Gourmet Restaurants and Gourmet Coffee?
I absolutely hate it!! That bitter, rubbery, burnt, watered down swill they serve….well, just about everywhere! Honest to god, how does one make it in this world when dish water is the main caffeinated beverage available. You know the kind, you pay $35 bucks for a great dinner, medium-rare steak, fresh asparagus and portabello mushrooms. Then, to finish things off you figure a nice cup of coffee would greatly compliment the almond torte you are about to eat. Tapping your fingers on the table, finally a steaming mug arrives. You raise it to your nose and what did you get? A nice hot cup of……brown water? Wait a minute here. I’m in one of the nicest restaurants around, paying good money for a meal, and the last thing that is going to hit my tongue is this?? Jeez…..that wasn’t in any of the reviews I read. Why not?
Classic! How many times has this happened to you? Or maybe you just aren’t that picky? I don’t know, but it sure leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and its the sort of thing that keeps me from spreading any good word about restaurants where I experience this sort of thing. I mean really, if I can say that the coffee at McDonalds is better than the coffee at the gourmet restaurant downtown, there is clearly a problem.
Is it that the owners of the restaurant are cheap? Probably not. They’re spending good money on the food they sell, and the decor is usually top notch. The problem is that most likely, they like many others today have been raised drinking stale, cheap coffee. They don’t know the difference.
Fresh Roasted Coffee – The Only Coffee
One thing they do know is that when it comes to bread, its gotta be fresh. Well let me tell ya….Coffee goes the same way. If you haven’t popped your tongue into the world of fresh roasted coffee yet you may be forgiven….but I’d still ask why you haven’t popped your head into that realm yet. Coffee is huge. Its a massive industry, and if you are in the food service industry there is no way you haven’t heard people talking about the benefits of fresh roasted coffee.
So……..its been said now……Gourmet Restaurateurs……take this to heart and seek out some great fresh roasted fair trade organic gourmet coffee so your customers don’t suffer through the last bit of flavour they get before leaving your shop!
Now..gimme some coffee!