If you have decent coffee, you get the grind dialed in, and a half decent sub 300€ expresso machine, you can get very very good coffee.
I have owned a small resto in Spain, so I kind of know a bit about expresso.
The coffee experience is 100% subjective, anyway.
Some like light roasts, dark, some Arabica, some robusta, some espresso, pour over, some percolated (I just barfed a little in my mouth here).
There is a lot of bullshit being peddled by coffee influencers who every week have to make a video about the same subject to keep making money, anyway.
Yeah the problem with espresso is once you have good espresso you really can’t go back to drip coffee. It just tastes like bitter colored water :(
But you also make a good point, Starbucks sells a ton of different drinks but the shot that goes into them is always the same. If you put in a little time to experiment and dial in it’s easy to find something that fits your taste even better.
If you have decent coffee, you get the grind dialed in, and a half decent sub 300€ expresso machine, you can get very very good coffee.
I have owned a small resto in Spain, so I kind of know a bit about expresso.
The coffee experience is 100% subjective, anyway.
Some like light roasts, dark, some Arabica, some robusta, some espresso, pour over, some percolated (I just barfed a little in my mouth here).
There is a lot of bullshit being peddled by coffee influencers who every week have to make a video about the same subject to keep making money, anyway.
Yeah the problem with espresso is once you have good espresso you really can’t go back to drip coffee. It just tastes like bitter colored water :(
But you also make a good point, Starbucks sells a ton of different drinks but the shot that goes into them is always the same. If you put in a little time to experiment and dial in it’s easy to find something that fits your taste even better.