JimLane wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
> snip
>
> >
> > Baloney. Coffee isn't caviar and it can sit for up to a
> > week without losing quality if you begin with quality beans.
> > One of my family members works for Peets, so I get any
> > coffee I want for free on a weekly basis (and I want it
> > pre-ground). News flash: The good stuff doesn't degrade
> > overnight.
> >
>
> Just because you cannot taste the falloff does not mean that no one else
> can tell the difference. Why don't you take your silliness to alt.coffee
> and see how well it flies?


Uh, she happens to be correct. I've had and gave away three coffee grinders
over the past years. Why? I can't *stand* the annoying sound of the
grinder first thing in the morning, fiddling with it, cleaning it, it
taking up counter space, etc. I've got better things to do with my
time...it's just another useless appliance IMNSHO.

I get my coffee from a non - chain store on my corner. They let me know
when the freshest stuff comes in (they roast all their own beans). I go
through a pound about every week or so, and I let them grind it. Then it
resides in a zip loc bag in the freezer. Tastes just fine to me and my
guests...very little if any loss of taste. We aren't a bunch of
professional tasters in Sao Paulo or wherever who take a sip and then spit
it out. We just like a nice cuppa Joe...

I like good coffee, but it *is* just coffee - I'm not going to be all anal
to the nth degree about it. As long as it's reasonably good, I'm happy. No
reason to get all silly and snobbish about it. I've got plenty of other
things to be silly and snobbish about ;-)


> Bwahaaaahaaaaaaaaa!


You wouldn't know the difference between good Kona and roasted goat turds,
putz.

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Best
Greg