Thursday, June 5, 2008

Vending Machine Coffee


If it were the job of Critics to simply bitch about everything in a condescending way, I don’t really want to be one. I’d like to be more open minded about things and simply report on how they are. So if things are good they would get good reviews and if they were bad they would get bad reviews, all in some sort of fair system of truth.

Coffee while referred to by those who do not par take of it, as burnt water, actually has as many tones as origins. The urgent need to make it more available and convenient has terribly damaged the final product of what could be a very enjoyable beverage. The coffee vending machine is such a speed bump in the progression of coffee.

The worst part being it’s sneak attack. To the unknown, unexperienced coffee enthusiast who may only have mixed ideas of what coffee should be. This is all not taking into account the high varying levels of personal taste. A machine that takes whole beans stored at room temperature in a container that is not air tight, grinds them according to the designated settings put forth by the vendor not the buyer and then forces boiling liquid through them into a non-insulated shot glass is probably going to compromise your experience regardless of tastes.


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