Oh man, this subject has been posted and posted and posted about on the net. There are thousands of pages on subject if you Google coffee and on Flickr, where I got the below image from, there are nearly 19,000 results for searching "coffee." It's an important subject to me, which is why I'm retreading ground that has already been so well trod. But it's telling to me that there's so much out there about it. It's obviously a very important issue to others.
Just look at this:
This image is one of many by Tonx on Flickr. Beautiful stuff and you can find tons of gorgeous coffee photos there.
There's a culture to coffee. You can see it in where you buy your brew. That is not to say that different coffee drinkers don't break from their mold occasionally, or even often, but by and large they fit into a certain mold.
There are the coffee shop drinkers. Those that speak coffee as grande and vente. They don't blink at spending $5 for a cup because they treat it like an exotic cocktail from a bar. It's aroma is savored and its flavor cherished. And, regardless of how much they deny it, it's quite fashionable also.
There are the home brewers. Those that may prefer a high-end cup, but don't like paying a high-end price at the shop. They realize that with a little investment, they can brew quality sauce at discount prices. Relatively, of course. The straddle the lines between coffee shop and mom and pop. If they buy coffee on the road, it's usually somewhere they're ensured a good brew.
There are those who prefer their coffee one certain way, seldom stray and have a place they regularly get it from. It's usually a mom and pop place they've frequented for years. They know the workers by name and use coffee lingo like "Joe" and "Java," but not in the cheesy fashionable way that the coffee shop patron does. It is with complete sincerity they ask for "black caffeine juice."
Lastly, there is the occasional coffee drinker. To me, these people range from the person who drinks one or two cups a day to the person who drinks a cup every few days. The speak very little coffee language and know exactly what they want in a cup. It's usually a means to an end -- a pick-me-up or a non-alcoholic apertif.
There are those who don't drink coffee and we don't hold it against them. But we don't usually mention it in polite company either.
A couple of other neat coffee sets/individual shots can be found here and here.
Stay caffeinated.
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