Pointwashing: Coffee Scores Are Just a Sticker
Coffee scores don’t describe quality anymore. They justify price. That’s pointwashing — when sensory language stops explaining coffee and starts selling it.
Krzysztof Blinkiewicz
This Is Why I Write About Coffee
This blog begins where smooth narratives end.
Not with better cups or higher scores, but with language — the kind that hides harm. Red Ink Coffee exists to reclaim words and give coffee people a voice, where silence is no longer neutral.