Is Coffee Still a Thing?

in #hive-1525243 years ago

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Do you remember Tamagotchis? Those virtual pets whose destinies lay in the palm of your hand, at the end of a key chain.

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At one point, they were huge!! Everyone had to have a Tamagotchi. The responsibility of rearing this little digital being from egg to maturity, feeding it if it was hungry, giving it medicine if it was sick, cleaning up its crap if it had left the turd emoji on the screen... They were all encompassing, attention drawing, all anyone would talk about.

And then.... Gone!

Nobody knows when they went, all they know is that they simply, disappeared.

I don't mean that they disappeared in the sense that they just weren't being used as much or by as many people... I mean they actually disappeared.

At one point, almost EVERY household had at least one Tamagotchi in it.

The next moment, not only did no-one play with them anymore, they couldn't even tell you what happened to their previously beloved pixelated pet.

Trends come and go.. That's why they are called 'Trends'.

It's not just Tamagotchis...

What happened to Slinkis

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Rubik's Cubes

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Pogo Sticks

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Soda Streams

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Tie Dye

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The Flintstones

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The list goes on and on..

Some of it is undoubtedly a result of the rapid advances in technology in recent years... Pagers were sort of a trend that were very quickly overthrown by the advances in mobile phones.

As people moved more and more into a digital world, of course tangible products like Rubicks cubes and Slinky's were going to suffer.

But why Tamagotchis? Why were they so big in the first place? What replaced them? why didn't we notice?

I have gone off on a tangent. The point I was trying to make is the 'Trend of Trends'.

For this Post, we are not looking at what makes a Trend, or what causes a Trend to become 'Untrendy'.

The purpose of this Post is to establish/discuss/evaluate, whether or not Coffee is a Trend in itself, and if so, is it still Trendy?

I was never really much of a Coffee drinker in the past. Caffeine tends to give me heart palpitations and prevent me from sleeping.
But then again so does CocaCola, which I have always consumed in vast quantities.

Growing up it was always a case of, Adults have hot drinks and Kids have Cold Drinks.. Nobody cared that there was enough caffeine in a Cold Coke to raise the dead so long as the kids weren't drinking warm cups of Coffee.

Having grown up in England, of course Tea was always the hot drink of choice amongst the adults, with Coffee being reserved for the Business Men, Taxi Drivers, and weirdly.. after an evening meal in a restaurant (although, I think, at 36 years old, whilst writing this post, it has finally dawned on me why that was a thing)

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Coffee Culture (In England at least) Is a pretty recent thing. With the big chains like Starbucks and Costa, churning out cup after cup of warm milk with syrup and a hint of caffeine to keep the TikTok Titans and Insta Influencers active for a few hours extra each day.

"This might just be a trend" I thought, as I was watching my (extremely expensive) Coffee Machine being installed into my Mobile Coffee Trailer.

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But, if it was a Trend, then it was a Trend that had been going on for a long time and globally, for decades.

Everywhere I looked there was a new Coffee Roasters, Barista Van or Artisan Coffee Shop. Everyone (Including myself) could just not get enough Coffee.

Or so I thought.

Cut to me selling my little Coffee Business.

Suddenly I didn't have the equipment to make myself a good cup of Coffee and needed to look elsewhere. Costa and Starbucks weren't really options (those of you that have ever had 'good' coffee will understand).

I found two Coffee Shops..

The first 'Born and Bread' I have mentioned in a previous post, serves truly amazing Coffee.

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The Second 'The Tuning Fork' Serves 'OK' Coffee.. Nothing exceptional, but a damn site better than the aforementioned chain stores.

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Lately, the opening hours of Born and Bread have been reducing to the point that, it now feels like a bit of a chore to get hold of one of their amazing coffees..You can't just turn up and expect them to be open. You will first have to do a Google search to see if they are open before setting off, or risk being disappointed when you arrive to a locked door.

The Tuning Fork on the other hand, is thriving! So much so, that you also have to do a Google search before going, but just so that you can book a table in order to ensure you can be seated when you get there.

Why is the Tuning fork seemingly doing better than Born and Bread? After all , Born and Bread has better Coffee so surely they should be the one who would have to resort to taking bookings in order to more efficiently serve their Customers. Shouldn't they?

Let's first look at location...

Born and Bread is conveniently placed in the centre of Town on a busy street full of foot traffic.
The Tuning Fork is based on a housing estate out of Town, away from any other shops and amenities.

This would also point towards Born and Bread doing better.

Staffing and Customer Service is irrelevant as both venues have wonderful staff that will bend over backwards to give you a positive experience.

So what does the Tuning Fork have that Born and Bread doesn't?

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It all comes down to the other consumables on offer.

The Breakfasts

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The Cakes

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But this all culminates to the title of this Post.. Is Coffee Still a Thing?

If a Cafe with 'OK' coffee is getting more custom than a Cafe with 'amazing' Coffee.. Then are people actually even going there for the Coffee at all?

We all enjoy Coffee, or at least I assume we all enjoy Coffee because we are members of a group devoted specifically to Coffee.

What about everyone else out there though, in this big wide world? Are they going to a Coffee shop for Coffee? Or are they in fact, visiting said establishment because they have gone on false pretences? Perhaps suggesting to a friend that you go for Coffee, is more acceptable than being honest and saying "Hey do you want to go to that Coffee Shop and eat all of the cake?"

