I realize that this may be a plug, and if it is, I understand should our gracious host choose to delete it.
I have spent the last 30+ years up here on I-5 between Seattle and Portland. This is where the idea of coffee as a status symbol and "an affordable luxury" came to pass and then went out and infected the world.
The truth be told, I question the "need" that people have for a "high-class" coffee. This last year I have ditched the yuppie brands and returned to the old standard of Yuban. It is still an arabica, it tastes fine if you get over yourself and stop trying to describe the "notes" of the taste to impress your friends.
But prices of even the cheap coffee are going up as the dollar loses its "oomph". You might want to start looking at tea, tea bags are still reasonably cheap and bulk tea is cheaper if you get one of those clampy thingies.
I don't know about you guys, but at my age, caffeine withdrawals are not something that I want to deal with.
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branchandroot
Coffee and Tea
Date: 2024-05-31 03:06 pm (UTC)I have spent the last 30+ years up here on I-5 between Seattle and Portland. This is where the idea of coffee as a status symbol and "an affordable luxury" came to pass and then went out and infected the world.
The truth be told, I question the "need" that people have for a "high-class" coffee. This last year I have ditched the yuppie brands and returned to the old standard of Yuban. It is still an arabica, it tastes fine if you get over yourself and stop trying to describe the "notes" of the taste to impress your friends.
But prices of even the cheap coffee are going up as the dollar loses its "oomph". You might want to start looking at tea, tea bags are still reasonably cheap and bulk tea is cheaper if you get one of those clampy thingies.
I don't know about you guys, but at my age, caffeine withdrawals are not something that I want to deal with.