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Posted: 14:09 - 12 Jul 2019 Post subject: First World Problems |
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The coffee "crisis"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48631129
How the fuck is coffee a commodity? I browsed through Bloomberg's commodity price listings I can see how almost everything but coffee could have a serious use or be essential to life but coffee?!
The whole article is crying and whining about how bad it is for the farmers but never ever even considers coffee to be a non-essential luxury item
I only drink tea BTW ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter
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Yes, an essential film along with Wall Street, Boiler Room and Glengarry Glen Ross
Orange juice, fair enough, it's up there with water and milk but coffee? Let us not forget that the bean's popularity is down to terrorists not having access to explosives and resorting to dumping tea shipments in the sea in lieu of protest ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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$5 (£4) for a cup of coffee? I know that the people working behind the counter are highly educated philosophers and all that, and that I live in a poverty land, but £4?! ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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Going off on a slight tanget... Coffee shops/cafés in general piss me off, I'm more of a tea man (I do like the occasional cup of coffee - but tea 95% of the time) - but I find it hard to swallow the prices they want, especially when it's so easily & cheaply made at home [and put into a flask/bodum/Contigo]
Plus, as mainly a tea drinker - when you order a coffee in a coffee shop/café - they grind the beans, push the water through, froth the coffee, dick about with drawing things in the foam and fellate you under the counter. When you order a tea, they throw a waterproof teabag in a cup and pour hot water on it, that's your lot. Essentially a drink in kit form. And they still want £2 or £3 for that.
Greasy spoons are the best, they generally make a half-decent cup of tea (as in brewed & milked, ready to go) and they charge you up to a quid. ____________________ '12 NC700S & '12 CB600F Hornet [Stolen by some dickless twat] Suzuki GT500 shed |
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goto10 wrote: | Going off on a slight tanget... Coffee shops/cafés in general piss me off, I'm more of a tea man (I do like the occasional cup of coffee - but tea 95% of the time) - but I find it hard to swallow the prices they want, especially when it's so easily & cheaply made at home [and put into a flask/bodum/Contigo]
Plus, as mainly a tea drinker - when you order a coffee in a coffee shop/café - they grind the beans, push the water through, froth the coffee, dick about with drawing things in the foam and fellate you under the counter. When you order a tea, they throw a waterproof teabag in a cup and pour hot water on it, that's your lot. Essentially a drink in kit form. And they still want £2 or £3 for that.
Greasy spoons are the best, they generally make a half-decent cup of tea (as in brewed & milked, ready to go) and they charge you up to a quid. |
They're probably everywhere but here in the North East there's a new Costa drive through. Are people so lazy that they drive through for a damned coffee? As you say, why didn't they make a flask up? Especially since they're obviously driving somewhere. Probably driving home with a Costa coffee to drink at their kitchen table..
Speaking of drive throughs - Greggs have just opened a drive through unit here. Such a lazy idea that. ____________________ CCM 404 DS |
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Starbucks/Costa/Cafe Nero? would rather drink my own urine that their excuse for tea
OTOH I had one of the best cups of tea from Notes but then they went to the trouble of using decent, loose leaves in an infuser. ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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goto10 wrote: | Going off on a slight tanget... Coffee shops/cafés in general piss me off, I'm more of a tea man (I do like the occasional cup of coffee - but tea 95% of the time) - but I find it hard to swallow the prices they want, especially when it's so easily & cheaply made at home [and put into a flask/bodum/Contigo]
Plus, as mainly a tea drinker - when you order a coffee in a coffee shop/café - they grind the beans, push the water through, froth the coffee, dick about with drawing things in the foam and fellate you under the counter. When you order a tea, they throw a waterproof teabag in a cup and pour hot water on it, that's your lot. Essentially a drink in kit form. And they still want £2 or £3 for that.
Greasy spoons are the best, they generally make a half-decent cup of tea (as in brewed & milked, ready to go) and they charge you up to a quid. |
burger vans in laybys, I normally stop for a brew, even if i've got a flask in my tank bag |
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People moaning because I've got Asdas finest (cheapest) instant coffee on my boat.
'How can you drink that?'
'I don't, I drink tea. It's for people like you who drink coffee. Philistines.
edited to add - Does coffee have a use by date, cause it's at least 2 years old. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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I like a decent filtered coffee on occasion. My favourite occasion is when I am on holiday, sat at a café overlooking a harbour, 11.00am, with an ice-cold beer to follow. Sets me up for the trials of the day...
'Readymix' black coffee is saved for long car journeys, hangovers and when customers only have that nasty milk that doesn't go off as fast. ____________________ Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 310 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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