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Steve Pope Steve Pope is offline
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Sheldon > wrote:

>Those imbeciles know nothing, absolutely nothing. Anyone reads the
>history of coffee will learn that espresso was developed as a way to
>use the crappy moldy beans by over roasting. Those burned beans were
>then given to the peasants to keep then from rioting, because they
>were already addicted to caffeine. Espresso in of itself is garbage
>coffee anyway, no way to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear... it's
>all cultish blind belief nonsense. The best anyone can do is keep it
>simple and use good water. Doesn't matter how much is spent on coffee
>beans and equipment, how much one plays witch doctor by roasting their
>own, if the water sucks so will the coffee.


Oh, okay. So you don't know jill about coffee it turns out.

Steve