I am a Snob

26Jun08

As you can see below, I have started to work for Starbucks once again.  With the job comes an array of coffee knowledge and a taste palate trained for discerning notes in the drink.  You could compare it to a wine connoisseur who knows the in and outs of each brew.  It’s amazing how many different flavors you can find in a single cup of coffee.

My snobbery of coffee, however, is returning.  The coffee of which I am drinking this morning is not appeasing what-so-ever, and is actually somewhat difficult to gulp.  Canned coffee in a drip pot to fresh ground coffee in a french press is like Long John Silver’s to Red Lobster.  There is simply no comparison.

I am grateful that Rhonda makes coffee for the office every morning.  It is not her fault that this is not great coffee, it is just the nature of it.  In the weeks to come I hope to provide this place with some good, fresh ground beans that are palatable.

About two months had passed before I could get used to drinking non-gourmet coffee, and it seems as if I have entered into the same mindset once again.  It is something I both hate and love.  I hate it because this severely limits the coffee I enjoy.  I love it because I enjoy the coffee.  What is this world coming to?


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  1. 1 Matt on 26 June, 2008 said:

    I agree with the superiority of Starbucks Coffee. It’s like having a Lincoln instead of a Crown Victoria, right? Or a Cadillac instead of an Impalla. You pay more for the same thing, only what you pay more for is actually better, if you know what you’re looking for. However, I appreciate Rhonda for making us coffee in the morning and wouldn’t go telling the world that her coffee is hard to gulp. Sinner.

  2. 2 mike on 27 June, 2008 said:

    A few thoughts…

    I would like to point out that there is virtually no difference between Red Lobster and Long John Silver except maybe the price and the fact that Silver hands out paper hats from time to time.

    To me the best coffee is the coffee that I dont have to make, and for the record, I would submit that Dunkin Donut’s coffee smokes the variety found at Starbucks…

    born in sin…com’on in

  3. 3 rhonda on 27 June, 2008 said:

    sorry that you find my coffee “unpalatable” and “hard to gulp”….next time i’ll dial back the SPIT! lol I mean, its not like I come up onstage and knock the guitar from your hands…sheesh.

    Can I take this to mean I’m relieved of my coffee making duties?

    I want the blueberry scones recipe and perhaps we can put this all behind us!

  4. 4 simplymurray on 30 June, 2008 said:

    I wanted to comment for the sake of commenting..

    Coffee, no matter who makes it.. tastes like dirt!

  5. 5 Les on 1 July, 2008 said:

    YOU ARE A SNOB!!! Ok, now I feel better. FYI there are fishing lures that contain coffee as an attractant — let that sink in for a while — that was long enough. Let me get this straight, soon I’ll be able to swing by Mick for an iced venti carmel latte then go over by Rhonda for a scone — count me in!!!

  6. 6 rhonda on 2 July, 2008 said:

    les you are a riot….annnnnnd…i got the scone recipe!

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