Puester wrote:
> Ken Davey wrote:
>> Puester wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> When we arrived home I noticed on the counter an all-automatic
>>> espresso maker, a Gaggia Syncronicity Compact, set up on the counter
>>> and ready to go.
> \
>>>
>>> We've now entered the foofy coffee age!
>>>
>>> gloria p
>>
>> BE AFRAID - be very afraid.
>> You have taken the first step on a very slippery slope.
>> Next thing you know you will start to hang out on alt.coffee. Then
>> you will find your vocabulary getting strange to the point that
>> friends 'won't get it' when you talk about coffee. The Gaggia (a
>> super gift - no doubt about that) will start to look like a Toyoto
>> instead of a BMW.
>> There is no known cure.
>> Enjoy it.
>>
>> Ken.
>
> Omigod, does that mean we'll have to move to a house with a bigger
> kitchen so there'll be space on the counter for one of those huge
> brass embossed dome things with all the arms sticking out and valves
> and levers?
>
> Will I then require people to refer to me as "barista"?
>
> That's a fearsome look into the future. I used to read a couple of
> coffee newsgroups about 15 years ago and know exactly what you mean.
> Those folks can get even scarier than the wine ng people.
>
> gloria p
You don't know the half of it. I live with an only moderately obsessed
coffee geek and the search for perfection never ceases. You will find
yourself trying all sorts of beans, and eventually considering roasting
them yourself. Your machine apparently grinds the beans for you, but
just wait until you wonder if the grind is really satisfactory. We've
always had to grind our own, and eventually had to shell out for a
really good burr grinder.

All the really trendy homes these days don't have the espresso machines
on the counter, my dear, they have them plumbed in. ;-)

Christine