Comments on: Do you have coffee breadth? http://tonx.org/archives/162 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:35:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Cluedog http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-119718 Cluedog Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:29:48 +0000 http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-119718 One can only be a connoisseur in so many things over a lifetime, so it never hurts to keep an open mind when you run into somebody who is a connoisseur of, say, board games or, say, kitchen cookware. My general philosophy is to always try my hardest to be open to trying new things, regardless of personal bias and to not judge others by their level of knowledge. Seek out the best of the best for yourself and enjoy sharing the knowledge with others - they won't always share in your enthusiasm, but those who do will make it fulfilling. I collect scotches and wristwatches and I actually know very little about coffee...but I am actively trying out new bean varieties and different brewing techniques as I gain access to the appropriate resources. One can only be a connoisseur in so many things over a lifetime, so it never hurts to keep an open mind when you run into somebody who is a connoisseur of, say, board games or, say, kitchen cookware. My general philosophy is to always try my hardest to be open to trying new things, regardless of personal bias and to not judge others by their level of knowledge.

Seek out the best of the best for yourself and enjoy sharing the knowledge with others - they won’t always share in your enthusiasm, but those who do will make it fulfilling. I collect scotches and wristwatches and I actually know very little about coffee…but I am actively trying out new bean varieties and different brewing techniques as I gain access to the appropriate resources.

]]> By: kurt http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-116767 kurt Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:24:28 +0000 http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-116767 Milk is the future. Milk is the future.

]]> By: Marco http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-116210 Marco Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:36:14 +0000 http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-116210 Hey Tonx What about the analysis of this survey. I'd love to see some graphs on how people answered! greets marco Hey Tonx
What about the analysis of this survey. I’d love to see some graphs on how people answered!
greets
marco

]]> By: YunusWesley http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-115991 YunusWesley Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:48:55 +0000 http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-115991 http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/022410/i-like-my-coffee-like-i-like-my-coffee.gif http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/022410/i-like-my-coffee-like-i-like-my-coffee.gif

]]> By: Arthur Cundy http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-115238 Arthur Cundy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:08:06 +0000 http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-115238 @Michael, it's too bad you don't get to enjoy enough coffee variants there. Have you tried looking at different coffee shops already? I know there are a lot of them there. Maybe you still have to explore more - go to places that you have never been... ask other people, maybe that will help @Michael, it’s too bad you don’t get to enjoy enough coffee variants there. Have you tried looking at different coffee shops already? I know there are a lot of them there. Maybe you still have to explore more - go to places that you have never been… ask other people, maybe that will help

]]> By: Michael Cavinta http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-114755 Michael Cavinta Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:26:27 +0000 http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-114755 Thanks for this great post. As for me, here in the Philippines, I am a die hard coffee enthusiast. But the only problem with us here is that sometimes, we don't have enough coffee variants to appreciate to be able to experience the wide range of coffee knowledge even if we want to. Thanks to coffee blogs like this, we are able to enrich our knowledge on coffee. Thanks for this great post. As for me, here in the Philippines, I am a die hard coffee enthusiast. But the only problem with us here is that sometimes, we don’t have enough coffee variants to appreciate to be able to experience the wide range of coffee knowledge even if we want to. Thanks to coffee blogs like this, we are able to enrich our knowledge on coffee.

]]> By: Will From Turquoise Organic Coffee Online http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-114130 Will From Turquoise Organic Coffee Online Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:23:50 +0000 http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-114130 Looks interesting. I'll take the survey. I do find it funny when coffee folks lament about those that aren't as well educated on coffee. Do computer programmers lament when their customers don't understand C++ or brain surgeons when their patients don't understand brain surgery? Then why should a Barista lament when a customer doesn't understand coffee? Looks interesting. I’ll take the survey.

I do find it funny when coffee folks lament about those that aren’t as well educated on coffee.

Do computer programmers lament when their customers don’t understand C++ or brain surgeons when their patients don’t understand brain surgery?

Then why should a Barista lament when a customer doesn’t understand coffee?

]]> By: Greg Dawson http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-114118 Greg Dawson Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:27:47 +0000 http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-114118 It's a tough world out there in coffee land. I've spent about a year trying to get to k now the ins and outs of coffee and that's barely a sip of the cup. I challenge coffee lovers (beginners and experts) to just keep exploring. Sad is the taste bud that only gets instant coffee. :) It’s a tough world out there in coffee land. I’ve spent about a year trying to get to k now the ins and outs of coffee and that’s barely a sip of the cup. I challenge coffee lovers (beginners and experts) to just keep exploring. Sad is the taste bud that only gets instant coffee. :)

]]> By: Frith http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-113966 Frith Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:35:37 +0000 http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-113966 I wonder what the broad-leaf lettuce experts would have to say about my love of not-local grocery-store Romaine... or worse, Bagged Spring Mix! Patience and Understanding, as cheesy-hug-each-other-all-the-time as it sounds, is the only way to "win" people over into specialty coffee. One can achieve this and still be a connoisseur of something. That's why we're the "coffee people," like sdbrown said just before me, so "the uninformed masses" can ask us when they want an opinion about it. And we can ask "them" when we need to know about something they're passionate about, whether it's Nascar results or the latest Twilight episodes. No one reacts well to unsolicited advice. I wonder what the broad-leaf lettuce experts would have to say about my love of not-local grocery-store Romaine… or worse, Bagged Spring Mix!

Patience and Understanding, as cheesy-hug-each-other-all-the-time as it sounds, is the only way to “win” people over into specialty coffee. One can achieve this and still be a connoisseur of something. That’s why we’re the “coffee people,” like sdbrown said just before me, so “the uninformed masses” can ask us when they want an opinion about it. And we can ask “them” when we need to know about something they’re passionate about, whether it’s Nascar results or the latest Twilight episodes.

No one reacts well to unsolicited advice.

]]> By: Jon http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-113878 Jon Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:13:52 +0000 http://tonx.org/archives/162#comment-113878 I used to work in coffee, now I bartend. It's hard to know how many individual samples of these things I've had this year, I know it's over 50 for coffee and wine, over 100 for beer. While I have been able to taste a lot of coffee this year, it's been from a few key local sources- especially stumptown, who offers daily public cuppings and trips to san francisco, portland and new york. The general public is not exposed to this kind of diversity in coffee, it has to be sought out at great effort. For beer and wine though, most major cities have hundreds of beers and wines available every night of the week. There is simply no comparison. It will take decades before there is broad enough cultural change to where any meaningful portion of the population will know the different between central american and african coffees, or between washed and natural coffees the same way they know the difference between IPAs, stouts and pilsners. I used to work in coffee, now I bartend. It’s hard to know how many individual samples of these things I’ve had this year, I know it’s over 50 for coffee and wine, over 100 for beer. While I have been able to taste a lot of coffee this year, it’s been from a few key local sources- especially stumptown, who offers daily public cuppings and trips to san francisco, portland and new york. The general public is not exposed to this kind of diversity in coffee, it has to be sought out at great effort. For beer and wine though, most major cities have hundreds of beers and wines available every night of the week. There is simply no comparison. It will take decades before there is broad enough cultural change to where any meaningful portion of the population will know the different between central american and african coffees, or between washed and natural coffees the same way they know the difference between IPAs, stouts and pilsners.

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