Thirty-one Coffee Brands Ranked Worst to Best

There are so many good local roasteries all over (that use beyond fair trade beans, even). Why not pick up a pound of beans, supporting a local business, and grind them fresh at home?

I love High Point. I drink it every day in the back of my limo, on the way to Tuesday Morning.

It's got FLAVAH!

Some of us are now on a budget. Maxwell House with milk and sweet n lo is absolutely fine.

I can't afford that 14 a lb. Kenyan blend anymore at Whole Foods. I need my 30 oz Maxwell House for $7.99 at Walgreens.

Some of us are now on a budget. Maxwell House with milk and sweet n lo is absolutely fine.

I can't afford that 14 a lb. Kenyan blend anymore at Whole Foods. I need my 30 oz Maxwell House for $7.99 at Walgreens.

My fathers favorite coffee was PEETS Columbian Roast.

^^^ Sorry for the double post. Thankfully this place is free.

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You will not be sorry!

^^^ $43 a lb??

I can buy a house for that.

Dunkin' is trash.

Community Coffee is pretty good and won’t break the bank.

The coffee with chicory is good iced as well.

A brick of that Cafe Busualdo shit was listed at number 7? You can get that at Dollar Tree for $1.25. Anyone ever try it?

Bustelo is alright but El Pico is better in that category.

Cafe Bustello is the only coffee I buy, unless I can't find it then I get Lavazza. I hate that Starbucks is listed highly. I hate that Green Mountain coffee roasters and new England coffee is pretty much all that is served here because I think they're both disgusting.

Stumptown is surprisingly terrible in their stores, so I wouldn't bother with the beans.

Local roasteries, like local micro-brews often disappoint, R1.

[quote]My fathers favorite coffee was PEETS Columbian Roast.

R5, that's my favorite, so clearly:

Dunkin', Stumptown, McCafe, and Eight O'Clock are all higher in the list than they should be.

There's got to be some kind of chemical they use in Eight O'Clock coffee. It has a different smell than just about any other coffee. It's nostalgic, but in the great span of good coffee, it doesn't hit anywhere near the mark.

I really liked Starbucks Spring Day Blend. Lovely taste, and it was wonderful with dessert.

I like Cafe Bustelo but it doesn't last long. Even when making a pot a day, the bag goes stale about halfway through no matter what I do.

Lavazza (number 3 on that list) is my favorite. Their Perfetto dark roast and Crema e Gusto are the best. I often cut those with Lavazza Dek decaf which is fine but not great on its own.

For instant, American Nescafe is terrible, but if you can find it in an international store, Turkish or Greek Nescafe is delicious.

I also like Starbucks instant, the kind with the microgranules. I don't buy their ground except the Christmas blends.

Am surprised Eight O'Clock Coffee ranked so low. That was my brand since college and beyond. Usually French Roast or Original. Lately tried their Italian Roast which wasn't too bad either.

I would drink 8 o'clock before most on that list.

Anyone else remember those huge coffee grinders at A&P supermarkets? Whenever us kids went along with Mother or someone else grocery shopping was always intrigued by how they ground coffee to order right there. Of course we kids were shooed away so couldn't get close.

Eight O'clock coffee was an A&P brand. At some point before their final disastrous bankruptcy A&P corporate sold Eight O'Clock coffee.

Also, I refuse to drink anything kpod shit. I got one when they were at the height of their popularity because my son gave it to me for mothers day. I never found one single pod I liked and got the one that you can fill yourself. I used CB and it still tasted like watery dogshit.

On the other end of the spectrum, I will drink just about ANY brand that is old school percolater-ed like my Nana had.

Yeah baby!

Can still recall that heavenly smell of fresh ground coffee. Since was still a kid that beverage wasn't allowed for many more years. But loved the smell never the less, both from coffee being ground and when it was being made into perked coffee. You knew it was time to get up when smell of fresh brewed coffee made it's way upstairs to the bedrooms.

I'm happy with Cafe Bustelo.

