Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Coffee technology is not (always) for me.

I stopped at a truck stop early this morning to get a cup of coffee. When I want a self serve coffee, I just want to grab a cup, hold it under a spigot, and pull the lever on top of the spigot down to fill my cup with straight, simple black coffee. They offered instead a bank of newfangled coffeemakers with all sorts of options.

I didn't like that. When I want a self serve coffee, I just want to grab a cup, hold it under a spigot, and pull the lever on top of the spigot down to fill my cup with straight, simple black coffee.

But you have about eighteen different options using the new units! Yes, but I would have to learn to use them. I don't want to do that. When I want a self serve coffee, I just want to grab a cup, hold it under a spigot, and pull the lever on top of the spigot down to fill my cup with straight, simple black coffee.

But it's fresher! Beans are ground fresh for each cup and hot water forced through them. But how unfresh is the other coffee? It can't be that bad. And when I want a self serve coffee, I just want to grab a cup, hold it under a spigot, and pull the lever on top of the spigot down to fill my cup with straight, simple black coffee.

But you can have your choice of Ethiopian this or Columbian that or Arabica whatever else. I don't care about that. When I want a self serve coffee, I just want to grab a cup, hold it under a spigot, and pull the lever on top of the spigot down to fill my cup with straight, simple black coffee.

It's quicker than them newfangled gadgets anyway to grab a cup, hold it under a spigot, and pull the lever on top of the spigot down to fill my cup with straight, simple black coffee. I like it that way when I'm on the road and time's a wastin'. Because...

...When I want a self serve coffee, I just want to grab a cup, hold it under a spigot, and pull the lever on top of the spigot down to fill my cup with straight, simple black coffee.

And that's all there is to it.

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