http://jasonmorris.blogsome.com/2007/09/09/coffee-snob/ Random thoughts, observations, and nonsense from my mind Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://jasonmorris.blogsome.com/2007/09/09/coffee-snob/#comment-152 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:26:51 +0100 http://jasonmorris.blogsome.com/2007/09/09/coffee-snob/#comment-152 Sometimes my point is simply proven for me. Sometimes we have to put down our prideful snobbery and think of the consumer. For my own personal use, I never buy pre-ground coffee. I also detest flavored coffees. However, plenty of young and old ladies in our congregation do enjoy a cup of chocolate raspberry or cinnamon sticky bun. On a typical Sunday our church offers a regular (Costa Rican, Sumatra, Ethiopian, etc), a flavor (numerous choices), and a decaf. You know, it could be worse...we could serve Starbucks, Folgers, or Marsh brand coffee. However, we chose to go with a roaster who provides a consistent quality that snobs and average coffee drinkers alike can appreciate. By the way, the roaster in question is a member in "good standing" with the SCAA. And also, if a true coffee snob would not offer flavored coffees, what about other flavored drinks...vanilla lattes, for example? Isn't that just another way of covering up the beauty of the product? Sometimes my point is simply proven for me. Sometimes we have to put down our prideful snobbery and think of the consumer. For my own personal use, I never buy pre-ground coffee. I also detest flavored coffees. However, plenty of young and old ladies in our congregation do enjoy a cup of chocolate raspberry or cinnamon sticky bun. On a typical Sunday our church offers a regular (Costa Rican, Sumatra, Ethiopian, etc), a flavor (numerous choices), and a decaf. You know, it could be worse…we could serve Starbucks, Folgers, or Marsh brand coffee. However, we chose to go with a roaster who provides a consistent quality that snobs and average coffee drinkers alike can appreciate. By the way, the roaster in question is a member in “good standing” with the SCAA. And also, if a true coffee snob would not offer flavored coffees, what about other flavored drinks…vanilla lattes, for example? Isn’t that just another way of covering up the beauty of the product?

]]> http://jasonmorris.blogsome.com/2007/09/09/coffee-snob/#comment-150 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:10:34 +0100 http://jasonmorris.blogsome.com/2007/09/09/coffee-snob/#comment-150 I am not sure who is the rude snob here. The vendor who said "Uh yea we are diametrically opposed to grinding coffee" or the blogger who says "I am adamantly opposed from buying coffee from ..." a vendor who dares to follow the SCAA rules for getting the most out of a cup of coffee. The Speciality Coffee Association of America says the the flavor of coffee drastically diminishes after being ground 1 hour. One thing for sure though a coffee snob would never purchase preground coffee or flavored coffee. Coffee roasters that pre-ground coffee and flavor coffee with spray on oils like "Cinnamon Sticky Bun" are not snobs either. It is companies like this that have to give coffee brewing equipment to their accounts because it is the only way to hook an account with sub standard coffee. These companies are restaurant grade coffee not speciality coffee. I don't mind individuals that drink this stuff but don't call yourself a coffee snob. I don't mind churches that settle for this grade of coffee either. It is a statement about a church's taste and .. well while some are happy with this chocolate raspberry preground stuff. A real coffee snob will have to bring their own coffee to this church. I am not sure who is the rude snob here. The vendor who said “Uh yea we are diametrically opposed to grinding coffee” or the blogger who says “I am adamantly opposed from buying coffee from …” a vendor who dares to follow the SCAA rules for getting the most out of a cup of coffee. The Speciality Coffee Association of America says the the flavor of coffee drastically diminishes after being ground 1 hour. One thing for sure though a coffee snob would never purchase preground coffee or flavored coffee. Coffee roasters that pre-ground coffee and flavor coffee with spray on oils like “Cinnamon Sticky Bun” are not snobs either. It is companies like this that have to give coffee brewing equipment to their accounts because it is the only way to hook an account with sub standard coffee. These companies are restaurant grade coffee not speciality coffee. I don’t mind individuals that drink this stuff but don’t call yourself a coffee snob. I don’t mind churches that settle for this grade of coffee either. It is a statement about a church’s taste and .. well while some are happy with this chocolate raspberry preground stuff. A real coffee snob will have to bring their own coffee to this church.

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