How do you define being a Snob!

Camp Coffee? Picture of an Indian gentleman?

Yes, square oblong rather than round oblong.

I remember chicory at my gran's hous. A sort of oblongish bottle with a picture on it?

We used to have a cappucino maker (also Delonghi, I think) but it needed a replacement washer and the manufacturers wouldn't tell me how to do it or send me the right tool so I'm boycotting them. Now I make the coffee in a jug, put a plastic tub lid on top while I warm the milk, give it a stir, and pour it through a tea strainer. Works fine! (so I'm not that much of a coffee snob! ).

A far cry from the bottles of chicory we had when I was a child.

Greatnan - agree with you on NZ coffee, you may have to wait, but they do bring it to your table for you which is good

I do drink instant coffee - but the coffee in NZ in cafes is very good. You have to be prepared to wait for it to be freshly made.

My machine is a Delongi Magnifica, very easy to use but my only grumble is that it could make the coffee a bit hotter.

yoda I wondered about one of those. Have a delonghi espresso machine but can't get on with it. Do the work?

My sister is a coffee snob. When she's in this country, nothing is good enough. Of course, everything in NZ is perfect.....

I drink gallons of real coffee. Got one of those magic machines that you put beans in the top and coffee comes out of the bottom. Love it.

Love the aroma of coffee, but it decided long ago that it didn't like me. So sad!

I agree kittylester. I am absolutely sure we've all been guilty of some sort of snobbery in our time!

Malongo - La Tierra - Bio. - Arabica - Fab.

Only have one mug in the morning, so make sure it's a great one.

My middle brother lives in the US and only drinks fresh coffee. He says he loves having instant Nescafe when he's visiting our mum in Lancashire. Says he kind of misses it over there.

Yes bags, definitely a coffee snob, prefer Guatemalan myself! However, surprised myself this morning when a friend made me a cup of instant and I 'ectuerly' finished it!

Find Costa too bitter. We usually drink Colombian.

Don't I sound like a snob? LMAO!

I prefer propper coffee but being lazy have carte noir instant at home. I bought some blue mountain and didn't think much of it. I prefer the Italian blends!

My definition of a snob is my mother who was, I am absolutely certain, the inspiration for Hyacinth Bouquet! I found it so embarrassing when I was young that I was determined to be like my father who treated everyone just the same. I have come to realise that, certainly in my mother, it is really an inferiority thing and she is often utterly embarrassed by things I say and do in case people judge her!

Employing a cleaner doesn't make me a snob, it makes me someone who hates housework and has little time but enough money to be able to employ someone who actually enjoys cleaning. My cleaner calls me by my first name as I do her. We also text or phone each other to make sure neither of us misses out on gossip vital village information! Our gardener (3 times a year) is a vital source of answers to crossword clues regarding plant names etc as are we for her regarding scientific and historical matters.

But, aren't we all guilty of being snobbish about aspects of life that tick our boxes?

I've just discovered, this morning, that I'm a coffee snob! Not only do I only drink proper coffee, but DH recently bought some Blue Mountain coffee. It's gorgeous!

We can't always control what we think - as long as we don't act on it.
Having had a daughter who became obese during an abusive marriage, I get rather annoyed when people make assumptions that all fat people are just lazy and greedy - if only it were that simple.

I think I fall into the category of "reader" and not so much "poster", probably because I dip into GN now and then, by which time the discussions are well under way and most of what I think has already been expressed (probably more effectively).

My New Year's resolution was not to criticise people I see out and about whom I don't know (e.g. dress sense, their driving etc etc) but I'm finding it v difficult. I think it's my worst trait - maybe that's classified as being a snob, I think it's just plain unpleasant.

Must try harder!

I think that, as with all prejudices, it is O.K. as long as you are aware of them. I know that I have been guilty of inverted snobbery in the past because I assumed I was not going to like someone who had been to public school or spoke with a plum in their mouth. Ian Hislop has converted me!
I now accept that people speak they way they were brought up to speak, and it doesn't tell me anything about them as personalities.
I can't say that my Salford accent, now much diminished as I haven't lived there for over 50 years, has held me back in my career. I think it is easy to blame other people's prejudices for your own failings - 'I didn't get the job because I am black, a woman, disabled, not posh enough, too posh.....' No doubt these complaints are often true but sometimes people don't get jobs because they are just not the right candidate for that particular job.

petallus, Anagram and Soop - loving this thread now.....

petallus ...or very like the rest of us...