Lunchin’ Dublin (2 Viewers)

[Lili Marlene]

cheers, i usually drink my coffee black so am not familiar with the milky variations.

I'd be the same but hard to get a good espresso out there so I usually get something with milk unless i'm sure.

 

[magicbastarder]

at the wedding i was at in venice in september (of a thumpeder), gary from imbibe coffee was there and tweeted how disappointing italian coffee was, that they were doing it wrong. he ended up with a minor social media kerfuffle to handle while enjoying the sights.

 

[Unicron]

at the wedding i was at in venice in september (of a thumpeder), gary from imbibe coffee was there and tweeted how disappointing italian coffee was, that they were doing it wrong. he ended up with a minor social media kerfuffle to handle while enjoying the sights.

I wonder how his anaerobic fermentation beans would go in a moka pot.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Was he trolling, calling the Italians bad at coffee? Signing his own death sentence surely.

 

[magicbastarder]

i'm not going to try to find the tweet now (and he may have deleted it anyway) but i suspect over-roasting the beans featured.

 

[dudley]

Was he trolling, calling the Italians bad at coffee? Signing his own death sentence surely.

Coffee is notoriously terrible in Italy, and it's kind of on purpose. I forget the story, but I think it was a wartime thing, they were unable or not allowed to import decent beans, so the only beans available were cheap and terrible. To make them drinkable they would have to be over roasted. To then make them sellable they had to be really cheap.

It's why most Italians would balk at paying more than an euro for an espresso, it's meant to be an affordable, quick pick me up in the morning, not to be savoured and enjoyed.

 

[therealjohnny]

Given that there’s been so much change in town over Covid, I thought it would be good to have a thread for good eating in Dublin.

wait...I get it! It's a "Lovin' Dublin" pun
#harboammonis

 

[Lili Marlene]

Coffee is notoriously terrible in Italy, and it's kind of on purpose. I forget the story, but I think it was a wartime thing, they were unable or not allowed to import decent beans, so the only beans available were cheap and terrible. To make them drinkable they would have to be over roasted. To then make them sellable they had to be really cheap.

It's why most Italians would balk at paying more than an euro for an espresso, it's meant to be an affordable, quick pick me up in the morning, not to be savoured and enjoyed.

Get it together lads. You went and invented espresso and now you can't even make a decent one.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

I read this as lynchin' dublin.

a whole other thing altogether

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

wait...I get it! It's a "Lovin' Dublin" pun
#harboammonis

This guy gets it. #jesuisharbo.

I read this as lynchin' dublin.

a whole other thing altogether

Take it to the Lankum thread.

 

[Cormcolash]

Soup Dragon on Capel Street is allegedly really good

 

[nuke terrorist]

coffee shops are the biggest sign of gentrification I can think of. once one opens your street/area is nearly finished. the whole concept of them is vile and I wouldn't set foot in one.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

coffee shops are the biggest sign of gentrification I can think of. once one opens your street/area is nearly finished. the whole concept of them is vile and I wouldn't set foot in one.

What if you want a coffee?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I love coffeeshops

 

[Lili Marlene]

coffee shops are the biggest sign of gentrification I can think of. once one opens your street/area is nearly finished. the whole concept of them is vile and I wouldn't set foot in one.

No doubt coffee shops CAN be a sign of gentrification, and in a world of cities hollowed out for tourism and air bnbs they often are, but it need not be the case. Lack of imagination is a scourge in this world.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Speaking of coffee shops, yesterday I got a Cajun chicken wrap from CoffeeAngel and it was lovely. Nice bit of chicken, sweet potato, crunchy potatoes, nice flavoured mayonnaise and heated. Kind of want another now.

 

[magicbastarder]

What if you want a coffee?

you must be a gent.

 

[nuke terrorist]

What if you want a coffee?

haven't drank coffee for 29 years. hot drinks are overrated crap. you might as well have cafes that are based around eating chocolate.
Water rules!
coffee shop culture in Ireland is mostly imported from the US.

 

[magicbastarder]

i haven't paid for a haircut in 26 years, but i'm not going to claim hairdressers are overrated crap.

 

[nuke terrorist]

i haven't paid for a haircut in 26 years, but i'm not going to claim hairdressers are overrated crap.

you need to cut your hair sometimes but you don't need to drink coffee.
I've shaved my head hundreds of times but barbers are quicker.