Sheldon > wrote:

>On Mar 22, 4:23�pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:

>> >Those imbeciles know nothing, absolutely nothing. *Anyone reads the
>> >history of coffee will learn that espresso was developed as a way to
>> >use the crappy moldy beans by over roasting. *Those burned beans were
>> >then given to the peasants to keep then from rioting, because they
>> >were already addicted to caffeine. *Espresso in of itself is garbage
>> >coffee anyway, no way to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear... it's
>> >all cultish blind belief nonsense. *The best anyone can do is keep it
>> >simple and use good water. *Doesn't matter how much is spent on coffee
>> >beans and equipment, how much one plays witch doctor by roasting their
>> >own, if the water sucks so will the coffee. *

>> Oh, okay. *So you don't know jill about coffee it turns out.

>But you're the one who asked... and somehow a few hours passes and
>you're an expert, jerk.

"Espresso is in and of itself garbage coffee". Because it's
"burned". Uh-huh.

This is truly one of the common falsehoods that food neophytes
somehow latch onto an keep repeating, right up there with "Mexican
food in California is not authentic" or "all deep-fried food
is too greasy".

There's plenty of bad espresso out there, consider just possibly
you haven't encountered the good stuff?

Steve