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LMAO!
Have you tried drinking coffee in Japan? I have never had a good brew other than from out of a tin (yes there are hot coffee vending machines in Japan). Brewed coffee is very expensive and tastes like a squeezed sweat laden t-shirt!
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Yes to having a preference of Coffee type, does that make me a Snob? I drink Tea at work now as the coffee is not complimentary, but Hot Water is! If it is free then really there should be no complaints!! i generally like a dark roast coffee and the smokeyness makes them all much of a muchness!!!
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I go to the shop and ask for my usual, "a black coffee please."
Can't be bothered figuring out what stupid name each different shop uses,
and putting other stuff in a perfectly good drink is stupid, would you add milk to your beer?
starbucks: is not coffee, even the airlines do better.
And those new machines that need special "pods" - boy did those companies see how easy it is to get [more] money from the stupid.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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Lopatir wrote: "a black coffee please."
Same here. I drink it like my Dad...no muss, no fuss, just straight black coffee. I'm not picky, but will splurge every now and then on Kona.
I avoid Starbucks as I always seem to get behind someone who has to use no less than a half-dozen words to order...tall non-fat latte with extra whip/no drizzle and a shot of hazelnut. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I haven't had a coffee in over a decade. Sometimes I suspect that I'm the only developer on the planet who doesn't like the stuff.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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Just because I drink it doesn't mean I like it, free caffeine!
Hogan
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Coffee is just a carrier for sugar.
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A good brew that is not burnt needs no sugar...
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You seem to have missed the point. It's not about the coffee; it's all about the sugar.
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no, not missed ... sugar can help towards softening the burnt beans...
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Well, in my mind, coffee is the devil's brew that should not be allowed in Mordor. If I want caffiene, give my a good English Breakfast tea that has gotten 'stoopid' by sitting over night, then microwaved before I would willingly drink (shudder!) coffee
An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications. - Lazarus Long
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Starbucks is swill.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I was once on an airport in 'Murica (Houston) and found my first Starbucks ever.
That was a few years ago when there weren't a lot of Starbucks in the Netherlands yet (I actually still wouldn't know where to find one, but I know we have them).
I don't drink coffee, but we sat down and I ordered something with apple juice.
I burnt my tongue so friggin hard that I'll never go to Starbucks again, ever. It wasn't even a particularly good beverage 
It's not their fault that I burnt my tongue, but I did, and someone's going to pay for it (besides me) 
Anyway, to answer your question, I only drink coffee that does not taste like coffee. Usually something with hot chocolate.
Does that make me a coffee snob?
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Nope, that makes you smart!
Hogan
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snorkie wrote: My coworkers were complaining because we ran out of Starbucks
...and you're asking if we're coffee snobs.
Doesn't that mean the conversation should be about, you know, coffee? I've given up trying to classify that burned brown stuff they offload.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I don't care, I drink whatever is available (and free). If they start charging for it, I'll go back to water!
Hogan
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I drink black coffee, and I can tell you there are differences between coffee brands.
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I agree there are differences. But I find the differences about the same as those between Coke and Pepsi. Basically the same thing.
Hogan
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snorkie wrote: Coke and Pepsi. Basically the same thing
Burn the heretic! BURN HIM!
Software Zen: delete this;
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I am from Austria and every time when we are in the States we got coffee issues. On our project sites we try to get the strongest roast possible, and it still is just like tea, tasting too bitter overall. But not much flavor.
One day a colleague from Switzerland took his Espresso cooker with him, and along some real coffee. First problem was, with 110V AC it took ages to get it hot, but then this was really nice! However, our American co-workers nearly got a stroke from this strength
BR Florian
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Oh, I am so much of a snob, it's painful. I buy online only because nothing in the stores is worth a crap. I have several different coffee making utensils, like a ceramic filter holder that sits on top of the cup, a water heater with 1-degree accuracy so I can heat the water to the perfect temperature, an espresso press that I use at work, and a Japanese hand-powered bean grinder, because there's so much darn Zen in grinding your own beans by hand.
I prefer the Italian roast to all others, although a really good but not burnt French roast can be a pleasure as well. I've tried the flavored varieties, but I always come back to un-flavored.
As far as beans go, the Arabica is the one I most commonly drink, only because it is the most common bean to be found in these here parts, y'all. The Kona bean is interesting, but I'm not keen on the flavors. The Kenya AA is a darn good bean as well, but my favorite (currently) is the Jamaican Blue Mountain bean.
When I make my single cups of coffee by pouring 209-degree (F) water over Jamaican Blue beans ground moments before and letting the water drip for several minutes through an oil-absorbing filter to remove the majority of any bitterness, my wife calls me a snob. I love it.
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in a way, yes. the coffee has to taste good without any additives. for me if you need extras to dull the bitterness or change the flavor, then I don't want anything to do with it.
a good cup of drip or percolated mild black coffee I would gladly pay for, but a cup of Starbucks even for free I would have to be pretty desperate to contemplate.
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I use MJB only $5.99 for 3 pounds.
Old dog learning new tricks!
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Those of you in LaLaland at being given MVP status, there was a mistake and the wrong winners were announced. The real winners will be announced at Moonlight.
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I'd like to thank the director, my agent, my parents, every hamster I had to sleep with to get this award and just say that I'm humbled, and ... wah? Not me? B*stards! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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