Today, due to a lack of time and not being able to grind properly fatigued I was forced to buy a coffee outside. I went to one of the places Id drunk coffee before and thought it was pretty reasonable. I ordered a cup, starving for my coffee by 8am.
The result as you can guess was a coffee so hot I think I lost flesh from the inside of my cheeks....
It looked ok, but the froth soon disappeared to reveal boiled milk, unpleasant carmelised lactose, and some other flavour vaguely resembling coffee, pretty similar to nescafe blend 43.
As disgusting and undrinkable as this coffee was, it was probably not unlike dozens Id drunk before. But this time it was so unbearable to me because I know how much better coffee can be. It was simply inexcusable that anyone was selling that crap for any price let alone almost $4! :-X I refused to taint the holy sanctum which is my stomach with such an abomination and decided no caffeine fix was ever worth that.
Come on! If I can make something nice with my $76 Gaggia and some badly charred and under-roasted beans whats your excuse standing behind a $14k machine? If I never drop coin in a coffee establishment again it will not be a sad day. Long live home espresso...even home espresso on crappy equipment... ;D
The result as you can guess was a coffee so hot I think I lost flesh from the inside of my cheeks....

As disgusting and undrinkable as this coffee was, it was probably not unlike dozens Id drunk before. But this time it was so unbearable to me because I know how much better coffee can be. It was simply inexcusable that anyone was selling that crap for any price let alone almost $4! :-X I refused to taint the holy sanctum which is my stomach with such an abomination and decided no caffeine fix was ever worth that.
Come on! If I can make something nice with my $76 Gaggia and some badly charred and under-roasted beans whats your excuse standing behind a $14k machine? If I never drop coin in a coffee establishment again it will not be a sad day. Long live home espresso...even home espresso on crappy equipment... ;D
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