Y'know what really grinds my gears?

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

2 chevrons people! 2 chevrons!

I thought you needed all seven locked if you wanted to get anywhere interesting...?

Cheers

Jim

This is the only comment I understand and agree with.

[ZenArcade]

The organs who are tasked with keeping us in a perpetual state of uncertainty, ignorance and anger are well funded by our masters evidently. Z

[radiator]

Drink snobs.

I just don't buy into this myth that there's this enormous gulf in taste and quality between a coffee from Starbucks and one from the poncey coffee shop down the road. It's just a cup of coffee at the end of the day. It has literally three ingredients. In my experience, the main difference is you don't have to wait for 20mins for your drink in Starbucks.

Also people that say this is a 'girly' drink, this is a 'manly' drink, 'this beer tastes like gnat's piss etc'. There's a time and a place for most drinks is there not? It's just a pointless division, and I don't get why some people get so worked up about it.

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

McDonalds does better coffee than Starbucks.

[sheridan]

2 chevrons people! 2 chevrons!

Is it that frickin' hard?

Indeed it is – this always confuses me. Specifically, does it mean...

a) leave the distance between two chevrons between you and the car in front

b) make sure you can see two chevrons between you and the car in front



...ie. do the two chevrons concerned include the chevron you're on?

The following sign would be the view from the cockpit of the the car in b):

[Jim_Campbell]

I just don't buy into this myth that there's this enormous gulf in taste and quality between a coffee from Starbucks and one from the poncey coffee shop down the road. It's just a cup of coffee at the end of the day. It has literally three ingredients. In my experience, the main difference is you don't have to wait for 20mins for your drink in Starbucks.

I'm not a coffee snob by any stretch of the imagination,* but I can tell the difference between the coffee from Costa (horrible) and Caffe Nero (noticeably less horrible). Someone bought me some Starbucks-branded ground coffee which was pretty much undrinkable compared to the fair trade Colombian stuff I usually drink.

So, yeah, there is a difference, although I have no idea whether the entirely subjective criteria on which I'm judging that difference bears any relation to whether the coffee is 'better' or 'worse'.

Cheers

Jim

*I love coffee, but caffeine disagrees with me so I drink one cup of coffee a day and figure it might as well be a good one.

[Banners]

The following sign would be the view from the cockpit of the the car in b):

Surely the sign represents the view if both cars in example a) move forward a bit?

[JamesC]

Drink snobs.

I just don't buy into this myth that there's this enormous gulf in taste and quality between a coffee from Starbucks and one from the poncey coffee shop down the road. It's just a cup of coffee at the end of the day. It has literally three ingredients. In my experience, the main difference is you don't have to wait for 20mins for your drink in Starbucks.

Also people that say this is a 'girly' drink, this is a 'manly' drink, 'this beer tastes like gnat's piss etc'. There's a time and a place for most drinks is there not? It's just a pointless division, and I don't get why some people get so worked up about it.

I think a lot of it is just a fashion thing. In the early 90s everyone wanted to be caffeine-free - Coke even brought out a caffeine-free variety in a gold can. No one cares about that now though - caffeine-free is for wimps and the more hyper-strong and caffeined up your coffee is the tougher you are and the harder you work. Now the biggest drink brands are Starbucks and Red Bull.

[Daveycandlish]

Surely you can taste a difference? Or is it just the fashionable drinking side you don't get?
That, I can understand. But to say every cup of coffe tastes the same is like saying there is no difference between pints of ale or two types of chocolate. Every brand is different; you can't tell me you can't taste a difference between a Hershey bar and Dairy Milk?!

[Dark Jimbo]

I'm not a coffee snob by any stretch of the imagination,* but I can tell the difference between the coffee from Costa (horrible) and Caffe Nero (noticeably less horrible). Someone bought me some Starbucks-branded ground coffee which was pretty much undrinkable compared to the fair trade Colombian stuff I usually drink.

Huh. In terms of sheer taste I find Costa the best by miles, Nero a close second, but Starbucks utterly vile.

And as for whoever said the coffee was better in MacDonalds, their McCoffee has to be the all-time-worst I've ever had! Horses for courses.

[Jim_Campbell]

Huh. In terms of sheer taste I find Costa the best by miles, Nero a close second, but Starbucks utterly vile.

I've only been in a couple of Costas and both times I've found the coffee to be bitter and have an unpleasant aftertaste. Could be I've been unlucky, could be the staff in those particular branches aren't so diligent about keeping the equipment clean, but I won't buy another coffee from them given any kind of choice.

Cheers

Jim

[Dark Jimbo]

See, that's been exactly my expierience of Starbucks - really bitter with an awful aftertaste.

[JamesC]

Surely you can taste a difference? Or is it just the fashionable drinking side you don't get?
That, I can understand. But to say every cup of coffe tastes the same is like saying there is no difference between pints of ale or two types of chocolate. Every brand is different; you can't tell me you can't taste a difference between a Hershey bar and Dairy Milk?!

It depends how much you drink. I probably buy a coffee about once every three months and as far as I'm aware they all taste like a generic strong coffee. I'm sure if I drank more I'd notice the differences between brands but I'd have to drink it at least a couple of times a week.

[Tiplodocus]

Plus do they pay taxes?


Anyway, I try to keep a distance of two cehvrons from the car in front.  But I nearly killed myself the other day trying to keep two chevrons between me and Jeremey Clarkson driving a Ferrari.

[von Boom]

Plus do they pay taxes?


Anyway, I try to keep a distance of two cehvrons from the car in front.  But I nearly killed myself the other day trying to keep two chevrons between me and Jeremey Clarkson driving a Ferrari.