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That's not espresso
by dexterdog 10y ago
That's not espresso
- kolbe 10y agothe horror. the horror.
- dexterdog 10y agoIt's not a snob issue. It's just that if you prefer an espresso-based drink, that is what you prefer. If I preferred a drip-based drink I would have many cheaper options.
- kolbe 10y agoThen don't pretend you stand on any moral high ground if you cannot be bothered to endure the difference between espresso and drip to support a larger cause. Your original claim that you in some way support a boycott on Nestle is bullshit. You just coincidentally don't like their other products.
- dexterdog 10y agoNo, I just coincidentally have an option on their other products. Nobody else makes a decent instant espresso option. Even the alternative pods that you can get for the nespresso machine are garbage as I have tried many of them.
- kolbe 10y agoYou have and option: drip. You choose to believe that option is not a sufficient substitute. And by all accounts, the difference between the two offers such a small change in personal utility that your participation in this boycott amounts to nothing. Your original claim to support the boycott is a straight up lie, and not even close to being true. And that's fine. You can support Nestle. No one is making you act one way or the other. Just don't lie to yourself about where you stand on moral issues like this one.
- dexterdog 10y agoJesus, get off your high horse and then realize that if you think drip and espresso are interchangeable you just have no clue what you're talking about.
- zizee 10y agoHere here. I really don't get the fascination with aeropress on HN. Perhaps I am not yet at the ultimate level of coffee snobbery, but whenever I have had aeropress coffee i am always disappointed with it. Espresso all the way. I secretly suspect that it is because the aeropress users have never owned/used an decent espresso machine, but I could be easily missing the nuances of alternative coffee extraction techniques.
- matwood 10y agoI love espresso, but simply will not spend the money to make it properly at home. When at home, grinding my own beans and a small drip coffee maker works well and is cheap. So I'm with you. If I'm going to spend any real effort or money I'll finally break down and buy an actual espresso machine.
- matwood 10y agoI prefer good coffee to bad espresso.