Portland has so many good coffee roasters, I skip over Stumptown. My go to for the last few years has been Two Dads, which is a gay owned local coffee co. The dark roast beans are great. And the owners are cute gay dads.

Nice hot cup of good coffee, and some Stella D'Oro Breakfast treat cookies.

Heaven.....

Or substitute nice freshly made hot donuts.

Seems like back in day in NYC and many other urban areas there were always places to find good coffee and nice fresh donuts. Just the thing when breaking the night, going into work morning, or working late...

Intelligensia dark roast!

My old man insisted on several things home wise. One of them was fresh hot coffee first thing in AM. If that man didn't have a good cup of morning Joe his whole day was fucked, and we all paid the price....

Am like that as well. If don't have my morning coffee, and or it isn't good there is going to be Hell to pay.

I once interviewed for an editorial job about 5 years ago and I found out during the first round of interviews that the company only provided Stumptown coffee. It was one of the role’s selling points as it was brought up three times in the hour I was at their offices. “We only brew Stumptown here…”

Like Tesla cars, you can tell how much of an asshole someone is if they profess their undying loyalty to Stumptown coffee.

That said, I’ve never tried it and I never will. I’m fine with my cheap Dunkin Donuts beans from Stater Bros.

This is so me....

I think Kirkland is better than Tim Hortons. Tim Hortons is disgusting.

Lavazza is pretty good and it’s cheap too. I love Kicking Horse but I don’t if it’s sold in the us.

Farmer Brothers is outstanding, but sadly, only available to restaurants.

Starbucks is horrifying.

Nabbed a case of Farmer Bros coffee of eBay years ago for a very good price, it was brilliant.

Sadly haven't found stuff again at anywhere near reasonable prices, even on eBay. There's lots of Farmer Bros on that site, but prices are bit too steep.

No Great Value brand?

Both Amazon and Walmart have SB Spring Day Blend.

I grew up in pretentious coffee-land Portland OR, and I am (surprisingly) not a coffee snob—either that, or it’s been beaten out of me with the absurd proliferation of indie coffee roasters in the northwest. Same with breweries. I’ve heard it all, tried a lot, and maybe I’m just jaded.

Some of the local roasters are good, and I do think Stumptown is fine, but the unimaginatively-named “Portland Coffee Roasters” has some of the worst coffee I’ve ever tasted. Horrendous. And it’s expensive as hell. Ristretto Roasters had good coffee I thought, but they closed up shop some time ago. I am willing to pay a higher price for a good flavor here and there, but I’m also willing to drink Starbucks, Cafe Bustelo, or even Folgers—I’m not that picky, and all of those are decent IMO. There might be a nostalgia factor for me with Folgers specifically because it reminds me of my grandparents, but I honestly don’t think it’s bad coffee.

Community Coffee is the worst coffee followed by Starbucks. Many brands use the cheaper robusta beans and they are awful.

To be honest, Folgers SMELLS the best to me when it's brewing. I wonder if that's childhood nostalgia or Folgers developed the perfect smelling coffee yet sacrificing taste.

Betty Bacall

At one time A&P brand Eight O Clock coffee ☕️ and their other varieties were considered high quality. Years ago Consumer Reports would put their coffee at the top of their ratings.

Consumer Reports gave the nod to "8 O'Clock" before you had the proliferation of roasters that exist now. It was better than Maxwell House, Chase and Sanborn, etc.

What’s wrong with Stumptown? It’s fine. Holler Mountain is a nice mild blend.

Glad to note that DL's Official Coffee is ranked at #11.

Coffee preference is entirely based on individual taste. This ranking is meaningless.

[quote]My fathers favorite coffee was PEETS Columbian Roast.

An Ivy League-pedigreed brand? Who knew?

[quote]Glad to note that DL's Official Coffee is ranked at #11.

Blasphemer!

I prefer tea.

Maxwell House has a kind of blue Collar punch and aroma. It’s no nonsense and makes people think you have a bigger dick than you probably do!

