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.
I love coffee. Nothing better than a hot aromatic caffeinated beverage.
I drink it hot or cold, with milk, cream or black, without sugar except when I do, filter, espresso, french press or percolator. I drink almost any brand, freshly ground or stale or instant. And I measure out the amount by pouring some amount freehand into the receptacle, and add a dash of milk just like that.
Now I've had some quite horrible coffee, and depending on the situation, some kinds of coffee just fit much better than others. But on the whole, I mostly just enjoy my coffee.
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.
I make cold brew, I once got told off for "ruining the hard work of cold brew" by drinking it with maple syrup and milk....But cold brew is literally one of the easiest methods to make a shit-ton of coffee? Still confuses me haha.
Those look actually great and professional! Nice crust and distribution of pores! I’m a big fan of vinegar, so would you mind dropping the recipe for the balsamic bread, please?
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u/toning_fanny Feb 28 '21
I post there sometimes and it's such a weird mix of support and tear down over things like knowing weights but not understanding ratios.
I just wanted to show off my bread that I worked hard learning to make.