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Post by sadie1263 on May 5, 2010 17:54:12 GMT
"If the caffeine doesn't wake you up, the price certainly will. At $12 a cup, the coffee at Cafe Grumpy makes Starbucks seem like a bargain brew. Made from handpicked beans grown and coddled in Ethiopia, the pricey grind will be sold starting today at the chain's locations in Park Slope and Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and Chelsea. "There are flavors you would expect in a really nice glass of wine -- it's a cacophony of nuances," said Steve Holt, vice president of Ninety Plus Coffee, the company distributing the beans. "You detect flavors of apricot, pineapple, bergamot, kiwi and lime. The deeper tones are levels of chocolate, and the finish is super clean." So why does a cup of Grumpy cost six times the price of a cup of Starbucks? "It is a higher-end coffee, and you have to take a lot of time developing and processing it," said Holt. "Once the coffee is harvested, it is dried on a raised African drying bed -- the actual coffee cherries never sit on the ground." Colleen Duhamel, a coffee buyer and barista at Cafe Grumpy said the Nekisse beans, which are roasted on site, yield a far more complex coffee that should only be taken black. "As soon as you add milk and sugar to this, you lose a lot of the nuance," she said. But not all customers are ready to pay the premium. "People have had bad reactions to the prices," she said. "They will think, 'This place isn't for me,' and storm out." Even regulars at Grumpy to whom The Post provided samples of the $12 coffee said they would stick with the coffeehouse's cheaper offerings. "I've spent $12 on a cocktail, but I'd be reticent to pay that much for a cup of coffee," said Whitney Reuling, 25, after taking a taste. "It's good -- but I can't taste the difference. My palate is not at an advanced level for coffee -- a $2.50 cup is fine." Kate Weinberg, 24, said she could definitely taste the extra $10. "There is a huge difference over a $2 cup -- a sweetness and a tartness to it," she said. "I would not spend $12 on a cup of coffee, but it is good."" www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/cup_isn_your_average_joe_NnLIsvhSFdL2zu5ndbFRoI
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Post by iamjumbo on May 5, 2010 18:10:21 GMT
REALITY!! coffee is supposed to taste like coffee, and NOTHING else. i have never bought a starbucks coffee for that reason. i drink 4-5 pots of coffee every morning, and twelve bucks will buy two months of coffee. only the truly abjectly stupid would ever even think of paying that
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Post by sadie1263 on May 5, 2010 18:25:27 GMT
I didn't realize it was supposed to taste like apricots, lime, kiwis, etc..........what the heck happened to the coffee beans?
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Post by iamjumbo on May 5, 2010 21:58:00 GMT
I didn't realize it was supposed to taste like apricots, lime, kiwis, etc..........what the heck happened to the coffee beans? that's the point. it isn't coffee, period. coffee tastes like coffee, NOTHING else, or it's not coffee
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Post by Lauren on May 6, 2010 21:43:01 GMT
$12?
I'll have to pass.
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Post by beez0811 on May 6, 2010 21:52:42 GMT
Nope. I rarely buy from Starbucks. Why in the hell would I want some fruity flavor in my coffee? I'll go for mocha or some sort of caramel, but that's about it.
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Post by beth on May 7, 2010 2:49:26 GMT
I wonder how big the cup is. No, this does not even sound like something I'd like.
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Post by sadie1263 on May 7, 2010 3:55:48 GMT
And seriously......how do we know it was handpicked? How do we know it was dried on an African drying bed? And why does that make a difference? It's a friggin' cup of coffee!!!!!!! Even if they lovingly did all that.....then they just dropped them in a machine and ground them up. I just really don't get this one? Unless it not only wakes me up....puts on my makeup....and maybe gives me a massage.......I'm not seeing it!!! Did someone promise them these beans were magic and would grow a bean stalk to a magic giant kingdom?
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Post by jade on May 7, 2010 8:46:54 GMT
just a thought - why would you use Starbucks as a comparison? I never had anything from there that tasted remotely like coffee.
Nor Costa, actually.
dreadful brews they serve.
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Post by Wonder Woman on May 7, 2010 16:23:23 GMT
$12 ? Are there gemstones at the bottom?
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Post by fretslider on May 7, 2010 16:27:53 GMT
$12 ? Are there gemstones at the bottom? There is only one coffee worth considering Lavazza Qualita Rossa.
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Post by sadie1263 on May 7, 2010 18:10:09 GMT
Which is that coffee that is so expensive and the whole deal with it is some animal eats it and poops it out and then it is roasted? (Which I think is even more disturbing!!)
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Post by beth on May 8, 2010 14:27:17 GMT
Which is that coffee that is so expensive and the whole deal with it is some animal eats it and poops it out and then it is roasted? (Which I think is even more disturbing!!) Not to mention, disgusting. There are days I have a real problem eating cooked animals . . . let alone their waste!
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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on May 10, 2010 20:42:49 GMT
REALITY!! coffee is supposed to taste like coffee, and NOTHING else. i have never bought a starbucks coffee for that reason. i drink 4-5 pots of coffee every morning, and twelve bucks will buy two months of coffee. only the truly abjectly stupid would ever even think of paying that I think Jumbo may be the Kid from Brooklyn. Watch this video (caution: it's raunchy so don't watch if you're offended by four letter words). The Kid from Brooklyn unloads on Starbucks.
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Post by ♫anna♫ on May 10, 2010 21:09:39 GMT
If certain people will pay 100s of dollars for a bottle of wine and thousands for a painting i guess a $12- cup of coffee would be a bargain for them.
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Post by iamjumbo on May 12, 2010 11:32:32 GMT
REALITY!! coffee is supposed to taste like coffee, and NOTHING else. i have never bought a starbucks coffee for that reason. i drink 4-5 pots of coffee every morning, and twelve bucks will buy two months of coffee. only the truly abjectly stupid would ever even think of paying that I think Jumbo may be the Kid from Brooklyn. Watch this video (caution: it's raunchy so don't watch if you're offended by four letter words). The Kid from Brooklyn unloads on Starbucks. the bottom line is that i am too intelligent to waste money for status. it's essentially the same thing as wasting forty bucks for a shirt at macy's that you can get for fifteen bucks at jc penny. being proud that you're stupid enough to waste money so that you can parade around talking about it is nothing to admire
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