Re: Nothing worse...EVER!

Jack Denver <nunuvyer@netscape.net> wrote:

> "Colin B." <cbigam@somewhereelse.shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:k7ENj.196247$pM4.5363@pd7urf1no...
>> It's the middle of the night and I'm at work. I don't want to make a
>> whole pot of terrible office coffee, so I go down to the other end of
>> the floor, where they have Flavia "coffee." It's horrible, but it's
by
>> the cup.
>>
>> However, they only have hazelnut or french vanilla. Nothing that actually
>> qualifies as 'just a cup of coffee.' Fine, I'll try the hazelnut.
>>
>> Holy crap this stuff is bad! This may be the single worst coffee
>> experience
>> of my entire life!!! I've just had my third sip (in 45 minutes), and can't
>> even face the thought of it anymore. I'm going to find some lukewarm
>> day-old coffee and microwave it.
>>
>> Seriously, this is better than the Flavia horror. How could it be that
>> any company could go to the expense and effort of making something this
>> profoundly terrible? I don't understand the corporate mindset.
>>
>> Colin
>
> You should have made the pot. Probably should have used about 1/2 as much
> water as they say because usually overextraction (too little coffee for the
> amount of water run thru)  is part of the terribleness.

Actually, the pot brewer here has been 'tweaked' by us to extract about
the right amount for the coffee in the pouches. Sadly, the pouches we've
been provided with are pretty bad.

> The Flavia system (made by the Mars candy bar people) includes un-flavored
> coffees too. Maybe the hazelnut and vanilla were all that was left because
> people avoided the horrible artificial taste. Then again, some people (esp.
> women for some strange reason) actually LIKE flavored coffee so maybe that's
> all they ordered. Or they reasoned that there was the by-the-pot machine for
> "Regular" and the Flavia machine for the flavored lovers.

Flavia is my nemesis. Everywhere I go, they get a Flavia system just after
I get settled. My previous company got one. I went on-site to one of our
customers, and they got one. I got shipped to another site, and the made
the switch as well. I changed jobs and companies, and just after getting
here, my new employers brought in Flavia as well. Argh! For better or for
worse, the only coffee they have for it here are the two flavours I
mentioned. (The teas are just as bad, if not worse.)

> There's only 5.5g of coffee in a little Flavia "filterpack" or only
enough
> to make about 3.5 oz.  I dunno if there is a "stop" button on the Flavia
> machine but in the worst case you can pull your cup away from the spots when
> they get to about 3.5 oz. Of course nothig will get rid of the horrid
> articifial flavor except choosing a different envelope.   BTW, at around 45
> cents/envelope this works out to maybe $35/lb. for coffee - for what they
> are paying you could be drinking some really high quality gourmet coffee.
> Unfortunately, you are locked into the Flavia proprietary packs so whatever
> Mars offers is what you get. With K-cup at least there is a wide variety
> offered in that format by several different roasters.

Hmm. Maybe I need to mention that $35/lb to the corporate office.
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