let the guy enjoy is shitty watery coffee man. he's just going to continue throwing stupid brand names at you like that makes up for him drinking shitwater.
tbf french roast isn't always "cheap" and was considered top notch specialty coffee like 20-30 years ago. Coffee has trends just like anything else.
That being said because most specialty coffee has moved to light/medium roast (for good reason) it is safe to assume that pretty much any dark roast is shit and cheap.
But I wanted to split hairs bc dark roast doesn't always automatically = cheap.
They could have been considered top notch but doesn’t mean they were by today’s standards. There’s no reason to roast beans “dark” other than to hide defects and inconsistencies, or to appeal to people that don’t know how to drink coffee any other way.
I'm certain it's pour-over. This is most likely specialty coffee. If it is specialty it demands a higher price because it requires much more care, attention and experimentation than a classic cup.
It's like comparing a hershey's chocolate bar to a single-origin, fair trade dark chocolate. Or a fast food hamburger to one you make yourself off a grill. They're both edible, they both do the trick, but there's a difference in price point for a reason.
Got a chuckle out of me that you don't mention the Hershey chocolate vs single-origin fair trade dark chocolate and say you don't understand the point.
Instead of a homemade burger compare a michelin starred restaurant burger vs a fast food burger. Michelin burger will be 3x the cost of a fast food burger but is still just meat, bread, and extras that you'll poop out in a day
In the same way that a rum nicer than Bacardi or a tequila better than Jose Cuervo is pretentious and unnecessary - sure.
If you’re drinking it for the buzz, whatever stuff you have is great. If you’re drinking it because you enjoy the flavor, the upper limit is what you can afford.
It’s not, some people enjoy the differences in flavors among specialty coffee. It’s a hobby like craft beer. People can certainly go about it in a pretentious manner. Those stupid espresso workflow videos certainly don’t help haha
That’s like saying a well-cooked premium cut of steak is pretentious and unnecessary because you could just eat hamburger. They’re different foods for different markets
It's a ridiculous price even for specialty coffee but for anyone that drinks coffee it's worth trying out a pourover. Most people haven't had a coffee that doesn't demand dairy/sweetener to be enjoyable
It's not theatrics, it's just that pour over has to be done by hand and can't be made in a big batch in a machine, so you are paying for the extra labor.
Playing off whiskey as if it doesnt get pretentious is pretty funny to me. They're doing as much bullshit as anybody but maybe that's just because of my proximity to bourbon land
I am not a coffee person by any means, but I thought it was supposed to be black? Where I am from coffee is usually drunk with milk anyhow, but before the milk is added it's an opaque black colour.
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u/Brave_Explorer5988 Sep 10 '26
That's.... Coffee? In what corner of hell?!