how do reviews account for the fact that batches change, no matter how proud of their consistency a roaster is, it's never perfect. What if they got it two weeks later than the other guy, was this 'Ethiopia Hama Worka Niptipdip' from the same roast batch as the one the other guy reviewed? I mean, they're from the same company but we bought ours two weeks apart and I hope mine isn't two weeks old a. 'well what if it's not bad coffee but you just suck at making it?' and similar.Ĭoffee is really hard to review usefully. how did you make it, how good a job of making it did you do, did you try it different ways, can everyone else trust that you actually did those things and if all those tickey-boxes aren't hit on the way by. You taste the liquid that came from the bottle. Preference accounted for, it's pretty simple from that point forward. With Beer, you either put it into a vessel or you consume straight from the bottle. This is a huge part of why I can't even remember the names of a bunch or prior launches and failures.Ĭoffee is really hard to review, and even harder to give accurate, useful reviews on. I personally think that's a shitty model, but very few people are trying to make anything else these days.Įvery time someone recognises that there's a demand for this, they go off and make their own version, because why contribute to anything that already exists/ed when you can make your own and then hope other people contribute to it rather than the others. In critique, you have to buy in on their coffees, or coffees featured or provided through their service, to access and/or participate in the bulk of the review experience. In fairness, it's the best way to monetize building a review product. Pretty much everyone currently active who has made a reasonable-quality review product has made a walled garden. There's a few huge problems with the model, though. AFIK they either didn't survive, aren't what users wanted, or both.

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