Ok people... so my thinking is that i figure good coffee is a reference not really an absolute. In order for you to really appreciate what good coffee tastes like, you have to really have tried the dodgy dodgy bad stuff.
Also, i figure that your taste buds and brain will get used to the constant good quality. So my line of thinking is that i need to refresh my taste buds be drinking a bit of ashtray surprise now and then.
its been about 3 months since i've drank truly bad coffee, so to this end, i've gone out at lunch today and got myself a mocha from the local starch*cks. How is it you ask? oh yes, its truly truly memorable as ashtray surprise. All I can say is that thankfully i remembered to get a mocha in hope that the coffee would take the edge of the dodgy espresso....
Does everyone else also go through periods of "rediscovery" and if so how often do you do it?
As an aside note... my girlfriend has bet that i'll only be able to get through 4 sips of this thing... i'm pushing for 6 just to spite her heh heh