What does DL think about Coffee-Mate?

What do you have with your coffee?

Nothing - Black

Milk

Half/Half

Non dairy creamer

Agnes Moorehead approves of Coffee-Mate

I’m drinking a cup of Seattle’s Best #3 Portside Blend ground from whole beans this morning.

It tastes just fine, thank you, regardless of the ridiculous rankings on that list.

r52 Black, with one Splenda.

R51- Jock Ewing was having GAY trysts in San Francisco?

Did Miss Ellie know about this?

Starbucks French dark roast every day.

French Roast is Glory

They give away their biases in their review of Equal Exchange by revealing their priority is on an agenda, rather than coffee quality.

Did they note their approach to the test? Articles that purport to rank things without providing at least a cursory overview of the methodology are always suspect. Somehow, I do not believe this was a blind taste test in which all the coffees were prepared identically and tasted without knowing which brand was which.

Stumptown tastes watery--like the kind of swill that passed for restaurant and take-out coffee pre-Starbucks.

Tim Hortons is awful. I’ll take McD’s over it any day.

Kicking Horse, a Canadian company, is my favourite. I love the Three Sisters blend.

French Roast should be subtitled Death by Flavah

That's so sad about the decline of Yuban.

My late mother was a coffee addict who would get headaches if she didn't get her java jones; she could drink a strong cup at midnight, then fall asleep five minutes later. So Mama knew her coffee. Yuban was her favorite, but back in the day it wasn't available in south Louisiana, so in addition to the pounds of unshelled black walnuts and pecans my grandma and Mama's baby sister would always put 3 huge cans of Yuban in the care packages they regularly sent from South Carolina.

In between shipments Mama made do with Louisiana-made Community and Morning Treat coffees, along with A&P's Eight-O'Clock coffee.

Ahhhh, so many memories.

Ghislaine Maxwell drank Maxwell House coffee - it was listed as a must in her household guide.

Your pulling my dick

[quote]Your pulling my dick

Pics please.

No love for Chock Full O'Nuts?

Lotsa, lotsa of Love ❤️-

Is that the 39th street & Madidon iconic template?

Madison*

[quote]Tim Hortons is awful. I’ll take McD’s over it any day.

McDonald's is not good coffee, but it's not bad coffee either. It's like water in that you don't think about it either way unless there's a problem with it.

How Starbucks convinced people that over-roasted, burned coffee is "strong" good coffee is amazing to me.

CVS Gold Emblem brand Colombian is actually pretty good. It's often on sale for $3.99. Eight O'Clock Colombian Peaks is okay. Melitta used to make one called Blanc et Noir that I liked, but I never see it anymore. New England is the weakest I've tried, and it's too expensive for what it is.

Intelligentsia, it’s Barbara Thorndyke approved….

Café Bustelo should be down with Maxwell House and Chock Full O Nuts on the list.

Most of the brands at the top of the list aren't readily available or are ultra expensive. Folgers is the best you're going to get at most supermarkets and it's usually on sale.

Mrs. Olson was right.

One vote for Peet's Major Dickason. It's the one coffee I like as a K-cup in my Keurig. Their decaf is pretty decent in K-cup form as well.

R65 You’re pulling my Dick,

Agree that local roasters can be best; but when buying from a store my go tos are:

1. Peet’s Ethiopian Supernatural - perfect winter coffee on a cold day;

2. Stumptown’s Holler Mountain - an anytime winner; and

3. Fresh Illy or Bustello in a little Bialetti Expresso pot for a spur of the moment shot.

Italian Roast also has a nice pair of balls to it, coincidentally

I'll stick to Postum.

Community Coffee Dark Roast is my go to and as already mentioned, doesn't break the bank. Often BOGO in my area.

Caribou is very good.

My grandma goes fucking berserk when I have the audacity to ask for or use one of her Starbucks grounds filter pods. They're disgusting anyway, like other posters have said (I find them too burnt with a chemical aftertaste), but the harridan doesn't keep anything else in, so what the fuck am I meant to drink?

