I feel like somebody entered the Musée du Louvre and desecrated the Mona Lisa with a mustache. I feel violated, like that time when Coca-Cola changed to the New Formula or when I learned that Santa Claus was not real. Today, my world is sad because the art of coffee has been reduced to a meaningless mechanical process. I am usually quite supportive of technology but this time the technicians have gone too far!
I went into the local grocer last night to pick something up for dinner and I noticed a group of people gathering around a vendor who was giving away something for free. Mmmmmm, so I got in line. The vendor was giving away free cups of coffee. Mmmmmmm, I waited. When I got closer I learned that they were promoting a coffee maker that used coffee discs. It's called the Tassimo Brewer and it claims to brew the perfect cup.
I read a review of the disk/pod coffee brewing system and the writer said that brewing coffee this way was "idiot proof". Ooooooooo, that makes me so mad - if idiots want something hot to drink let them stick with tea! The perfect cup of coffee is supposed to be sought after like Indiana Jones seeking after a relic, Bobby Fisher seeking to win the Chess championship from the Russians, the Detroit Lions seeking the Superbowl. The power of creating a perfect cup of coffee is not supposed to be given to just anyone who can afford to buy the machine, that's like giving a nuke to terrorists just because they can afford it.
Ach, this is a sad day indeed. What's next for coffee? Will they design a Terminator that will excrete coffee from its bladder?
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