JimLane wrote:

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> As a matter of fact, I do. Do you, is the real question. Because you
> play at one level does not mean others play at a more discriminating
> level. I can taste the fall off after 72 hours, but do not object to the
> change. Oh yes, where did sf mention "freezing" the coffee? What was
> said is that "it can sit for up to a week..." That is not frozen. Had sf
> said that, I would have not disagreed.
>
> Have you passed reading and comprehension 101 yet?


Your initial cheap shot to "sf" greatly discounts the veracity of anything
you've written after.

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Best
Greg