[quote]One vote for Peet's Major Dickason.

Make it two! I've been drinking it for a few years now, with the occasional foray into different caffè Lavazza, Pike Place Blend, or TJ's Cafe Pajaro.

Stumptown is totally overrated

I like Case Study coffee in Portland.

Stumptown is about 50% more expensive than Peet's! It would have to be incredibly good to be worth it.

I don't drink coffee, but my wife does. When I want to get her a gift, I order coffee because she's a bit of a snob. The favorite is one from Mariposa Coffee Company, called Miner 49er. Then, she likes Starbucks' Casa Cielo, which is apparently only available beginning in the fall. And, finally, Peets' Major Dickinson. I am a plebe and drink Diet Coke, but she seems to have good taste.

I will add that I also purchased the MoccaMaster (TM) coffee brewing system and it is known for super-heating the water that goes in over the beans to make the coffee better. I know I sound insane, but she doesn't ask for much and she does love her coffee.

Counterculture Coffee is like $17 a bag now but it’s the best I’ve ever had. They have two varieties that have “fruit” tasting notes and that’s what I prefer. Not sure how far their market reach is.

Living in NYC, I have been disappointed more by local roasters (especially Brooklyn — I forget the full name) than I’ve been disappointed by, say, McDonald’s. It’s really a crapshoot.

A cheaper, good alternative to Counterculture is Equal Exchange’s African Roots or Ethiopian, in the red bags. They tend to be around $11-12, sometimes on sale.

R86 Casa Cielo???

My office now uses Cafe Bustelo in the lunchroom coffee pots and it is actually good compared to the no name shit they had for years.

A Midwest brand that has a lot of good roasts and cute shops is Colectivo. I always send a bag of Black and Tan to my friend in FL when I'm back in flyoverstan.

R85, Peet’s Ethiopian Supernatural is about 40% more than regular Peet’s.

And it’s worth it.

Nescafé is still very popular in Asia, especially the Gold blend

I don’t understand the love for Stumptown. I don’t care for the taste. Tastes like weak cowboy coffee.

I'm a little surprised that Nescafe regular is below even Maxwell House (which I agree is horrid). My parents always drink Nescafe and it's v. popular here (UK). That said, I've never liked it much for the same reasons the article gives. I do like Nescafe's Gold Blend - that's nice for an instant coffee.

Fine restaurants like the Blue Fox in San Francisco ONLY serve Folgers instant coffee crystals.

I discovered Lifeboost Coffee earlier this year. It is non-GMO, low acidic and single sourced. A bit pricey but if you're a coffee lover, very much worth it.

Peets and Starbucks are in just about every chain supermarket and periodically go on sale.

I had been drinking Lavazza Super Crema for years, getting the coffee six months after it was roasted always bugged me. Someone on reddit mentioned this roaster so I tried it and it is excellent, it is roasted per order and I get it two days later. Yes we have a number of local roasters but this is superior.

Coffee was my life for years, but the caffeine was out of control and so was my anxiety. I was drinking 6-8 cups day day.

I am down to 3 cups a day. By switching to instant coffee it was much easier to ditch it.

I was a Starbucks/Peets drinker. Sometimes Bustelo.

Very shocked that Nescafe Instant is 2nd to last. THAT'S what I am drinking now. I like it!?? $6.50 a canister and it lasts almost a month. (The jar says 100 servings, which is bullshit)

Face it, most coffee drinkers are limited. Intelligensia dark roast is the only choice for Miami’s literary elite.

If we keep talking like this, Muriel is going to switch us to decaf.

R98 Nescafe being 2nd to bottom *is* bullshit. They aren't the best selling coffee brand worldwide for no reason.

^doesn't Nescafe & Nespresso use ch!ld slave s though?

R87 I enjoy Equal Exchange Organic Breakfast Blend and Illy Ground Drip Classico. I like Caribou and Peet’s.

