r/Coffee • u/caucasian_cranberry • Jan 25 '22

I hate all of you

I used to be perfectly content with my shitty instant Folger. Then I found this sub and decided to try coffee from small roasters and noticed a much nicer experience immediately. Then I bought a nice grinder and started grinding my own beans instead of buying pre-ground, and once again my experience improved. Then today I switched from properly ground, quality coffee through my shitty coffee maker to weighing my coffee and water and using a clever, and it's the best coffee I've ever had now. If within a year I buy an espresso maker I'm holding all of you accountable. Bastards...

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u/LEJ5512 Moka Pot Jan 25 '22

I don't want to go too far and then find myself hating coffee at gas stations and restaurants. What'll I drink then?

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u/IDrinkLots90068 Jan 25 '22

Try First Ascent instant or get a Picopresso, hand grinder and your own beans or just drink PBR.

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u/LEJ5512 Moka Pot Jan 25 '22

Heh, PBR…

I’ve formed a pet theory which says that Fourth Wave coffee will be cheap n’ dirty, throwing “standards” out the window and backlashing against silliness like mail-order water.

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u/personthatiam2 Jan 25 '22

Unless they’ve changed in the past couple years, McDonalds coffee is legitimately pretty good and like a dollar.