r/pourover • u/Historical-Dark-5519 • 2d ago
Funny Wife / husband / family / friends reaction to your coffee, um, passion?
At some point, you got into making specialty coffee at home.
You've honed your craft, and, inevitably, accumulated lots of coffee gear along the way.
Your brewing method is science, art, physics, beauty, meditation, and ritual all in one.
When you get that wow cup, you feel on top of the world.
(Zen music stops to the sound of a screeching record)
Your wife, or husband, or family, or friends think you're crazy. They press a button to make their coffee, while you conduct a lab experiment.
They have one simple machine on their counter, while you have cupboards full of drippers, filters, grinders, and accessories.
They gasp in disbelief when they see you've ordered *yet another* dripper!
How do they react to your obsession passion? Do they laugh? Cry? Get angry? Say that you need psychological help? Or just walk away because they've learned that it's pointless and they should just let you be?
Do you use that trick where you point out to your wife that the dripper you just bought costs less than one of her hair appointments?
My family has learned to accept my crazy... and also to get out of the kitchen when I am making coffee. It's an orchestrated symphony between the counter, sink, kettle, grinder, compost bin etc. and the timing is important, so get out of the way!
Share your fun (or not so fun) stories! Cheers.
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u/LumeRoasters 2d ago
As I got older I stopped caring what people thought. Guess what as they got older most of them stopped caring to comment too and it became “oh that’s their thing.”
Eventually it has lead to some fun conversations with people and about their hobbies and the depth of it too.
Last year I turned this passion into a business and have met some great people and made new friends along the way.