I emphatically detest:

McCafe

Dunkin’

Cafe du Monde

Folgers

I buy Lavazza and you can't go wrong with Illy either.

R102 Probably. I don't buy Nescafe coffee but their products are very popular - that was the point I was making. People like them.

It's all in making it.

I used to order German, Finnish, and Austrian coffee brands from enjoybettercoffee.com I preferred them to American brands.

On a tighter budget now. i started getting Melitta in the local supermarket and "Fair Trade" at Aldi's. The "Fair Trade" is from Germany. It comes in a 17 ounce brick, and it's like the coffee I was getting from the above site.

I brew a pot each morning. I use a Cuisinart. It's all in how you make it. Trial and error.

And I add crumbled egg shells to the grinds!

Coffee with chicory is drank throughout the South not just New Orleans but I guess is especially popular there. My relatives in border South drank it and so do I . I get the New Orleans Chicory at McNulty on Christopher Street. But I have a friend from New Orleans who lives here in NY who will only drink that chicory version mentioned in the article. I like the bitterness. Especially with warmed milk.

Jailhouse coffee is incredibly good. Their Sumatra is my favorite.

I loved this jingle as a kid. Chock Full o' Nuts had a great sandwich: The Nutted Cheese.

R104

I prefer Illy to Lavazza.

What’s that strange aftertaste in Starbucks coffee? So bitter.

R111 Barista pee?

Shithouse organic breakfast roast

After seeing all those Lavazza commercials on TV the past month, I'm going to try Lavazza - especially with the good rec it got on this forum and the article.

Question - in the opening of the commerical, there's a cute guy with blond hair and ice blue eyes playing the 'barrista' . WHO IS HE ?

Then there's the guy as the romantic hero at the end with dark hair and beard who yells out "With Italian Passion!" WHO IS HE ? I think they might be the same actor - their faces kind of looked the same.

R101: they have worldwide distribution--you can by single cup packets in corner shops in tiny villages all over the world--that's why they might be the best selling. Doesn't mean it's very good coffee.

I love Folgers

R115 I don't like Nescafe original but you can't tell me that Maxwell House is better than Nescafe. I don't agree with that ranking but rankings are mostly subjective anyway.

No, you can't R8/Darfur Orphan. Now go back to starving.

R103- I love Illy as well. I generally buy that for the holidays.

Anyone who hates Dunkin Donuts coffee is fine by me-

Also, I tried Stumptown last Christmas and was thoroughly unimpressed.

Dunkin Donuts is absolutely vile, and New Englanders slurp up this shit like its liquid gold. Horrendous. Its like dirt.

In fact, Darphur Oprhan turned up his nose at Dunkin Donuts coffee and ate dirt instead.

If you're going to drink coffee at all, why drink instant? That's like being married to George Clooney and fucking the gardener.

R120 but what if the gardener is easily accessible and hot?

I'm interested in finding a good dark roast that costs less than gold, so, I enjoy the discussion that Op has fostered with this post. Thanks, Op.

Unfortunately, this particular list is suspect. There was no taste-testing; no Consumer Reports-style testing, etc. It's just the [bold]'opinion' of one WRITER with no apparent expertise[/bold] other than drinking coffee (and being a waiter, I guess). He writes, "This list highlights where well known coffee brands stand, in our humble estimation."

But, he doesn't give any info on how he arrived at this ranking. Did he personally drink each of these coffees? He never states that; so I doubt if he did taste each of them, let alone drink an entire pot, or even a cup of each.

The author (Brandon Rich) seems to be making his living writing 'the best whatever' lists, which I find deceptive. (Examples of his articles in just the past month: 9 Best Sleeping Pads for Camping of 2023 {Comfy & Easy to Pack}; The Best Bear Canisters to Keep Food Safe; 9 Best Portable Space Heaters for Indoor & Outdoor Use {2023}; The Best Wool Socks That Stand Up To The Cold; The 5 Best First Aid Kits for Every Scenario; etc.) So, he's just another 'writer' making a living spouting his opinion as though he is an expert in whatever subject. (He always includes the word 'best' in his articles' headlines. It's probably done so that his articles will show up in searches, but it's misleading, in my opinion.)

