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Defending Switzerland’s coffee stockpile

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Re: Defending Switzerland’s coffee stockpile

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Post by ryannevius »

barry-cotter wrote: post #4
larnmar wrote: post #3

If the world goes to shit and the Swiss are the only ones left with coffee, then I’ll be most pissed off. The Swiss, quite frankly, don’t deserve coffee. They don’t know how to make it, and they don’t know how to drink it. The Swiss are good at many things, but coffee is not on that list.

I kind of doubt anywhere that close to Italy, large portions of whom speak Italian, has uniformly bad coffee.

Italy has near-uniformly bad coffee, unless your idea of good coffee is the cheapest, dark roasted "arabica" found on earth.

Re: Defending Switzerland’s coffee stockpile

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Post by tlamponi »

kimi wrote: post #9
larnmar wrote: post #3

If the world goes to shit and the Swiss are the only ones left with coffee, then I’ll be most pissed off. The Swiss, quite frankly, don’t deserve coffee. They don’t know how to make it, and they don’t know how to drink it. The Swiss are good at many things, but coffee is not on that list.

On average it's true, but we make Nespresso.

I mean, I don't doubt that there are Swiss people which can make a bomb ass coffee.

Citing n'espresso as a reference for this may be a bit counterproductive, though :)

Re: Defending Switzerland’s coffee stockpile

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Post by Cougher »

ryannevius wrote: post #11
barry-cotter wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I kind of doubt anywhere that close to Italy, large portions of whom speak Italian, has uniformly bad coffee.

Italy has near-uniformly bad coffee, unless your idea of good coffee is the cheapest, dark roasted "arabica" found on earth.

Can you even tell the difference between arabica and robusto when the beans are roasted to taste like fire pit ash? That said, Americans are no strangers to overroasting our coffee just as we overhop our beer.

Re: Defending Switzerland’s coffee stockpile

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Post by sschueller »

larnmar wrote: post #3

If the world goes to shit and the Swiss are the only ones left with coffee, then I’ll be most pissed off. The Swiss, quite frankly, don’t deserve coffee. They don’t know how to make it, and they don’t know how to drink it. The Swiss are good at many things, but coffee is not on that list.

You obviously have never been to a good coffee place in Switzerland. Sure Nestlé produces some absolute garbage but go to a real coffee place in Zürich or Lugano.

Re: Defending Switzerland’s coffee stockpile

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Post by httpsterio »

Cougher wrote: post #13
ryannevius wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Italy has near-uniformly bad coffee, unless your idea of good coffee is the cheapest, dark roasted "arabica" found on earth.

Can you even tell the difference between arabica and robusto when the beans are roasted to taste like fire pit ash? That said, Americans are no strangers to overroasting our coffee just as we overhop our beer.

yes, easily. robusta tastes like burnt rubber asides from the charcoal that comes from over roasting the coffee, arabica is more neutral no matter what the roast level is.

Re: Defending Switzerland’s coffee stockpile

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Post by httpsterio »

barry-cotter wrote: post #4
larnmar wrote: post #3

If the world goes to shit and the Swiss are the only ones left with coffee, then I’ll be most pissed off. The Swiss, quite frankly, don’t deserve coffee. They don’t know how to make it, and they don’t know how to drink it. The Swiss are good at many things, but coffee is not on that list.

I kind of doubt anywhere that close to Italy, large portions of whom speak Italian, has uniformly bad coffee.

Italian coffee is generally not good though.

Re: Defending Switzerland’s coffee stockpile

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Post by sidpatil »

jacob019 wrote: post #17

So they just have a bunch of green coffee beans sitting around and getting old? Are they constantly discarding old stock to make room for new beans?

Green coffee doesn't really go stale—it can be kept in storage for long periods of time without loss of quality.

Once you roast it, it's a different story—it's recommended to consume coffee ideally within two weeks of roasting.

Re: Defending Switzerland’s coffee stockpile

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Post by larnmar »

kimi wrote: post #9
larnmar wrote: post #3

If the world goes to shit and the Swiss are the only ones left with coffee, then I’ll be most pissed off. The Swiss, quite frankly, don’t deserve coffee. They don’t know how to make it, and they don’t know how to drink it. The Swiss are good at many things, but coffee is not on that list.

On average it's true, but we make Nespresso.

Did you mean to say “for instance” instead of “but”?
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