"British coffee is pure rubbish"

Bollocks. Excellent variety of beans available here, straight into my bean to cup machine. The last Canadian who I heard bragging about his coffee, and dissing British coffee to boot, eventually admitted that he bought his as ready-ground powder out of open industrial-sized sacks in a warm shop and he bought enough of that to last him for days. Anyone here even thinking of crowing about coffee who doesn't start with beans kept in a refrigerated airtight container would be well advised to observe a period of silence!