More and more we are being pushed into drinking substandard Coffee because there are increasingly less and less alternatives out there.

Is Coffee a Trend? If so, is it still Trendy? I can't answer that question and so I am relying on some of you to be able to answer it for me :)

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Coffee will always be trending for me. And that cakes look yummy

what's your 'go-to' coffee then @sergiomendes?

Don't really have a local cafe that I specifically go since I have been trying to do this series where I go all over London trying new places eheheh and don't really have any coffee shop close to me that I REALLY loved. Eheheh

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The virtual pets always died on me, I was a bad caregiver and when there was an android version they also died on me, I finally gave up hahaha.

Gone but not forgotten @fabian98 😉

Except for the egg, I do not like eggs, everything looks delicious, personally for breakfast or dining I always appreciate a good cup of coffee.

Unfortunately we were not able to try the cakes on that visit. But I will make it a priority to try each one and post on here whether they taste as good as they look :)

Defo! But only in reusable cups/mugs.. ;)
However, I find it strange that people walk their dogs with it, rather than taking a ball or something.. Weird!

I find it strange that people are ABLE to drink coffee whilst walking their dogs. All my dog would have to do is see a kind looking stranger, and I would be wearing the coffee instead of enjoying it.

Haha! Thank you! Still laughing!
That was brilliant and toooo right! 😄

Coffee can't be a trend! (Imagine all the caffeine withdrawl headaches we'd get!)
Can't decide which looked better, those runny eggs or the coffee cake. I'll take both please, even if they're on the same plate!

Maybe that will be a new trend ... breakfast and cake on the same plate.

We could start it off... call it Cakefast maybe?

'Cakefast'... Genius! How do we get a trade mark on that?

The operators doing V2K with remote neural monitoring want me to believe this lady @battleaxe is an operator. She is involved in the same discord groups around @fyrstikken and friends. Her discord is Battleaxe#1003. Shes in some groups with seemingly detached characters that dont even acknowledge the others in the group, looking oddly staged. She starts projects and does nothing with it or the delegations after its used to sway people. Like @steempowertwins does<------fake along with her @teamgood <------fake. No substance in her comments and has a following that adores her for what? Life coach she is not nor is she insightful with any meaningful skills to follow. Ruler of pixie dust maybe? I would like for someone to show me but probably wont out fear maybe? @fyrstikken groups around him down voted me into censored and not viewable on my accounts as soon I told what they were doing.
I cant prove @battleaxe is the one directly doing the V2K and RNM. Doing it requires more than one person at the least. It cant be done alone. She cant prove she is not one of the ones doing V2K because she cant and could care less. I guarantee she knows this is going around and still wont prove it because she cant. Many of us here can prove what they have been doing to survive the past 5 years. What does she live off of? It definitely isnt in public view here.

I was drugged in my home covertly, it ended badly. They have been trying to kill me using RNM with applied V2K mental games while revealing as many accessories to the crime as they can. I bet nobody does anything at all. Ask @battleaxe to prove it. I bet she wont. Pretty serious accusations to just blow off and leave the crypto community hanging in fear of this danger.

They want me to believe the V2K and RNM in me is being broadcast from her location. And what the fuck is "HOMELAND SECURITY" doing about this shit? I think stumbling over their own dicks maybe? Just like they did and are doing with the Havana Syndrome. They should start by looking at the communications between the top witnesses of Hive and the connection to @fyrstikken groups. Google his fucking name and see where his other interests lie around at least once maybe? The connections between @fyrstikken groups and all the exchanges built for Hive? Bet that would reveal some crazy ball less nutty shit. Homeland security should start preparing for their own incarcerations seeing how sloppy this was done. Patriot act my ass. Think we are really fools? Bad position your not getting out of. Dont be last to blow the whistle. Who will protect you?

People in and around @fyrstikkens groups are reckless and should have shown the proper media what they had before taking me hostage for 5 long torturing years and counting. That is a long time to wait for someone to die.

What would you say while having a gun pointed at your head from an undisclosed location? Have people find it? My hands are tied while they play like children with a gun to my head. Its a terrorist act on American soil while some yawn and say its not real or Im a mental case. Many know its real. This is an ignored detrimental to humanity domestic threat. Ask informed soldiers in the American military what their oath is and why nothing is being done. Nobody has I guess. Maybe someone told ill informed soldiers they cant protect America from military leaders in control that have ill intent. How do we protect locked up soldiers prevented from telling the truth from being treated as criminals? Not to mention civilians we let our leaders treat the same way. https://ecency.com/fyrstikken/@fairandbalanced/i-am-the-only-motherfucker-on-the-internet-pointing-to-a-direct-source-for-voice-to-skull-electronic-terrorism-terrorism

Hello @vanbliss, these are some thought-provoking questions. Are you high on coffee? Something seems to have stimulated your brain!
Those images though! You sure know how to tease. I just had dinner and I am feeling stuffed, but I would make space for a breakfast that looks like that, and I would have a slice of each of those cakes (even the Chocolate Raspberry Moouse)

... all I know is that coffee is ALWAYS #trending...oh, and the only thing I would skip is the chocolate brownie.

Who knows where these questions come from.

Probably not relevant, but i was once given a birthday card with the title

'the meaning of life'

Underneath it said...

Maybe its a chicken
Maybe its a chair
Maybe its a piece of cheese suspended in the air.

Yup, just thought about it.... definitely not relevant

I almost fell off my chair now...🤣