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Are you a coffee snob?

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    snorkie
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    My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee and are now drinking Folgers. I can't taste much of a difference between the two and its free! Personally I would rather be hooked on the cheap stuff anyway!

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      My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee and are now drinking Folgers. I can't taste much of a difference between the two and its free! Personally I would rather be hooked on the cheap stuff anyway!

      Hogan

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      Wastedtalent
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      Yes, and Starbucks is like dishwater.

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        Yes, and Starbucks is like dishwater.

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        Good dishwater with lots of soap bubbles, or the used water with chunks of food after a long cleaning session?

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          Yes, and Starbucks is like dishwater.

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          Lost User
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          All coffee tastes like that, so that does not mean so much.

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            My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee and are now drinking Folgers. I can't taste much of a difference between the two and its free! Personally I would rather be hooked on the cheap stuff anyway!

            Hogan

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            Lost User
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            snorkie wrote:

            My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee

            Seriously? Expensive overpaid 'coffee'.

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              My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee and are now drinking Folgers. I can't taste much of a difference between the two and its free! Personally I would rather be hooked on the cheap stuff anyway!

              Hogan

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              Mark_Wallace
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              Not a fan of starbucks, or its fanboi following. Anyone who orders a "latte macchiato" obviously doesn't know anything about either coffee or the Italian language.

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                My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee and are now drinking Folgers. I can't taste much of a difference between the two and its free! Personally I would rather be hooked on the cheap stuff anyway!

                Hogan

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                den2k88
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                Starbucks coffee

                Oxymoron ;P I kind of like Starbucks, unlike most of italians, but I can usually spot the differences between coffees. Starbucks has the advantage of using ludicrous amount of milk and sweet creams so that every fallacy in the coffee is drown - in fact it doesn't even need to be sugared to be drank comfortably. With real espresso or moka coffee you end up feeling the differences much more markedly, even between different bars that use the same coffee (temperature, grounduing and set pressure of the machine change a lot).

                * CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF * GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X * Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game. * I'm a puny punmaker.

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                  My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee and are now drinking Folgers. I can't taste much of a difference between the two and its free! Personally I would rather be hooked on the cheap stuff anyway!

                  Hogan

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                  Slacker007
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                  Just remember, Folgers was around way before Starbucks. With that said, Folgers sucks. I prefer some of the stronger coffees, not much of stickler on brand names, as long as it has medium to bold flavor.

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                    Starbucks coffee

                    Oxymoron ;P I kind of like Starbucks, unlike most of italians, but I can usually spot the differences between coffees. Starbucks has the advantage of using ludicrous amount of milk and sweet creams so that every fallacy in the coffee is drown - in fact it doesn't even need to be sugared to be drank comfortably. With real espresso or moka coffee you end up feeling the differences much more markedly, even between different bars that use the same coffee (temperature, grounduing and set pressure of the machine change a lot).

                    * CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF * GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X * Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game. * I'm a puny punmaker.

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                    I used to love the smell of cafes, while I was in Italy -- except in the early morning, when they smell like fifty flavours of after-shave.

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                      I used to love the smell of cafes, while I was in Italy -- except in the early morning, when they smell like fifty flavours of after-shave.

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                      The coffee aisle in the grocery store is my favorite one. It smell way better than it tastes!

                      Hogan

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                        My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee and are now drinking Folgers. I can't taste much of a difference between the two and its free! Personally I would rather be hooked on the cheap stuff anyway!

                        Hogan

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                        CPallini
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                        I usually can taste the difference (I am talking about espresso, of course), but, at the end, what I really need is the caffeine.

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                          The coffee aisle in the grocery store is my favorite one. It smell way better than it tastes!

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                          That's spot on! You can get beans that smell absolutely incredible, enough to make your eyes tremble, but then the drink tastes like nothing at all!

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                            I usually can taste the difference (I am talking about espresso, of course), but, at the end, what I really need is the caffeine.

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                            I agree. I started because its free caffeine at the office!

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                              I used to love the smell of cafes, while I was in Italy -- except in the early morning, when they smell like fifty flavours of after-shave.

                              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                              Cafè + early morning + Italy = one Hell of a crowd of groggy-looking people wolfing down pastries and coffee with barely a trace of dignity. That arrives some minutes later.

                              * CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF * GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X * Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game. * I'm a puny punmaker.

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                                My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee and are now drinking Folgers. I can't taste much of a difference between the two and its free! Personally I would rather be hooked on the cheap stuff anyway!

                                Hogan

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                                Ron Anders
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                                The best part of waking up is folgers in your cup. - I think I'll get a refill. :-D

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                                  The coffee aisle in the grocery store is my favorite one. It smell way better than it tastes!

                                  Hogan

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                                  When I was a kid, you still had shops that roasted and ground their own coffee in most towns. (This was before "instant coffee" really took hold in the UK.) The smell when you walked in was superb!

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                                    Cafè + early morning + Italy = one Hell of a crowd of groggy-looking people wolfing down pastries and coffee with barely a trace of dignity. That arrives some minutes later.

                                    * CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF * GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X * Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game. * I'm a puny punmaker.

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                                    God, but I miss bomboloni breakfasts!

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                                      My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee and are now drinking Folgers. I can't taste much of a difference between the two and its free! Personally I would rather be hooked on the cheap stuff anyway!

                                      Hogan

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                                      Maximilien
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                                      Coffee is mostly coffee. Am I not a coffee snob. Most of the time, I buy regular vacuum sealed coffee (cimo, Illy...) from the supermarket for the office espresso machine. I also buy, when I go to a coffee shop, 3rd wave coffee (Anchored, Metropolis, Parallel...) for said office espresso machine. Is there a difference, yes; but like in most things like this, it is subtle, especially if you add sugar and/or milk. I assume Both your Starbucks and Folgers are generic ground coffee; and will taste like it; GF bought a keurig thing and the coffee is just OK drip coffee.

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                                        My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee and are now drinking Folgers. I can't taste much of a difference between the two and its free! Personally I would rather be hooked on the cheap stuff anyway!

                                        Hogan

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                                        I do enjoy coffee but not really a coffee snob. I always find the people who are coffee snobs are also the people who, when discussing steak, can't have it anything but rare\blue and can't simply say "I like it rare" but instead have to have a soliloquy of analogy; "If the stake has been more than pushed passed a candle on a roller-skate then I'm sending it back...there is no point in eating any steak that couldn't be revived by a good vet. You've ruined it unless it's only been heated by a 40W lightbulb swung from a cat's tail....." "I'll have mine medium, thanks."

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                                          snorkie wrote:

                                          My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks coffee

                                          Seriously? Expensive overpaid 'coffee'.

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                                          We don't have Starbucks (well, actually we have only one, fairly recent) in Italy and to tell you the truth, it would be useless here. We have hundreds of cafès and if someone is on the move he will take a coffee directly at the counter (very common) in less than two minutes instead of taking away. It usually costs around 1€ that way, and pastries too, so it's cheap. While I'm in London though Starbucks is a blessing: London requires an awful lot of walking and while being slightly warmer than the parts of Italy I come from it's also freaking windy and damp. Being able to keep on moving while holding a moderately sized cup of hot coffee is a real blessing from the skies - most of the time I'm not even interested in the coffee itself but anything warm would do. The usual italian way doesn't help as much since the coffee is extremely shorter and the few minutes in the heated cafè are never enough. Also the cities are smaller and more cramped so there is less to walk.

                                          * CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF * GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X * Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game. * I'm a puny punmaker.

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