Comments on: A Tale of Two Beverages

By: TheShot

TheShot — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:44:14 +0000

Voilà! You completely got it, ben.

By: ben

ben — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:57:58 +0000

not sure whats worse, that coffee common existed or the fact that ted expected the privilege of making coffee for them was more important than actually paying a catering rate.

in other commentary – the analogy with sugar in coffee compared to wine doesn’t work in my view – simply because you never flavour enhancers or masks to the finished wine. (except for mulled!) surely the best coffee has been thoughtfully harvested, roasted and brewed well, and so therefor shouldn’t need sugar.

the palate is another thing though. the italian way is ‘with sugar’ if they chose, they could attune their tastes to appreciate it without.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:39:38 +0000

Whether or not you need to actually “apologize for continuing to harp on the hackneyed wine analogy for coffee”, you will never ever need to apologize for continuing to harp on the stupidity of Coffee Common.

By: TheShot

TheShot — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:09:36 +0000

Interesting. CoffeeCon may have been playing up the “international” bit, as the C&T Festival squarely has NYC in its name and a NY angle in its messaging. Would love to see more examples like them, however.

And that’s right: CoffeeFest is another example of a public event gone insiders-only. Thanks for pointing that one out.

By: Nick Cho

Nick Cho — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:06:48 +0000

And you missed this, which was the held-in-conjunction event for the NE Regional Barista Competition, and had way more than 1000 attendees: http://www.coffeeandteafestival.com/nyc/

2nd year for this event, which makes CoffeeCon’s (initial) claim of “first-ever international consumer coffee conference” funny. Also funny: Coffeefest, the trade show we all know and love, originally started as a consumer show.

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Konsumentorienterade Kaffeevent? | …och annat krafs — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:18:52 +0000

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