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Re: National Coffee Day |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Thu Sep 28 11:22:55 2023, in response to National Coffee Day, posted by cortelyounext on Thu Sep 28 08:37:23 2023. Other than the occasional can of Maxwell House or Chock full o'Nuts and whatever I can find during my travels, I have my coffee shipped from Porto Rico Importing Co. on Bleecker off 6th in lower Manhattan. I have been to the brick and mortar and it is a throwback to a time gone by, the storefront and the smell of coffee beans and tea leaves in burlap bags inside 55 gallon drums. The variety and quality of coffees from around the globe is excellent. The cost is as expected, even aside from the shipping, but to me it is worth it.To be fair, if you were to blindfold me in a "taste-test", I am unsure whether I could always, the operative word being always, pick out the cheap coffee from the expensive brand, assuming the coffees were of the same type from the same region harvested at the same time. Same thing with wine; that is, sometimes I can enjoy an $8 screw cap bottle as much as a similar corked bottle that runs $80. I also cannot tell the distinct smells and tastes of oak and black cherry and toffee and so forth that many claim they can differentiate. I simply know what I like, whether coffee or wine, whisky or beer, and then stay with it. When at a bar I will typically try a whisky or local ale I have never had before and then I can decide for myself and either purchase a bottle(s) at the local liquor store or cross it off my list and chalk it up as a lesson learned. |
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