is coffee bad in all of California?

nageov3t

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I've been in LA since Tuesday... I've had coffee in multiple places (restaurants, coffee shops, the hotel lobby) and goddamned, it's all pretty terrible and weak.

am I just having bad luck or is this natural in California?
 

sdifox

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it's their environmental laws. They are not allowed to sell you coffee that might hurt you.
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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I've been in LA since Tuesday... I've had coffee in multiple places (restaurants, coffee shops, the hotel lobby) and goddamned, it's all pretty terrible and weak.

am I just having bad luck or is this natural in California?

For real coffee, you have to go to street vendors. :)
 

wty

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Generally I drink "Nestle 1+2" in my office.Maybe not good for health,I want to change to pure coffee.
 

Ns1

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V-60 pourovers are all the rage. This place uses beans from Handsome Coffee Roasters and sits on a coffee warmer as it drips. Great pie too if you're in the area.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/republic-of-pie-san-fernando-valley
 

nageov3t

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dude, you know nothing.

we're in like, 3rd wave artisinal coffee with single estate beans roasted daily in v40 pourovers/siphons/other bullshit chemistry sets

so is that why it's so much worse compared to NYC? :hmm:
 

K1052

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Restaurants and hotels generally have shitty coffee, even the expensive ones pimping beans from a quality roaster. Major chains are usually pretty consistent regardless of market in my experience...one of the few good things about Starbucks.

Go find an Intelligentsia, I think there are 3 or 4 in the LA area.
 

zanejohnson

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oh,that's a kind of coffee,nescafe ,made by nestle company.
That's "nescafe 1+2" .It has trans fat,so maybe not good for health.

really? no real coffee?
the fuck?

oh well you guys have pot... here, you get arrested for a gram...
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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oh,that's a kind of coffee,nescafe ,made by nestle company.
That's "nescafe 1+2" .It has trans fat,so maybe not good for health.

Gotcha so, does it have any redeeming qualities? Hallucinatory, keeps you up three days straight or, guaranteed to make you lose 10 pounds?

I guess people really will drink anything.
 

sdifox

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Gotcha so, does it have any redeeming qualities? Hallucinatory, keeps you up three days straight or, guaranteed to make you lose 10 pounds?

I guess people really will drink anything.

Japanese have vending machines that sell canned coffee. And they are warmed up. Yes, they heat the can.
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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Japanese have vending machines that sell canned coffee. And they are warmed up. Yes, they heat the can.

I'm pretty sure half of Japanese popular culture was formed for no other reason than to make the rest of the world say, WTF?
 

wty

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Instant coffee in a plastic pouch you pour out. I am guessing the 1 is coffee and the 2 is sugar and whitener.

Vile. Do not drink.

Yes,that's it :Instant coffee .


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Why I can't insert image?
 

wty

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Gotcha so, does it have any redeeming qualities? Hallucinatory, keeps you up three days straight or, guaranteed to make you lose 10 pounds?

I guess people really will drink anything.

Oh,only because It's easy to drink,you put the Instant coffee in a cup,then pour the water in ,then drink it,especially in your office,very quickly.
 

AMCRambler

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Yes,that's it :Instant coffee .


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Why I can't insert image?

"http://forums.anandtech.com/c:/20109291314424542.jpg"

You gotta upload that to a web site numb nuts. We can't access your c drive.