hipster cafĂ© could be a McDonald’s and you may not even know it.

5. When people say expresso instead of espresso, you need to be the better person.

In return, we’ll let it slide when you say double riz.

6. Coffee “tasting notes” are totally subjective.

Just like wine tasting.

7. Coffee doesn’t taste better if you brew it in a whimsical contraption.

8. If you really cared about taste, you’d drink out of blue cups.

A blue cup has been shown to make coffee taste less bitter than a white one.

9. Drinking coffee so strong that it causes chemical burns doesn’t prove your masculinity.

That’s what your beard is for.

10. You aren’t a scientist and you don’t need a laboratory flask.

11. Latte art often lacks creative discipline.

But not this 3D latte art cat.

12. Buying fair trade coffee is awesome, but shouldn’t be a substitute for giving to charity.

Helping those in poor nations – including millions of coffee farmers likely to be hit hard by climate change – requires more than just ethical consumption.

13. A much easier way to make cold brew is to leave your mug on your desk overnight and drink it in the morning.

14. Putting butter in coffee is not a thing.

And it’s based on dubious science.

15. You need to stop hanging fixies on the wall.

You need to stop hanging fixies on the wall.
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16. Generally speaking, you need to dial it down a couple notches because everything’s getting a little crazy.

17. Like the Sydney cafĂ© that banned food because it’s a “distraction”.

Artificer cafĂ© in Surry Hills “serves no food at all,” explains one review. “No distractions means that the focus is on the product.”

18. And coffee prices that are totally unhinged from reality.

Columbian “HR61” coffee was recently sold in Melbourne for $30 a cup. To be fair, scientists have found that a high price actually makes us think stuff tastes better.

19. You need to realise that instant is not a crime.

20. That the rest of us all live happy and fulfilling lives without ever worrying about microfoam.

21. And that there is something beautiful about a perfectly ordinary, non-artisanal cup of coffee.

21 Harsh Truths Every Coffee Snob Needs To Hear
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