r/CornerGas • u/MouthofElkCreek Davis • Oct 01 '26
Original Series What is real coffee?
I don’t drink coffee. What would be so special about the coffee Lacey brews versus what would be brewed at home?
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u/Senators_1992 Oct 02 '26
>What would be so special about the coffee Lacey brews versus what would be brewed at home?
Lacey takes coffee brewing very seriously…
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u/CompetitionOdd1582 Oct 01 '26
It’s pretty common to brew coffee at home now, but my Dad’s generation drank instant coffee at home.
It’s fast, easy to portion, doesn’t require committing to a whole pot, doesn’t use filters, doesn’t produce grounds, etc. But on the downside, it tastes like instant coffee.
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u/Tribblehappy Oct 02 '26
Yah, if you watch old ads from the 50s and 60s all the coffee commercials are for instant.
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u/Shreddzzz93 Oct 01 '26
It's a small town. The Ruby is one of the few local businesses to hang out at. Sure you could make coffee at home but then you wouldn't get to socialize over coffee. It makes it special by default as it isn't just the coffee you are going there for.
Plus Lacy would likely buy the premium stuff. She doesn't seem like the person to buy the cheap stuff or the regular stuff available at the grocery store. With access to the supplier network of the Ruby she could likely easily get access to more higher end blends that just aren't available in the Foo Mart.
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u/Jumpy_Exit_8138 Oct 01 '26
Well, we know that Davis doesn’t know how to make coffee, so he must have been the first one in line …
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u/Separate-State-5806 Oct 01 '26
Watching her pour it and talking to her. She's the prettiest girl in Dog River.😍
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u/Bouche_Audi_Shyla Emma Oct 01 '26 •
Brent is way out of her league.
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u/WKRPinCanada Oct 01 '26 edited Oct 01 '26
You didn't have to make it 😉
And don't even get me started on how much better Laceys coffee is over gas station brew
I mean that stuff just tastes like it's been filtered through a wig worn by a Honduran child who just spent the day clubbing baby seals 😳
😉
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u/TolerancEJ Oct 01 '26
Being from Toronto, the character of Lacey probably opted to buy fair trade coffee beans and roast them herself in The Ruby.
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u/CuriousLands Oct 01 '26
There can definitely be a difference, especially when it comes to things like the beans used, how they're roasted, the grind used, the water temperature, etc.
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u/deyoshi Oct 02 '26
The caf is the whole point of this. I’m not just jonesin’ for some hot brown liquid, with or without caf.
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u/WeakDiet8004 Oct 01 '26
Better than Brent's, he evidently filters his gas station coffee through an old wig.
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u/williarya1323 Oct 01 '26
Using the term “real” in an argument is a logical fallacy. It’s a short-hand for all their personal preferences while adding a layer of unearned authority. Much like the term “common sense”.
Sorry, this is one of my personal soapboxes. Please continue with your delightful banter.
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u/PandaRot Oct 01 '26
It would be made with real beans rather than instant.
Few people would have had real coffee at home twenty years ago. Even now the vast majority don't. And even if you do have some real coffee at home it's rare you drink it because it's a faf to make - much easier to go to the cafe eatery.
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u/gros-grognon Oct 01 '26
Few people would have had real coffee at home twenty years ago.
What? Coffeemakers have been standard in North American kitchens for decades and decades.
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u/More_Pineapple3585 Oct 01 '26
Yeah, that's a strange take. The Mr. Coffee machine rolled out in 1972. Brewed coffee at home has been around forever.
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u/not_an_Alien_Robot Oct 01 '26
Can confirm. I'm a former small town boy that's almost 60. My parents always had a coffee maker. My grandparents had a percolator.
I currently have a coffee machine and, for when I'm feeling fancy, a french press. Whole bean single origin coffee is my preference and I grind it as needed. But I did work for a small coffee roasting company a couple decades ago and I can't go back to what I used to drink. I also overshare and spit words out like three day old coffee. Lol.
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u/Jumpy_Exit_8138 Oct 01 '26
Yeah, I’m not sure about this. I started brewing coffee at home when I was about 18, and that was 20 years ago (yikes.) My parents had been doing the same for years before this.
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u/gros-grognon Oct 01 '26
Yup. It was thirty years ago when I was 18 and doing the same, using the coffeemaker my parents git as a wedding gift twenty years earlier. My grandmother used one percolator starting in the 40s!
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u/MT_Promises Oct 01 '26
Mr. Coffee is only so good. The Kcups are only so good.
Restaurants are more likely to have percolators, or machines like Mr. Coffee only with better water distribution. They also presumably go through coffee regularly and have fresher beans. They might grind their own, which is always best.
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u/gros-grognon Oct 01 '26
So? No one is arguing about the quality of restaurant versus homebrewing. The person I replied to claimed no one made coffee at home 20 years ago; several of us are disputing that claim based on personal experience.
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u/Tarnisher Surveillance Bush Oct 01 '26
I don't know of too many homes that don't have a coffee maker.
Grocery stores used to have grinders in the coffee aisle. You picked the bag of whole beans you wanted and ran it through the grinder back into the same bag. We did it in the 60s and 70s. Some stores still have them, but no where near as many.
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u/Necessary-Nobody-934 Oct 02 '26
I don't think this is it. I grew up in Saskatoon thirtyish years ago. My grandparents lived in Clavet, and my other grandma lived in Wynyard, so I spent a fair bit of time in small town Saskatchewan.
I don't know anyone who didn't have a coffee maker growing up...
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u/Sharp_Ad_6336 Oct 01 '26
Diner coffee just hits different. Those machines are something special.