• SpiderFarmer [he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    7 months ago

    It is a good symbol of a proletarian coffee. That or one of those depressing cappuccino machines. Mind you, I’m a prole in the coffee industry, so I get all the espresso I want.

    • edge [he/him]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      I’d argue it’s more a symbol of capitalist exploitation.

      All the other types of coffee are generally enjoyed, whereas drip coffee is basically just functional. And that function is to make workers slightly more productive. And widespread, widely normalized caffeine addiction is mainly a result of that. Someone saying “don’t talk to me until I’ve had my coffee” probably isn’t talking about an espresso.

      Capitalists took something good and asked how they could make it as cheap as possible to extract maximal profits while also using it to their advantage, drip coffee was the answer.

    • huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      7 months ago

      nah, the moka pot is also “proletarian” and also makes good coffee.

      the drip nonsense is just tea drinkers brewing coffee as if it were tea. it’s just wrong.

    • bubbalu [they/them]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      7 months ago

      I used to be a barrista and I remember when I put in a ‘yaeger bomb’ of sorts tryna get a double put in a cold brew and my coworker was like ‘Bubby slow down youna kill yourself!’