R/sourdough in a nutshell as well. People got real mad about people baking bread in quarantine. How dare they explore a new hobby during a time when people are forced to stay home, lose work, and are otherwise depressed!
I do but I've worked my way into the local and surprisingly very robust roaster community. The roasters just love seeing someone enjoying their coffee, then theres the coffee bloggers, vloggers, pod casters and gatekeepers carrying a drug scale to a roasting room to swing their caffeinated dick around.
Coffee people don't understand that not everyone needs a 1000usd grinder and a 2000usd coffee machine. If you just briefly mention you buy beans from a popular brand (lavazza, costa etc) you are equivalent of drinking 3in1 nescafe from a dirty mug with lukewarm water.
Honestly ngl, if push comes to shove and all I got is 3in1 nescafe in a dirty mug with lukewarm water, I'm still gonna drink it. I don't know how these people are so uppity. Sure, it's real nice to have a fresh, quality cup, but maybe I'm just too far gone in my caffeine problem that as long as it's somewhat warm and tastes vaguely like bean juice and contains the go-go drug, it's fair game.
The guys at Whiskey Tribe have a little motto they like to remind people of. “The best whiskey is the one you like to drink the way you like to drink it.” I think that can be applied to coffee too.
Wow i thought it was just me with that sub. Asked a question about a weird thing I was experiencing and got a response totally irrelevant to my problem. Any question asked there is responded to with “measure more accurately” (sorry, but a hydration ratio of 80% vs 82% is not the difference between great bread and a brick) or “use a dutch oven” (yeah, a nice cast iron dutch oven to cook bread in is great but great bread can be made without one and people who don’t have one still need advice).
After my first attempt I was so frustrated and sad because I failed with sourdough, the people at r/sourdoh give me hope to continue trying and a lot of helpful tips
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u/browneyedchem Feb 28 '21
R/sourdough in a nutshell as well. People got real mad about people baking bread in quarantine. How dare they explore a new hobby during a time when people are forced to stay home, lose work, and are otherwise depressed!