I'm common as muck and spent £150 to try a Michelin star restaurant

Re:I'm common as muck and spent £150 to try a Michelin star ... by ethanbond on Monday February 28, 2022 @04:49PM (#30505619)

Coffee is definitely one of the items that I've found the lowest correlation between price and perceived quality (as a quasi-distinct measure than my own subjective enjoyment). Even among wines, things on the expensive end that I really don't personally like, I can at least convince myself that there's a reason it has the price that it is. Coffee: no discernible relationship.

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Re:I'm common as muck and spent £150 to try a Michelin star ... by regulation_d on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:43PM (#30506191)

I spend a fair amount of money on coffee, but I know what styles and roast levels I like, and I know roasters that do those things well. If you like weird varietals processed with some experimental anaerobic processing method and a light roast, Onyx and Black & White, for example, both do really well with those styles. And they aren't cheap, but I enjoy them. If you favor medium to dark roasts, then Dunkin Donuts brand coffee in the grocery is pretty darn good.

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Re:I'm common as muck and spent £150 to try a Michelin star ... by asah on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:36PM (#30506128)

I used to think that about everything that was "better than Starbucks" and then I had fresh civet coffee from a legit place in HCM.

It's... the sh*t!

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