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Brilliant_Rock
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How on earth did I miss this thread?!
I used to be happy with good ol' instant and was told I was snobby because I insisted on buying coffee from glass jars - Jacobs, Douwe Egberts and, when I was economising, Nestlé.
Then I met my now DH and realised what the term "coffee snob" really means. Suffice to say we do a regular trek out to a dodgy part of the city 90 minutes away so that we can buy his special coffee. He then talks to the owner about full roast this and light that and how bad the last harvest was in Colombia and how Ethiopian compares to Kenyan and how the cold weather up there is going to affect next year's beans and and and who knows what all else while I just stand there, eyes glazing over, with absolutely no idea what any of this means.
My "on the go" coffee comes from a place in our town that is, quite literally, a hole in the wall. It's called Under the Arch and is in what used to be a jail cell, back in the early 1800s. It's about 4'x4', the walls are a foot thick and the window still has the original metal bars. Our barista is AMAZING and we are often forced to go without him for days on end so that he can bugger off to who knows where to compete in local and national barista championships.
We don't have Starbucks in South Africa and we certainly don't have Dunkies, but I've had Starbucks while travelling overseas and find their coffee to be quite disappointing. I didn't know why until DH pointed out, in an insufferably supercilious tone, "they over roast their beans". Whatever that means.
Friends have sent me Dunkies and it's marginally better, but it's... I don't know. Not "proper" coffee? Ugh. I don't know. I'm used to good coffee now. Third world problems, yo.
Anyway. Pictures. The first three (if I manage to do this properly) are of the dodgy place in the city. They've been around for a hundred years and you can see why. You do a sort of sideways shuffle into the shop - space is limited because they have bags and bags of coffee everywhere. They roast it for you on the spot, so that you can take it home while fresh and warm. Oh, and when I bring my American friends here, they initially give me the side-eye and then freak out at how good the coffee is, and how cheap!
The final pic is of the laminate posted at my jail cell coffee place and it tells their story - I hope it's big enough to be legible!
Man, if you people are into coffee, you need to come out to Africa!
I used to be happy with good ol' instant and was told I was snobby because I insisted on buying coffee from glass jars - Jacobs, Douwe Egberts and, when I was economising, Nestlé.
Then I met my now DH and realised what the term "coffee snob" really means. Suffice to say we do a regular trek out to a dodgy part of the city 90 minutes away so that we can buy his special coffee. He then talks to the owner about full roast this and light that and how bad the last harvest was in Colombia and how Ethiopian compares to Kenyan and how the cold weather up there is going to affect next year's beans and and and who knows what all else while I just stand there, eyes glazing over, with absolutely no idea what any of this means.
My "on the go" coffee comes from a place in our town that is, quite literally, a hole in the wall. It's called Under the Arch and is in what used to be a jail cell, back in the early 1800s. It's about 4'x4', the walls are a foot thick and the window still has the original metal bars. Our barista is AMAZING and we are often forced to go without him for days on end so that he can bugger off to who knows where to compete in local and national barista championships.
We don't have Starbucks in South Africa and we certainly don't have Dunkies, but I've had Starbucks while travelling overseas and find their coffee to be quite disappointing. I didn't know why until DH pointed out, in an insufferably supercilious tone, "they over roast their beans". Whatever that means.
Friends have sent me Dunkies and it's marginally better, but it's... I don't know. Not "proper" coffee? Ugh. I don't know. I'm used to good coffee now. Third world problems, yo. Anyway. Pictures. The first three (if I manage to do this properly) are of the dodgy place in the city. They've been around for a hundred years and you can see why. You do a sort of sideways shuffle into the shop - space is limited because they have bags and bags of coffee everywhere. They roast it for you on the spot, so that you can take it home while fresh and warm. Oh, and when I bring my American friends here, they initially give me the side-eye and then freak out at how good the coffee is, and how cheap!
The final pic is of the laminate posted at my jail cell coffee place and it tells their story - I hope it's big enough to be legible!
Man, if you people are into coffee, you need to come out to Africa!
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