Originally Posted by
chillinthemost
OK, like I said previously, I'm not a coffee snob. I can't imagine traveling with my own french press and coffee, but obviously you feel more strongly about good quality coffee than I do.
Cheers.
I'm not alone in travelling with a french press; in fact someone started yet another thread on the subject just this week.
I think that what you say is true; many seem content to drink mediocre coffee, and it may be familiar to them. They may not find the taste of the chains I listed palatable, and hence I often read about the 'bad' coffee in Italy, etc.
Others prefer higher quality coffee which has a very different taste, and to us the other type tastes like a brown crayon dipped into warm water.
There are hundreds of examples of different tastes and preferences on FT, and this is just more of them.