Coffee

lol duh of course it is. This machine is some crappy thing where you push buttons so I don't actually see what's happening. I see what you mean about the double and wondered but, again, it's behind the scenes. There's an option for single espresso and one for double but I have no idea what that actually means. WFH and have had 2 coffees. Just normal ones. Because I know you're all wondering.

I've also been drinking caffeine free diet coke. I'm not happy about it but I'm doing it.

xp: I suggest using either the keel, troy pond, pood, corgee, or cullingey.

https://www.seriouseats.com/the-case-for-bad-coffee

ha, I really enjoyed that, thank you

Fresh diner coffee will always have a place in my heart. I also have always liked Chock Full o’ Nuts, and I have nice memories of the first jet lagged, frothy cup of Nescafé with sugar.

I like the simplicity of my one cup pour over system though.

i grew up on instant though i am not really nostalgic for it tbh but i do enjoy diner coffee

I believe it was in orbit who said that bad coffee is really its own beverage category: “hot brown liquid,” and sometimes that is all you need ( or want)

If you add chickory to bad coffee it becomes a little better. If I ran a diner I would do this

Sorry I meant cinnamon

I also grew up on instant, plus the same supermarket brands the writer mentions, but it's difficult to imagine regressing back to that stuff as one's daily intake. Like, really difficult. Diner coffee is fine if fresh (though I'm seldom in diners anymore).

Baristas who think“Room for milk” is like a centimeter of space at the top just kill me

Chock full has vanished here as of the pandemic. Was my go-to for cold brew partly bcuz i remember my parents, when it became available in Cali in the late 1970s, acting as it was holy grail for coffee. They otherwise brewed Yuban. I just got a 3# tin of Kirkland ground for my next cold brews. . .

Chock full of deez nutz

I believe it was in orbit who said that bad coffee is really its own beverage category: “hot brown liquid,” and sometimes that is all you need ( or want)
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie)

Did ***I*** say that?? How odd. Maybe! There's definitely good bad coffee and bad good coffee.

instant coffee tastes best out of a styrofoam cup walking on a dilapidated pier on a cloudy day

Great piece.

The best coffee is any that’s accompanied by a smoke

xps I usually come across Chock Full at places like Costco and BJ's rather than the grocery store, and yes, I cannot see the name without thinking of Dre or this NewsRadio moment for that matter.

What is the type of person who would want this Willy Wonka-esque Stag kettle I just got an ad for

https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/440965724_944182827713582_7332153558600439641_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=LsgqPSZuFjYQ7kNvgE3E57C&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AYBoO5mg4iDxjfxBWTsoWeo0hThD-0LvrXmuykJp3uIMGA&oe=66654C13

I don't love that specific color combination but I have nothing against a brightly colored kettle in theory.

I like it! definitely know some people who could fit it into their kitchen style

isn't that more for the electric kettle thread?

just got around to checking out the piece upthread, great read, thanks

Yes, great piece, quincie.

Reminds me of the big Chock Full O Nuts painted sign that was in New York, not sure if it's still there or when

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Chock_fullof_nuts.jpg?20120831120154

Horn & Hardart, the venerable automat brand that featured in so many 1930s-1960s movies about life in New York City is testing the market for bringing back the automat and starting with branded coffee.

https://hornandhardart.com/blogs/blog/reviving-horn-hardart-why-automat-coffee

Joan Crawford drinking coffee at an automat in Sadie McKee (1943)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FMv2Oqko5Q

I’d welcome the return of the automat! Not sure anyone under the age of 50 knows what it is tho

I really liked that article, but though I don't see eye-to-eye with the author about coffee. When I talk to people about coffee, the first thing I usually ask is if they drink it black. If they put sweetener and/or whatever type of milk, then I know we're looking for a slightly different experience.

I will say that I've always repped for diner coffee and I agree with the author that I have far more memorable positive experiences drinking improvised whatever-is-around coffee than high-priced hipster stuff, which when I travel almost always tends to be afternoon coffee and therefore a bad idea (for me). I always enjoy the first morning cup more than the lunchtime cup if I'm honest. I don't know why I still insist on having that second cup. Maybe it's addiction.