Espresso consumption is an aesthetic experience, like tasting a vintage wine or admiring a painting. It is a search for beauty and goodness and improving the quality of our life. As it offers such subjectively ineffable ‘goodness’, devoid of defects, the only adequate reaction to it is astonishment — astonishment that can give birth to enthusiasm, and therefore intellectual and spiritual enrichment.
– Andrea Illy, Espresso Coffee: The Science of Quality, 2nd Ed.
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Jacob Grier is a freelance writer, barista, mixologist, and magician in Portland, OR. He writes, eats, and drinks a lot. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Reason Online, The Oregonian, and other publications.
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Jacob, there’s enthusiasm for your job. And then there’s….well, there’s that quote.
Wow, I better be careful about reading such titillating prose at work. Baristas have all the fun!