#coffee snob

[of-merlyn-and-rage]

So….because Manhattan Cafe loves coffee so much but she also likes to mountain climb, how much of a stretch is it to head cannon that she mountain climbs to harvest her own coffee beans?

(For those who don’t know coffee beans grow on mountains and different elevations have different flavor profiles)

[apologize-to-no-one]

[asadgirlwithaprettymind]

cutest lil coffee mug 😍

[liaromancewriter]

Cassie agrees with this sentiment 🤣

[imagine-all-the-people]

Traveller vs. Tourist

I have to say that I have a slight problem with referencing these two terms (traveller vs. tourist) against each other– not because either is bad, but because it implies there is a hierarchy in how we ‘consume’ travel.

Travel snobbery…

These ‘traveller advocates’ seem to push that if others don’t fit within a strange set of rules of being a traveller, you become a social pariah – or worse, a tourist! Gasp!

Many of the articles I have read on ‘being a traveller’ seem to ridicule and belittle the idea of being a tourist, which in reality is nothing more than snobbery in an area in which we can all enjoy and consume travel, albeit slightly differently. Many traveller advocates say how they go ‘off the beaten track’ or how they choose to immerse themselves in the local culture or interact with locals – this may be the case, but do these experiences make them a better human? I think not. I personally don’t think it makes anyone more or less of a traveller or a tourist.

This is stereotyping at its finest. 👇🏻 making the tourist out to be a complete asshole… funny thing is… the so-called “traveller” can be an asshole just as much.. if not more because they’re such snobs. How about we say, no matter how you travel, just don’t be an asshole?

The “Experience” is what matters

In my opinion, every single person is a traveller and a tourist, it doesn’t make any difference if you jet off every year on a long-haul Brazilian adventure where you decide to stay in a Favela while learning Portuguese or if you go to sunny Spain for a family holiday with the people you love – they are both valid, highly personal experiences that you will no doubt cherish for the rest of your life. After all, travelling has always been about making memories. Don’t ever feel you need to travel in a way you are not comfortable with – you are the only person that truly knows the impact that travel has on yourself. After all, we all learn and enrich our lives through our experiences and those experiences will happen no matter if you’re a tourist or a traveller.

People who are constantly making this distinction between being one or the other, are just snobs. Pretentious.. “I’m not that because I’m this.. I would never be that because this is better…” it’s so gross.

Don’t let anyone make you feel bad about the way you travel. Do the touristy things! See the sights in places you can’t see those things in any other place! It’s ok. In fact it would be silly to come to Chicago and not do the tourist sky deck of the sears tower or visit navy pier or take the architectural boat ride along the Chicago river.

You do you. Don’t let bullies make you feel less than for the way you choose to travel. ✈️

Being an asshole doesn’t make you a tourist, just like identifying as a traveller doesn’t make you “better” than the rest, it just makes you an asshole. Don’t be an asshole!

[capt-snoozles]

brother in law: "you hungry?"

me, who's been starving all morning: "i mean i could eat"

[adventuresandcoffeee]

[kcbarcroft]

Roaster: Our current supply of Ethiopian beans has hints of jasmine, honey, and loquat.

Me: Who the fuck knows what a loquat tastes like?