I haven't seen the news report, and I don't make it a habit of buying over-the-top expensive coffee, either. But, I can most definitely tell the difference between say, Folgers drip coffee and fresh ground French press coffee. And, among the myriad of local coffee bean purveyor options, I definitely have my favorites. It might be a Madison thing, but we have lots of local, non-chain coffee shops and bean purveyors, many that roast the beans on the spot. They blow Starbucks away, as far as I'm concerned.
Here's a fun article on the search for the perfect cappucino (not my drink of choice) in Madison. It gives you a little idea of the seriousness with which Madison takes its coffee. http://www.thedailypage.com/eats/article.php?article=15231 You know, I was surprised when I was down there that you didn't go in for the whole fresh-ground, locally roasted bean juice thing. Now I know why, eh? On Jan 8, 2008 7:08 AM, Adam Churvis wrote: > One of the restaurants that is a favorite of both the Chaine and Slow Food > is Woodfire Grill here in Atlanta, and the chef insists on using individual > French presses for each cup of coffee served. It really did seem to make a > bit of a difference freshness-wise, but I still couldn't tell that coffee > apart from any other they might have served me. > > BTW, my earlier claim was based on my own observations with coffee (amateur > as they are) and a news magazine (60 Minutes?) piece on coffee fanatics not > being able to tell that $300/lb civet-crapped coffee from beans you could > buy at Kroger (IIRC). > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250116 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
