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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:35:37 -0500, jeff miller
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Dave LaCourse wrote:

On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:38:58 +0000, Lazarus Cooke
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I'm puzzled by this thread. Coffee in the USA is wretchedly bad - as
bad as, say, democracy in Somalia.

Yet you're all wittering on about details of coffee-making that don't
matter a whisker unless there's a basic understanding in the country
about what constitutes decent cup of coffee.

Which isn't there.

L


It's all about personal tastes. My mom used to use Maxwell House in a
perculator. Tasted fine to me. Then I joined the Navy and drank Navy
coffee. Very strong, but I learned to drink it black (out of
necessity). I was never satisfied with the coffee my wife made
because it wasn't strong enough.

Now I use a Braun coffee make with "designer" coffee. Mr. Miller, a
famous roffian, gifted me with a coffee grinder. I honestly can not
tell the difference between freshly ground and ground coffee. But, it
satisfies my taste. There are at least a thousand other things that
concern me more than the taste of my morning coffee. I have no
trouble drinking coffee from Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, or any other
coffee shop, *as long as it isn't flavored*. Coffee is supposed to
taste like coffee, not some French vanilla bean.

Dave



hell chief, you do know that your navy experience simply seared all of
your coffee taste buds, don't you? but, on the bright side, you're
blessed with satisfaction with any and every cup of coffee offered you.
g

imo, as with vodka, gin, bourbon, scotch, beer, grits, collards,
etc...individual tastes differ enough that it is often impossible to
develop reliable standards in such things. (one of the best beers i've
tasted was home-brewed by danl)

however...of one thing i'm reasonably sure, there is a huge difference
between the taste of the coffee i now make by grinding relatively fresh
beans and the coffee i purchase at a retail store or infrequently make
from a grocery store grind.

Um, well, there's a huge difference between the taste of your
fresh-ground coffee and Roquefort vinaigrette, but a steaming hot cupful
of the latter doesn't really sound like a morning beverage to
me...YMMV...

still, i have no pretense that i'm making
good coffee

Then why are you continuing to do it? I mean, if I was going to some
trouble to make something to drink and didn't like it, I'd, well, stop
doing it or something...

...it's merely much better than my old luzianne, yuban,
maxwell house, folgers, eight o'clock, etc. days. we've come a long way
baby...and we've a way to go yet.

Ah...so YOU like it better...that makes a little more sense...again,
YMMV...

No, actually, he was speaking for the entire world.

Wolfgang
who notes that some people never quite master the trick of connecting words
and meanings.