I use eight o’clock dark roast. It doesn’t matter how long you grind this coffee it always tastes great, 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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Do you have a Peet’s nearby (they also mailorder). 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.