Tír Na HiFi

Im in Sandyford.

Had worst coffee ever from from the machine that spits it out in the office.

Please bring me a good double espresso.

Payment will be made in form of pens and paper clips.

Thank you.

I feel your pain.....

there's still (despite the plethora of new coffee shops and chains) only a handful of places doing great coffee

3FE, Cup, some Dunne and Crescenzis,

worst offenders? Insomnia....

I actually think Insomnia are "better" than many of the other chains, although they go through long stages of burning the s**t out of the coffee. You can be lucky, though.

But yes, I agree with you.

Diapason wrote:I actually think Insomnia are "better" than many of the other chains, although they go through long stages of burning the s**t out of the coffee. You can be lucky, though.

But yes, I agree with you.

they specify a burnt profile on the beans and then deliberately have the water too hot to burn it further.... it gives the coffee a strong taste but I find it undrinkable.

No one brought me coffee...I am disappoint.

Had to get desert (almond and pear tart-let) with my canteen lamb with mint sausage, to make up for this....


1st world problems!


(Btw Nicks coffee is nom's)

Ivor wrote:

Diapason wrote:I actually think Insomnia are "better" than many of the other chains, although they go through long stages of burning the s**t out of the coffee. You can be lucky, though.

But yes, I agree with you.

they specify a burnt profile on the beans and then deliberately have the water too hot to burn it further.... it gives the coffee a strong taste but I find it undrinkable.

That exactly describes the Insomnia coffee I got on Monday this week. I assumed it was because the dude serving hadn't a clue what he was doing and had drawn the short straw for the bank holiday shift, but maybe it was meant to taste like that. It was, as you say, undrinkable.

But I drank it anyway.

Edit: Sorry we didn't bring you coffee, k99_64. I drank a Coffee Angel flat white especially for you.

Roast your own from http://www.sweetmarias.com/store/ in a popcorn roaster.
KM

Diapason wrote:

Ivor wrote:

Diapason wrote:I actually think Insomnia are "better" than many of the other chains, although they go through long stages of burning the s**t out of the coffee. You can be lucky, though.

But yes, I agree with you.

they specify a burnt profile on the beans and then deliberately have the water too hot to burn it further.... it gives the coffee a strong taste but I find it undrinkable.

That exactly describes the Insomnia coffee I got on Monday this week. I assumed it was because the dude serving hadn't a clue what he was doing and had drawn the short straw for the bank holiday shift, but maybe it was meant to taste like that. It was, as you say, undrinkable.

But I drank it anyway.

Edit: Sorry we didn't bring you coffee, k99_64. I drank a Coffee Angel flat white especially for you.

Sir.....you are still my friend.

I thank you for your selfless action.

that my issue with insomnia; they have a solemn responsibility as a large indigenous chain of coffee shops not to make coffee which tastes like a horses arse ( by all accounts a horses arse tastes like coffee beans roasted to a point just shy of miniature barbecue charcoal )

k99_64 wrote:Im in Sandyford.

Had worst coffee ever from from the machine that spits it out in the office.

Please bring me a good double espresso.

Payment will be made in form of pens and paper clips.

Thank you.

Get an Aeropress. The best filter coffee I've tasted and all you need is hot water, decent fine ground coffee and your trusty aeropress. Takes a few minutes to make a cup and 30 seconds to clean. A marvellous thing. I must create a new thread later....