I’ve never bought better coffee than an independent local café that roasts their own beans on-site. Not the most convenient, but well worth it in my opinion.
I’d rather my money go to a small independent business anyway.
That used to be the case. But now those coffee shops are just chasing trends. So they will make me an expensive pour-over but it will be watery and weak. I guess because many will add cream or sweetener to it anyway? 10 entirely separate single-origins and blends, but not a single dark roast. And they’ll sneer at me for asking if they have beans that are bolder and recommend their single medium-light option.
That’s been my experience at many chain and independent coffee roasters. So now I make coffee almost exclusively at home. There’s nothing wrong with preferring light roasts, but there is with letting the snobs limit your choices. And if you tried the amazing coffee I brew you’d agree that there is not just 1 way to enjoy coffee! Thank you for coming to my TEDx rant…
Roast your own! There’s the startup cost of a roaster (there are some pretty impressive machines available now at around $500 USD) and from there you’ll be spending 1/2 to 1/4 for beans. It pays for itself quickly for any serious coffee drinker and you get a new fun hobby out of it!
What are some good alternatives?
Linux
open source coffee is the best coffee
Classic lemmy response
https://github.com/LiquidSmokeX64/coffee
2026, year of the Linux… desktop coffeemaker.
I’ve never bought better coffee than an independent local café that roasts their own beans on-site. Not the most convenient, but well worth it in my opinion.
I’d rather my money go to a small independent business anyway.
That’s true, I definitely gravitate towards this option. I’m kind of in-between coffee shops at the moment.
That used to be the case. But now those coffee shops are just chasing trends. So they will make me an expensive pour-over but it will be watery and weak. I guess because many will add cream or sweetener to it anyway? 10 entirely separate single-origins and blends, but not a single dark roast. And they’ll sneer at me for asking if they have beans that are bolder and recommend their single medium-light option.
That’s been my experience at many chain and independent coffee roasters. So now I make coffee almost exclusively at home. There’s nothing wrong with preferring light roasts, but there is with letting the snobs limit your choices. And if you tried the amazing coffee I brew you’d agree that there is not just 1 way to enjoy coffee! Thank you for coming to my TEDx rant…
Roast your own! There’s the startup cost of a roaster (there are some pretty impressive machines available now at around $500 USD) and from there you’ll be spending 1/2 to 1/4 for beans. It pays for itself quickly for any serious coffee drinker and you get a new fun hobby out of it!
https://www.cameronscoffee.com/collections/ecopods
Ecopods, that’s nice to see. I’ve tried camerons before, they have lots of different flavors.
I’d tell but then it’d make it harder for me to get my beans.