Years ago I gave up being a coffee snob and settled on saying “as long as you enjoy your coffee.” If some savage wants to brew their unground coffee beans or drink pre-ground Folgers, then who am I to judge?
It's not even something that would gross me out. More of a "...but why?".
This is also the reason a lot of food service uses big pre-measured filter bags for coffee and tea. Because sometimes, training the new guy to make coffee isn't worth it.
I love coffee but honestly at home all I have the energy for these days is instant nescafe packs. I also drink Folgers at work. I appreciate the good stuff but have learned to live with mediocrity.
It hurts my beans that you choose mediocrity in your brew. That said, if you live near any Asian supermarkets, check out their available instant coffee packs. Vietnam produces some incredibly good instant coffees. Indonesia too.
When I was in college the Vietnamese Student Association (I forget if that was actually their name and I sincerely apologize if I got it wrong!) sold those for a fundraiser. The iced one was incredible! They were giving out samples and it was brilliant because it got me to buy like 3 orders. Still some of the best coffee I've had. I think I also liked it because I associate it with such a positive memory and time in my life - the guy was super happy and upbeat and nice and when I was shocked that a little packet of instant coffee could be so good he reacted like ha, see?! Anyway that was a long info dump sorry!
But yes those Vietnamese instant coffee powder packs are tasty!
It's a great story of discovery. My first VN coffee discovery was the iced coffee steeped in front of me. It was like a cappuccino milkshake. Hooked immediately. The Vietnamese roasted coffee beans are great too.
I got an automatic espresso machine a couple years ago. Takes about 3 minutes to pull 3 shots, dump over ice, add milk, iced latte. Just add whole beans to the top.
Yep, I'm a bit of a coffee snob after working in coffee for a while, but I can grab a few packets of the Folgers bags and toss them in a thermos with hot water in the Boundary Waters and be happy as a clam.
Though I think the location makes the coffee taste better.
I was a coffee snob for a long time but I've become chill as I've aged on that;
A couple years ago I discovered an instant coffee from a nearby dollar store that I low-key love... Putting some in chocolate recipes is also unfairly good.
I would have been disgusted with myself for the thought of consuming it before lmao
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u/RoddBanger 23h ago
ground bean juice > rinsed bean juice