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  • Yelta
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    Originally posted by flynnaus View Post
    Come on Yelta, there must be some things in life you are prepared to fork out more for in the name of hedonism. Life's too short
    G'day Flynn,

    Yep, I have my moments, just spent a month in the US enjoying some of what the land of Trump has to offer, it's a great country, a shame we cant escape politics.

    Spent time in the Appalachians, music, food, wonderful hospitality, more music, more food, and so it went.

    I bought another ukulele, Heather bought a dulcimer, as I said, we have our moments.

    However payin $55 for a cup of coffee ain't one of em.

    PS Forgot to mention the moonshine! its good! Popcorn Sutton is alive and well, and, the stuff sells for a lot less than $55 a jar, about 500 ml.
    Last edited by Yelta; 25 August 2017, 06:58 PM.

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  • flynnaus
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    Originally posted by Yelta View Post
    I thought it was "a fool and his money soon party" but, given events over the last 12 months, it could well be "a fool and his money are soon elected"
    Come on Yelta, there must be some things in life you are prepared to fork out more for in the name of hedonism. Life's too short

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  • flynnaus
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    Originally posted by greenman View Post
    I have paid $20 for some amazing Panama Geisha brews, part of the experience was the brewer giving taste descriptors of the bean, how it was processed, about the farmer who nurtured the crop, smelling a sample of the ground beans, watching them painstakingly brewing the magic elixer and finally savouring the delicate refined flavours emanating from the brew, it was a total experience well worth the price tag, could I distinguish between the $20 brew and the $55 brew, I doubt it but it would be nice trying!!!
    Yes I would cough up $20 for that experience. You're making my mouth water. I'm off to the grinder.

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  • greenman
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    Originally posted by flynnaus View Post
    Mind you, the $55 ask would have me questioning whether it is worth 10x more than a good SO filter brew.
    I have paid $20 for some amazing Panama Geisha brews, part of the experience was the brewer giving taste descriptors of the bean, how it was processed, about the farmer who nurtured the crop, smelling a sample of the ground beans, watching them painstakingly brewing the magic elixer and finally savouring the delicate refined flavours emanating from the brew, it was a total experience well worth the price tag, could I distinguish between the $20 brew and the $55 brew, I doubt it but it would be nice trying!!!

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  • HowardJones
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    Originally posted by flynnaus View Post
    I wouldn't consider yourself unworthy Rocky. The inability to use the correct taste descriptors shouldn't reduce your enjoyment.
    Yes. Like Rocky, I'm a red wine fan and once bought a bottle of Grange, and looked forward to drinking it for ten years. Then when I did, anticipating the heavens to shine upon my taste buds, I found it tasted like... red wine. But, I can say I've had it and I won't die wondering. Likewise if it were closer to where I live I would go for the $55 shot of coffee - to see why people pay so much, for a start. It's cheaper than a bottle of Grange anyway!

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  • flynnaus
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    I wouldn't consider yourself unworthy Rocky. The inability to use the correct taste descriptors shouldn't reduce your enjoyment. I wouldn't care if genuine connoisseurs would look down their nose at a summary of, "that's a bloody good brew". Mind you, the $55 ask would have me questioning whether it is worth 10x more than a good SO filter brew.

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  • Rocky
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    I have been a Wine and Coffee enthusiast all my adult life but I long ago reconciled myself to the fact that with a few exceptions, only people who actually work in the industry are able to develop a palate that is knowledgeable and discriminating enough to appreciate and differentiate the extreme subtleties involved at the top end of both these fields.
    As an example, I drank quite a number of 30 year old Grange Hermitage vintages in the late '90 & early 2000s. (I had been stacking them down when I was a young bloke and had plenty of money before I got married)
    I had a a lot of experience with red wine as an enthusiastic amateur, and I could tell that the Grange was an exceptional wine but could never identify all the subtle elements mentioned by the experts (like Len Evans).
    It would be the same with this bean - it would be largely wasted on me.

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