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Originally Posted by Ducay
There's really only such thing as a coffee snob. Anyone who is a snob over coffee; doesn't discriminate between methods as long as its being brewed in a proper fashion and brings out the best qualities in the bean. Its all about the type of extraction method and making sure that its done properly.
There are fantastic drip machines (Technivorm), vacuum presses, espresso makers, filter methods (per above), that all allow great coffee to be made.
Coffee snobs just hate when coffee is made with garbage inputs (old beans, old roast, bad grind, bad method, temperatures all over the place).
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This is why I love my nespresso. I enjoy espresso and it ensures I get beans that are vacuum ground and sealed, so the air doesn't touch them until you begin the extraction process. It literally begins going stale 5 seconds before the water touches it, tough to get fresher than that.
While the bean choice is another matter - you can't get many flavours of nespresso, as compared to what you can in general bean purchases, because of this expensive and centralized vacuum grind and seal process.
So while, in my mind, the freshness of the beans is unparalleled, equaling home roasted and ground immediate brews - it cannot match the breadth of beans that a true espresso snob can acquire, given the limited selection.
With that said, I love the flavour of 2 or 3 of the roasts, and they come out with special different roasts several times a year, so its got enough selection to keep me pleased!
The internal water heater and electronic temperature control keeps the water at a perfect constant temp as well, which is also imperative.
If you're into espresso and love a fine shot, but don't want to deal with roasting and grinding your own, I love the Nespresso as an option.
For coffee, I just grind my own fresh Kicking Horse beans with anice coarse grind and throw them in my french press. yum yum