# What type of coffee bean makes strong, but not bitter, coffee?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 24, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-coffee-bean-makes-strong-but-not-bitter-coffee/177263 "2003-05-24T19:09:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Justin\_Inch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Justin\_Inch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Inch)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-coffee-bean-makes-strong-but-not-bitter-coffee/177263/21 "2003-05-26T07:37:18Z")

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I use eight o’clock dark roast. It doesn’t matter how long you grind this coffee it always tastes great, [www.eightoclock.com](http://www.eightoclock.com). It used to be available in any grocery store, but was dropped by everyone. I was glad to find they have a website to order from.

I’ve tried starbucks too and don’t know why anybody would purposely drink that coffee, yuk!:eek:

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-coffee-bean-makes-strong-but-not-bitter-coffee/177263/22 "2003-05-26T07:49:43Z")

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Justin Inch \>\>\>8 o’clock dark roast…\<\<\<  
Welcome, Little Member. Hopefully you trim.

Starbucks is only cool when they hire some tatted up Botticelli to work the counter – she’s brown like a couple’s hike in Moab – and the work shirt only hides the ring of daisies on her arm when she’s still.

Oh wait. They have bad coffee.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-coffee-bean-makes-strong-but-not-bitter-coffee/177263/23 "2003-06-07T19:42:32Z")

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Well, I like Starbucks, and my goal in this thread was to find a cheaper coffee that I like as much.

I tried one today I like a lot, Cafe Pilon. It costs less than 3 bucks a pound, and is strong but not bitter.

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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-coffee-bean-makes-strong-but-not-bitter-coffee/177263/24 "2003-06-07T21:54:50Z")

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> Once I tried Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee I was ruined for life. Now I can’t drink anything else

I tryed it, was very disappointed and still have about 1/4 lb of it that I was considering putting into the compost pile.

I personally like any ‘columbian supremo’ coffee and find that it can be made very strong and not bitter.

Also not thrilled w/ starbucks but at least I know what I’m getting.

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**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-coffee-bean-makes-strong-but-not-bitter-coffee/177263/25 "2003-06-07T22:52:18Z")

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I wouldn’t throw Blue Mountain away, but I know what you mean, **kanicbird.**

Favorite for me is Sumatra.

Kona is way up there, too. Both are powerful yet smooth.

Kenya is okay but a bit on the sour-wine side.

I do think that roast and grind make a difference. We sure don’t have a roaster but we do grind it now.

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**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-coffee-bean-makes-strong-but-not-bitter-coffee/177263/26 "2003-06-07T23:03:30Z")

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I’m a French Roast fan, and Costco has a really inexpensive brand that I like very much. It’s called San Fransisco Bay. However, **Shayna** got me a whole bunch of stuff from Trader Joe’s[sup]TM[/sup] recently for my birthday…she got some French Roast that is shade grown and it is VERY good. I have no idea if it is as inexpensive as the stuff I get from Costco, but it is better for the environment…they aren’t obliterating the rain forests to grow it. So I will probably switch to that.

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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-coffee-bean-makes-strong-but-not-bitter-coffee/177263/27 "2003-06-08T00:31:02Z")

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Do you have a Peet’s nearby (they also mailorder). [http://www.peets.com/](http://www.peets.com/) I much prefer their roasts. I think the Sulawesi-Kalosi is fantastic, and light years ahead of Starbuck’s Sulawessi.

Oh my gawd, I just did a google search to check spelling and I found this from Peet’s:

Aged Sulawesi Peaberry - It’s rare to find aged coffees; rarer still to find an aged peaberry. Thick, syrupy and nutty, with notes of spice and tobacco.

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