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I’ve seen those baristas pouring hot espresso directly into the plastic cup.

If you can boil water, you can make coffee at least as good as Starbucks. If boiling water is too difficult, there are automated push button machines (Nescafe, etc).

it's a skill that takes 15 minutes to learn. maybe 30 if you include roasting your own beans. it could be taught in highschool to everyone.

hardly requires a bustling industry to solve this 'problem' or provide this 'value'.

starbucks is a monument to the lazyness and exploitation of this lazyness in homo sapiens.

Making coffee takes like 3 steps.

The only 'skills' you need is the ability to transfer powders and liquids from one container to another.

I have no idea why people idealize coffee making so much. I have been doing pour over coffee my whole life and it feels as basic a skill as washing a dish.