On Aug 17, 7:24*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
> On 8/17/2010 12:17 PM, Food Snob® wrote:
>
> > On Aug 17, 6:09 am, > *wrote:
>
> >> Percolators have fallen out of fashion but foul, bitter, coffee is all
> >> the rage. Why worry about boiling the coffee when the beans are
> >> typically getting all burnt to hell during roasting? The truth is that
> >> if the brew you get out of your coffeemaker is bitter, not smooth, it's
> >> because of the roast, not because of overcooking.
>
> > It's not that the overcooking makes it "bitter." *It's that it makes
> > it taste shitty.
>
> You might say that bitter, burnt coffee tastes shitty but I'll bet that
> you'd smack your lips at a $5 cup of Starbucks and proclaim it to be
> "tasty." Sort of irrational behavior, don't you think?
>
I don't buy darker roasts, and I haven't bought coffee at a Starbucks
in many years. I'm cheap. I buy SuperValu's Sumatra, and brew it
with a Mr. Coffee at home, a Cuisinart drip maker at work. I only use
a French press when camping. Anyway, overly roasted beans are not the
same as overcooked liquid coffee.
>
> > --Bryan

--Bryan