r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Puzzled_Artichoke281 • Sep 10 '26

Unskippable ad 17 dollars for these two coffees

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u/queef_nuggets Sep 10 '26

I drink coffee from a transparent mug thing and it doesn’t look like this bullshit. This looks like bacon grease or something

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u/Melodic_coala101 Sep 10 '26

Do you drink filter coffee or americano? Because when I make pour over in my hario glass decanter, it's almost always this color

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u/Immortal_Azrael Sep 10 '26

When I do pour over it's much darker than this.

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u/AntiSombrero Sep 10 '26

Could just be using different roasts tbh, light vs dark roast

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u/ZaraReid228 Sep 10 '26

Even then it should be a lot darker unless its single shot. We use a lighter roast and this looks roughly 8-10oz. It should look a lot darker

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u/andynator1000 Sep 10 '26

If this was in a mug it would look darker.

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u/Mamadi-Diakite Sep 10 '26

Are you using gesha? That is always a much lighter color. When I’ve ordered or made gesha pour overs they look exactly like this.

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u/Beautiful-Affect1930 Sep 10 '26

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.

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u/Big_Lawfulness_8143 Sep 12 '26

Why would it be watery

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u/ArterialVotives Sep 10 '26

Pour overs with light roast beans look exactly like the picture. There is almost no point in doing a pourover with dark roast.

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u/soupdawg Sep 10 '26

I don’t know wtf you’re saying.

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u/ButtholeConnoisseur7 Sep 10 '26

Then this obviously isn't the thread for you

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u/Flrg808 Sep 10 '26

Because your drinking over roasted cheap beans

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u/queef_nuggets 21d ago

false. Light roast only. I’ve been making coffee every day for 40+ years and I’ve kinda gotten the hang of it

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u/Flrg808 21d ago

Give me an example of a light roast bean you’ve brewed recently that doesn’t have this color.

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u/howdyhowdyhowdyhowdi Sep 10 '26

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.

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u/Flrg808 Sep 10 '26

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.

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u/jdubzakilla Sep 10 '26

How do you take your steak?

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u/Flrg808 Sep 10 '26

Medium rare

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u/jdubzakilla Sep 10 '26

Disgusting. Anything beyond blue is hiding flaws

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u/Big_Lawfulness_8143 Sep 12 '26

Dark roast coffee is like getting a well done steak 

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u/Santa_Klausing Sep 10 '26

Yeah if you like pour overs, light roasts with a flat burr grinder are really good.