You know the scene. You’re out on a date with your wife. It’s been several months since the last time you had the time to spend time together away from the kids. You go to a special restaurant, perhaps the one you took her to when you were dating or on a recommendation from a friend. It’s going to be a nice night. There’s soft music playing from hidden speakers. The waitress takes your order. You and your wife engage in romantic conversation. It’s great to be able to talk uninterrupted by the little ones.
The appetizers arrive and you can’t remember the last time you had Buffalo Wings this good. More chatting as you wait for your meal. Your dinner arrives with another round of drinks. Man, the food is good. You savor each bite and clean your plate. Now it’s dessert time. Red Velvet cake for her, Cheese cake for you.
Dinner is perfect, the company fine and dessert is outstanding. Now to finish with what the restaurant boasts as the best coffee.
You take the first sip.
What just happened? The coffee is terrible. It’s weak and stale; cream and sugar cannot overcome the flavor. Your wife makes a face and pushes the cup away. I mean, McDonald’s coffee would have been better.
Disappointment. And the evening so far was perfect. I’m looking at the whole experience. If one part of the meal is bad, the entire meal is ruined.
Why was the restaurant coffee so awful? Is it because they can skimp on cost and buy from some cheapo coffee company? Is this coffee good to most people who don’t know the difference between great and terrible coffee?
What is your experience with restaurant coffee? If it hasn’t been good, why do you think the coffee served is so bad?
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I feel your pain, my wife and I go through that all the time. What is wrong with people, serve perfect food and crappy coffee. I think I figured it out, they don’t want tables staying much longer than the meal….think about it, what the first thing you do when you taste the bad coffee? Check please..then leave in hunt of good coffee.
Good point Edward, because we do the same thing.
Thanks!
Oh goodness! Boy have I been there before! And only WISH that the coffee was as 5 star as the meal!
CoffeeKween, That’s for sure. My wife was out just resently and her meal was spoiled by the sub par #coffee. Glad we saw you on the live show.
Most of the time we would finish up in one of our favorite cafe. To many restaurants think that all coffee is the same and no one can tell the different.
Sterl, I know what you mean. I go home to have great coffee.