spro-tripping, fantastically
July 19, 2008 – 5:14 pmStumptown roaster steven (stephen?) drops panama carmen estate hot from the antique probat into blog’s waiting arms! Score. Barista vet jen prince shoves ethiopia misty valley in blog’s gaping, shamless maw. score!
thanks to blog’s texty cohorts who pointed us toward the basement. four hours down, and we’re speeding (spro-eding?) toward the big planes. gasp.
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4 Responses to “spro-tripping, fantastically”
Hey, what’s going on with this blog??? All the bullshit that has been going on in this industry and one of its’ most critical voices is now spending his time serving up fluff??? Where’s the voice? Where’s the critique? Where’s the conscience?
Or has the outsider become the insider and is now willing to give all the bullshit a pass so as not to anger the self-appointed coffee deities?
By The Onocoffee on Jul 23, 2008
for your clone, jay, you’ll have to look elsewhere. besides, YOU could always just start a brouhaha on a forum somewhere. oh, wait …
no, seriously. part of being an outsider is NOT tuning into every insider drama. indeed, i intend to ignore more of them. they’re irrelevant to the real world, and recent debates show that my attempt at reasoned viewpoint doesn’t budge the intelligentsia anyway. pun not intended.
after being literally without internet for weeks, on a long and awesome sabbatical, i came back to an e-mail tip that the usual suspects were in the middle of it again. very deliberately, i walked the other way. why? because rabble-rousing from the inside still loses the connection to real people and real life.
in some hack, two-bit way, this blog has always been about excellent brew in the real world. this includes satire and mockery of insiders — but sometimes it means ignoring them and carrying on with the good life.
eh?
By bz on Jul 23, 2008
Jay, don’t you have your own venues to rouse the rabble? I’m loving the food topics on your blog, but I’d be very interested in seeing you open up a bit more about the trade.
By true on Jul 24, 2008
Like the editor of a weekly paper recently told me, regarding the possibility of writing as their food critic: “you’re too close to the trade.”
I’m too close to the trade ’cause I’m in the trade. By that fact alone, I’m biased. For what it’s worth, I’ve always appreciated the critical comment on our industry from this blog exactly because it’s a third-party viewpoint. Our own coffee media fails to deliver on critical coverage so I’m looking for perspective.
And true, I’m always hesitant to write about the trade on my blog because the trade isn’t my life. Coffee allows me to have a life but, unlike many of my colleagues, it isn’t “my life.” The blog is my focus on what I find fascinating and important in the world - and coffee industry bullshit just isn’t that important when you get right down to it.
By The Onocoffee on Jul 24, 2008