On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:29:07 +1100, Bruce >
wrote:

>In article >, Jeßus says...
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>> On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 07:37:00 +1100, Bruce >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >In article >, Jeßus says...
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 06:40:02 +1100, Bruce >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >In article >, sf says...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 21:35:42 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Depends on how much you like coffee. I don't drink it but my wife
>> >> >> > appreciates really good coffee so I buy her the best I can find. Cost
>> >> >> > is not a factor, only that she has the best coffee experience. I grind
>> >> >> > and brew it for her too.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> AFAIC, grinding the beans at home is fine if you use a French press -
>> >> >> but I prefer drip. I buy pre-ground because I am not going to invest
>> >> >> hundreds of dollars in some fancy burr grinder that may or may not
>> >> >> work as well as the industrial grinders, so that part of it is a
>> >> >> non-starter for me.
>> >> >
>> >> >Hundreds of dollars to grind coffee? What perfectionist hype is that?
>> >>
>> >> You're not a coffee lover then.
>> >
>> >You're just snobs with too much time on your hands
>>
>> And you have no taste buds if you can't taste the difference. IIRC,
>> you're wine drinker? Do you prefer cardboard box 'goon' or a bottle of
>> grange hermitage?
>
>I don't drink expensive wine, but I don't drink those boxes either.

No need to, it was just to illustrate a point.

>> If you think my owning a burr grinder is bad, I very nearly bought a
>> roaster years ago... thankfully I didn't take things quite that far.
>
>Can't you pan roast coffee too?

Yes, but that is a hit and miss affair, a proper roaster is not.
Anyway, as I was saying before, I thought better of it and glad I did.
I can buy decent freshly roasted beans in Launceston as cheap as green
beans and it's one less thing to have to do around here.