Coffee Talk (and Tea)

well, it was roasted 9/23 and I opened the bag 11/6, finished on 11/10, I don’t think it could have changed THAT much in that short period though it’s certainly possible. FWIW I keep the beans in one of those Fellow Atmos cannisters.

pro tip

if you’re traveling and trying to find a decent coffee joint, look at the photos in google maps. If you see this, skip it.

found another:

this on the other hand is the jackpot

(literally never had a bad shot at any joint that has NotNeutral drinkware, this is the biggest tell in the business IMO)

Point out the “this” for us normies.

My guess is the beans sitting in the grinder but idk.

oh, sorry, it’s the to-go cups on top of the espresso machine. dead giveaway that it’s a shithole.

Happy to say that my regular hangout doesn’t have that.

Owner is Italian. So, he takes his coffee seriously.

Are they not allowed to have to go cups? Or just not on the espresso machine? What’s wrong with putting them there?

you would normally put your ceramic drinkware on top of the machine to keep them warm. If you’re putting paper cups up there it means you don’t have any real cups and you’ve given up on life.

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