We all like and praise specialty roasters. We recommend them online, we tell our friends about. The coffee is great.
… Except when it’s isn’t. And you still paid specialty price for it.
Do you have any bad experience with specialty roasters, places you won’t go back to? Have you ever encountered roasters claiming to sell specialty coffee, but when you open the bag it’s worse than supermarket coffee?
when the coffee is mid, make the best of it. it’s still a rare luxury in the grand scheme of things. use it to practice latte art or brew it for your friends during book club.