by Fatboy_007 » Wed May 24, 2006 11:23 am
Sorry if I upset anyone with my rant it was late!
However I do stand by (most of) the points I made, anyone who is prepared to spend £1,000+ on coffee equipment, as Cakey and others have done, is very much at the cutting edge, sure people like Steve are pre-eminent in their field (normally a soggy one in Origin) but anybody who makes regular and valid points on a forum such as this, (so that counts me out), is an apostle for this stuff. Don't sell yourselves short.
Part of what makes Steve one of the best and most accomplished roasters in the World (remember that 5th in the WBC!) is his desire and ability to educate and inform, and provide encouragement to all around him. Long before I was a member here, I would leave reviews of some of Steve's coffees on hasbean.co.uk, and every so often I would get a late night e-mail from Steve thanking me for the review that I had written. How proud was I of that!
I do however agree with a lot of the comments being made, we exist in a rareified world, and maybe we are all just 'quality freaks' at heart. To paraphrase someone else, it's all about 'education, education, education'
Anyway, many thanks to all here, Matt, George et al. It is through your enthusiasm and helpfulness that my 'obsession' with coffee has managed to flourish, which I still haven't worked out is a good thing or a bad thing. Whichever way I have to go and have a lie down now.
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