Regular or Unleaded?
One of the men here at work makes a mean cup of coffee, so I am always glad when he gets here first and gets the pot started. I am at work early today, because I didn’t sleep well, and if I could, I’d just set up a coffee IV. I’m that tired. But, I thought if I was going to be awake, I might as well be getting paid for it.
I don’t drink coffee every day. Just on draggy mornings like this, and sometimes when I get cold after lunch. I’m not really particular about my coffee. I have a lot of friends, both online and off, who are self-admitted coffee snobs, but I don’t care that much. I am afraid to admit that I buy the store brand when I purchase coffee, but I would like to say, in my defense, that people have complimented my coffee when I have made it for them. Oh, and I tend to drink decaf as much as possible (although not this morning). My one coffee thing is that I don’t like hazelnut. If I’m over at someone’s house in the evening, the host[ess] will often say, “Do you want me to make some coffee?” And I’ll say, “Sure, if it’s decaf. I don’t want to stay awake all night” [of course, this is not really a concern these days since so many of my friends are nursing mothers who never make regular coffee anymore]. And then I will get stuck drinking hazelnut coffee out of politeness. Why is this? If I was going to make a flavored coffee, I’d warn the person before I made it. It’s always hazlenut, too. There are plenty of other flavors I like/don’t mind. When did hazelnut become the default flavor?
All the coffee snob talk got me thinking about what I am a snob about. Picture developing is one of the things - I like to get mine developed at one of the camera stores instead of at Target or a drugstore. I scrapbook, so I like to have the highest possible quality of pictures. I will admit to being fairly particular about buying good scrapbook stuff. Mike, as I have mentioned before, is a Diet Coke snob. He doesn’t like it in a can, or from a can over ice. He likes it from the fountain or in a 20-oz. I’m not really a music snob . . . I mean, I bought Clay Aiken’s CD and have been known to sing along with it when I’m driving (much to Mike’s chagrin). Plus, I like pop music. I watch reality television. I watch CBS for my news. I read books that are popular, and I watch shows about celebrities. I buy the store brand for lots of stuff. I am downright generic. Perhaps there are some things I am forgetting, but I think I’m not that particular about stuff in general. I think that probably comes from not having a lot of money growing up . . . we just didn’t get to be particular about things. We bought a lot of store brands. And there’s that Southern politeness - always be agreeable as much as possible. I guess I never really allowed myself to form many particular attachments. I certainly wouldn’t characterize myself as low-maintenance, though. Go figure.
Who wants to come clean on some of their snobberies (or complete lack thereof)? Come on, it feels good to admit I drink store brand coffee.
April 2nd, 2004 at
I don’t mind buying Food Lion brand for just about everything……except cereal. I am a cereal snob.
April 2nd, 2004 at
Of course I now have to ask what kind(s) of cereal you like so much, Karen.
April 2nd, 2004 at
I am a generic girl too!! I love president’s choice (Harris Teeter brand)! However I do have to have brand name Oreo’s! And Cool, I mean CoolER ranch Dorritos! I used to be a GNC vitamin only girl, but now I am ashamed to admit that I buy One-a-Days at the drug store!
April 2nd, 2004 at
I guess I might be and orange slice snob (the candy). I only buy the brand from the local supermarket (Hannaford). They don’t taste the same from Wal-Mart or a convenience store.
Also, I don’t like plain water. Only flavored. And then only certain flavors.
Other than that, I’m a generic man. I even asked my wife. :yes:
April 2nd, 2004 at
Kari:
“I am at work early today, because I didn’t sleep well, and if I could, I’d just set up a coffee IV. I’m that tired. But, I thought if I was going to be awake, I might as well be getting paid for it.”
You have just described about 75% of my workdays.
As for snobbery … I will only buy Blaupunkt car stereo equipment. :shrug:
April 2nd, 2004 at
Shelby! You’re not a GNC-only girl anymore? Do the drug store vitamins work? You are the main reason I started shopping at GNC in the first place, hehe.
Roger, which flavors of water do you like?
Geof, I am glad I don’t feel this way 75% of the time. I don’t envy you that.
April 2nd, 2004 at
Kari, actually I’ve been buying Special-K. I don’t even know if they make a generic brand of that….but when it comes to cocoa pebbles, fruit loops, etc….I need the real stuff. Can’t hang with the good ole “fruit os” or whatever Food Lion calls them.
April 2nd, 2004 at
Hmm…I’m having a hard time figuring out if I’m a snob about anything.
April 2nd, 2004 at
hello from the coffee snob. but i agree with you Kari about the whole hazelnut thing! there really is OTHERS out there people!
oh, and I 9 times out of 10 buy store named stuff too. its great and saves a buck or two.
April 2nd, 2004 at
I used to be a brand-name snob in general when it came to food, until I started doing my OWN grocery shopping and went “Hey, even if my mom didn’t buy this growing up, it still tastes pretty good!” My true snob items — toothpaste and peanut butter. I like Tom’s of Maine natural toothpaste and Schmucker’s Natural Reduced Fat Peanut Butter. I will use different brands if at someone else’s house, of course, but I won’t buy any other brands…
April 3rd, 2004 at
My gas station features seasonal specialty coffees, most of which seem yucky to me (pumpkin coffee???)…but I got brave and tried the toasted almond…now I am in despair that it will only be around a few weeks.
And where is Theophileo Keith, the coffee snob supremo?
I guess I became somewhat of a bike snob last year when I got back into bicycle touring. I got a classic 1987 Trek all-steel, fully-lugged touring bike off Ebay and I love to send fellow bikers into fits of boredom as I pontificate about the advantage of steel over modern high-tech alloys.
April 4th, 2004 at
Unless you drink espresso with no milk, you are no coffee snob
I will not lower myself and parade my coffee snobbery among faux snobbers…
April 5th, 2004 at
Water: I like raspberry, stawberry (as long as I don’t have it too often), and grape (if it’s Fruit2O).
Raspberry is what I buy most often.