Comments on: CI flirts with the poverty line, takes it out on espresso luminaries

By: bz

bz — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:29:03 +0000

i know what you mean. people who do that funky, brit, ‘capitalization’-spelled-with-an-s thing drive me NUTS.

but seriously. i have no idea why ANYone reads this thing anyway. much less you and some barista named michael in vancouver.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:47:04 +0000

To be honest, I missed the original reference when it was posted – I was pointed to it a few days ago by Michael, a local barista. I don’t mind snarky blogs. I just find it hard to read sometimes when no capitalisation is used LOL!

By: bz

bz — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:41:26 +0000

makes plenty of sense!

but, ah, the fact that this comment comes six weeks after the original post means … what, exactly? that you don’t use an rss reader? that snarky blogs are an insufferable pain in yer keister?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:28:24 +0000

Erm.

My posting cycle at coffeed.com doesn’t have anything to do with my change in focus in how much or how little I plan to cover the SCAA and Barista competitions in the future.

Instead, my posting cycle at coffeed.com is more affected by my thoughts on participating in that forum specifically. Make any sense?

By: bz

bz — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:12:14 +0000

guilty. i plead guilty.

By: EZG

EZG — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:53:23 +0000

“(the latin post-script was tongue in cheek).”

Those damn pretentious third wavers!

By: bz

bz — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:18:52 +0000

phil: quite agreed. which is one reason i tend to flog the establishment shunners a bit gleefully (the latin post-script was tongue in cheek). however, the echo chamber is kind of like the mainstream media -- it's fashionable to bash 'em, but the ovement couldn't really do without 'em.

now, hanging out in a coffee shop ... i can envision a LOT of world-ill-solving that could be done in that context. excellent!

By: Phil Johnson

Phil Johnson — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:09:53 +0000

I’ll tell you what I told M.P. Any sort of significant change in any sector of anything almost always has to start on the micro- level. If we want better consumer education, leaving it up to the SCAA is not an option. If we want better relationships between roasters and baristi (and more importantly, baristi and customers), we have to press the issue wherever we can effect the most change, like your customers if you are a barista or your barista friends if you are not a barista. Maybe we should all just hang out in coffee shops and have conversations going on where other people actually feel welcome.