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How dare people enjoy espresso-based beverages, why can't they just drink my preferred way of making coffee? Starbucks got people hooked on lattes and cappucci

by rblatz 4y ago

How dare people enjoy espresso-based beverages, why can't they just drink my preferred way of making coffee? Starbucks got people hooked on lattes and cappuccinos, wanting to make your own at home instead of spending $7+ a day on Starbucks isn't unreasonable.

aksss 4y ago
I wouldn’t credit Starbucks with that, I was addicted to espresso from coffee stands long before my hometown ever got a Starbucks. Starbucks maybe gets credit for hooking a segment of population on double caf skinny unicorn frappes. I hit Starbucks way too much now because food and convenience (w/app + drive thru).
- rhino369 4y ago
  I would. Espresso drinks were a "yuppie" drink before Starbucks (80's early 90's). But Starbucks expanded the market so that people who were drinking Folgers at home now drink espresso based drinks.
  - smegsicle 4y ago
    yuppies are people too maybe there's a bit of yuppie in all of us?
neogodless 4y ago
shrug We got a Mr. Coffee Barista which makes espresso/cappuccino/latte when it was on sale about 5 years ago for just over $100. 11" wide and 9" deep. Gets put away between special occasions. Don't need to dedicate 2-3 feet of counter space and buy one of the $400+ machines. But to each their own, of course! (The rest of the time, it's grinder + scale + pour-over + electric kettle, and the grinder/kettle do have permanent places on the counter!)
Gregaros 4y ago
> wanting to make your own at home instead of spending $7+ a day on Starbucks isn't unreasonable So spend $500-$1000 on an espresso machine instead when, as OP points out, there are perfectly fine, affordable options that will for most people be indistinguishable (and are certainly superior to Starbucks, just read anything written by the coffee afficionados)?
nmilo 4y ago
I said it should be a hobby. And complaining about your hobby espresso machine taking up too much space in your kitchen is like complaining about your model railway taking up too much space in your basement. No one is forcing you to have a big thousand-dollar espresso machine, and writing a WSJ article about it just oozes some kind of pretentiousness about the way you drink your coffee.

by rblatz 4y ago

aksss 4y ago

I wouldn’t credit Starbucks with that, I was addicted to espresso from coffee stands long before my hometown ever got a Starbucks. Starbucks maybe gets credit for hooking a segment of population on double caf skinny unicorn frappes. I hit Starbucks way too much now because food and convenience (w/app + drive thru).

rhino369 4y ago
I would. Espresso drinks were a "yuppie" drink before Starbucks (80's early 90's). But Starbucks expanded the market so that people who were drinking Folgers at home now drink espresso based drinks.
- smegsicle 4y ago
  yuppies are people too maybe there's a bit of yuppie in all of us?

neogodless 4y ago

shrug We got a Mr. Coffee Barista which makes espresso/cappuccino/latte when it was on sale about 5 years ago for just over $100. 11" wide and 9" deep. Gets put away between special occasions. Don't need to dedicate 2-3 feet of counter space and buy one of the $400+ machines. But to each their own, of course! (The rest of the time, it's grinder + scale + pour-over + electric kettle, and the grinder/kettle do have permanent places on the counter!)

Gregaros 4y ago

> wanting to make your own at home instead of spending $7+ a day on Starbucks isn't unreasonable So spend $500-$1000 on an espresso machine instead when, as OP points out, there are perfectly fine, affordable options that will for most people be indistinguishable (and are certainly superior to Starbucks, just read anything written by the coffee afficionados)?

nmilo 4y ago

I said it should be a hobby. And complaining about your hobby espresso machine taking up too much space in your kitchen is like complaining about your model railway taking up too much space in your basement. No one is forcing you to have a big thousand-dollar espresso machine, and writing a WSJ article about it just oozes some kind of pretentiousness about the way you drink your coffee.