Never ceases to amaze me the snobbery involved with coffee, much akin to the snobbery in the choice of wine .
This is why I like beer. Because with beer, it really is all about the taste, and not the lifestyle. Although there will always be snobs wherever you look.
Me and Capn’ Flash could sit down together and enjoy beer, and it’s got now to do with the cost, or how many digestive tracts it’s been through, or any of that poncy guff. It’s just beer. And whilst there may be a small difference in the price of a pint/bottle depending on what it is, it’s not like you get stupidly expensive beers like you do with wine.
I’m quite happy being a philistine. It makes life simpler, and I don’t feel the need to have to possess some expensive coffee maker and freshly-ground beans etc, less my peers think me inferior.
I bet most folk prattling on about ‘real coffee’ couldn’t tell the difference between civet cat shat coffee and supermarket instant, in a blind test….