Fresh Coffee wrote:
Yes it's great to take part in a "friendy forum", and it would be even nicer to see an occasional injection of SOH (sense of humour) otherwise the pace of this forum could be seen by some, to be a little too unrealistically even handed. By the way I for one didnt see any whining but do understand we are all individuals and someone's sense of humour is not someone elses.... A truly tolerant forum should be one that allows individuals to be...just that, as long as there are no insulting personal barneys between people that happen to disagree with eachother or see things from a different direction..... By the way the old 1 drop of dish washing liquid in a 600 ml jug to simulate milk texturing really is a good one and I used it for years when I used to give coffee classes, before letting the class participants loose on the milk.....but in the end none of that (IMHO) is what the topic was really about and the danger in a "friendly forum" is of people pussy footing around not wanting to tackle a little bit of reality (normality?) which in essence, could be reacting a little too far in the opposite direction to what can sometimes happen in other forums....which then means, that the goings on in other forums directly affects what happens in this forum which is a ludicrous situation. That said, I for one would have no objection if the mods decided to pull this whole thread if it is not in keeping with the greater site policy.
Wise words Atillio, I agree, SOH does seem to be lacking somewhat, things can become pretty mundane on a diet of what's in my roaster and what I'm restoring at the moment, as you say most seem to balk at calling a spade a spade, if there's a perceived issue address it, just don't get personal and all will be fine. Whining? what whining. My reference to CS was in no way whining or derogatory, simply a comment on the repetitiveness of many of the topics and answers being posted there nowadays, I guess we forget that what's old hat to many of us is all new stuff to people discovering the world of good coffee, lets not fall into "Don't mention the war" trap, Coffee snobs and Crema can coexist and each should be able to make reference to the other. Pull the thread ??? heaven forbid no, robust discussion is good, there should be more of it. 😉
