Comments on: Know Your Coffee Reviewers http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/09/reviewing-coffee/ Rants and Raves on Espresso Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:35:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Consumer Delusion: ConsumerReports.org’s buyer’s guide to espresso makers http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/09/reviewing-coffee/#comment-1385 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Consumer Delusion: ConsumerReports.org’s buyer’s guide to espresso makers Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:53:35 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=281#comment-1385 [...] As when SFist Jeremy Nisen skewered a Los Angeles Times article that attempted to comparatively review coffees last year (“Know Your Coffee Reviewers”), this oversimplified approach is disingenuous and counter-productive. How can you reasonably compare one machine that can use fresh coffee beans with a pod machine that must use the requesite packets of stale, pre-ground beans — without taking all these other factors into account? [...] [...] As when SFist Jeremy Nisen skewered a Los Angeles Times article that attempted to comparatively review coffees last year (“Know Your Coffee Reviewers”), this oversimplified approach is disingenuous and counter-productive. How can you reasonably compare one machine that can use fresh coffee beans with a pod machine that must use the requesite packets of stale, pre-ground beans — without taking all these other factors into account? [...]

]]> By: TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Los Angeles espresso: THE FIND - Serious (yay!) about coffee http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/09/reviewing-coffee/#comment-325 TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Los Angeles espresso: THE FIND - Serious (yay!) about coffee Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:55:25 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=281#comment-325 [...] While I’ve recently found quite a bit to mock from the Los Angeles Times when it comes to coffee journalism, Wednesday they published a series of mostly worthwhile articles about the local coffee scene in their Food Section (”Beyond Latte”). [...] [...] While I’ve recently found quite a bit to mock from the Los Angeles Times when it comes to coffee journalism, Wednesday they published a series of mostly worthwhile articles about the local coffee scene in their Food Section (”Beyond Latte”). [...]

]]> By: jeremy http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/09/reviewing-coffee/#comment-313 jeremy Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:16:53 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=281#comment-313 Hey, thanks for the shoutout, Greg -- I seem to constantly prove that a tiny bit of knowledge, a big mouth, a few opinions, and a public forum in which to express them can be a dangerous thing. Keep up the best coffee blog on the 'net; now that I've finally successfully registered I'll comment more often, I promise. Hey, thanks for the shoutout, Greg — I seem to constantly prove that a tiny bit of knowledge, a big mouth, a few opinions, and a public forum in which to express them can be a dangerous thing.

Keep up the best coffee blog on the ‘net; now that I’ve finally successfully registered I’ll comment more often, I promise.

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