Gregory Morrow wrote:

> 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
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> spit
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>>>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
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>>>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,
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>>>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.
>


Tell it to someone who cares for your opinion.


jim