The Huffington Post | By Rebecca Orchant Posted: 10/31/2013 9:15 am EDT | Updated: 10/31/2013 11:38 am EDT
Around here, coffee isn't merely considered to be a beverage on the morning menu, it is a right. Some of us need it for our brains to function correctly and some of us just really, really love the taste. As you talk to a coffee drinker, their investment in the stuff becomes obvious. Within five minutes, you'll definitely know whether you're talking to a casual coffee drinker, or a straight up coffee snob.
Below, to see which one you are, you'll find a list of 11 things only a coffee snob would understand.
1 Pre-Ground Coffee Is Not An Option Who knows how along ago it was ground?2 Making Morning Pour-Over Is Actually Kind Of Meditative Rebecca Orchant/The Huffington Post
Until you rip through one Chemex filter, and then every time after that is filled with terrible trepidation.
3 The Crema Is One Of Life's Greatest Joys That's not steamed milk, man. That's just what espresso DOES.
4 How It Feels When Someone Says 'Expresso' Our brains. OUR BRAINS.
5You Are Way More Interested In How Recently The Coffee Was Roasted Than How Dark/Caffeinated It Is We know, French Roast people. You love how bitter it is.
6"Coffee Creamer" Will Do No Such Thing Powder does not belong in coffee.
7The Stuff In Here Is A LAST RESORT We're really sorry it's come to this. Are you at your in-laws' or something?
8 This Is One Of The Nicest Things Someone Can Do For You And a good morning to you TOO, sir.
9 This Isn't Coffee This is dessert.
10 This Mostly Gets Used For Cold Brew Now
If you read through that list and thought, "Wow, those people are intolerable," just wait until you see the coffee snobs in this video.
11 You Know What This Is Called And How It Works (For the rest of you, this is a siphon system and it works like a magical coffee vacuum.)
No, but seriously, they are right about the Caramel Macchiato thing.