Anyway, perhaps a poll of favorite coffees of Dl'ers might be interesting. (I don't want to intrude on your coffee post purview, Op.)

R122 Yeah, good point. A lot of these lists are just bullshitting.

I would at minimum expect a blind tasting set up.

Good observation, R122. All “Best” lists are just clickbait designed to drive advertising dollars, and this guy obviously don’t shit about coffee.

*doesn’t know shit

I'm going to try Illy.

i mean, is that guy even a professional coffee taster? I don't know what they are called but I've seen them taste coffee.

right now, i'm drinking ethopian coffee from pret a manager, i think it's organic

I am pretty sure we've decided that cafe bustello is the official coffee and split pea soup is the official soup of datalounge

[quote]Coffee with chicory is drank throughout the South

Oh, dear.

There's a poster here with the authenticated name "JValdez." I think we need to get him to weigh in on this issue.

My sister buys a bunch of Zabars beans every year.. it's good stuff otherwise I get Trader Joes beans or cans of wal mart My dad likes coffee to have a strong bite but I like it being mellow and nut-flavored. I blend with half & half only

I've had a lot of the coffee that was on the list, and to paraphrase Billy Joel, the good ones weren't always good, and the bad ones aren't as bad as they seem. Peet's Major Dickason's Blend is my favorite.

Caffeine is the only required ingredient in my black, hot, strong coffee, straight-up.

Beans ground, whole, chiseled, cheap or pricey, are merely a carrier for caffeine, my drug of choice, my eye-opener.

I'm in happy recovery from many substance addictions, but caffeine will have to be pried from my cold, dead, hand.

I dislike Sbux's hot instore coffee.

Our Jura at home grinds whole beans to brew and while we get various dark roasts, we will usually buy a big 2 lb French roast bag of Starbucks at Costco to kind of stretch out our stock. It's OK.

do you guys only use what you grind or do you grind it all in advance and freeze it?

I grind mine in advance and freeze it. I’m too lazy to grind it every day

Why do Americans drink caffe in liters?

Cafe du Monde is great when you're at the Cafe du Monde.

My grandmother made heavenly smelling and tasting coffee in her old stovetop percolator. I'm sure it was cheap folgers or maxwell house but the percolating did something you can't replicate without those pots.

I'm a coffee snob and Target store brand is hands down my favorite.

I’ve got to cut back on coffee consumption. My piss smells like French roast.

Gotta cut down on the coffee. My piss smells like French roast

[quote] Peets and Starbucks are in just about every chain supermarket

Only The Poors buy coffee in a supermarket!

Have been buying Lavazza brand off Amazon lately. Pretty good.

And for you instant coffee fans, I recommend Taster's Choice French Roast of the national brands.

There are other, harder to find brands that are also excellent, but TC French Roast is my go-to.

ethiopia mordecofe organic

ethiopia duromina organic

They are the best and I’m not playin

This thread took me back to childhood memories of the aroma of A&P's Eight O'Clock coffee percolating for my parents' breakfast. Bliss.

Now, I buy a pound of beans, grind a few days' worth and refrigerate the remaining beans.

I keep ground coffee in the freezer and take a two day supply out and store it in a glass jar. I always use organic and preferably a French Roast and I use a French press. I change brands and I like Illy and Lavazza but will try some of these highly ranked brands as well.

Another plug for Aldi German Roasted. One of my favorites.

I do not drink anything DARK. my fucking stomach can’t handle shit that will blast me with espresso level caffeine. I only buy light or blonde roasts. If it’s on the milder side I’ll go medium. I don’t like it when my gut burns.

^faggot^

R151, That's kind of mean.

Suck my hole!

R150, you may need to change your drinking habits.

[quote] A serving of regular drip coffee actually has more caffeine than a shot of espresso. According to the USDA, one 1.5-ounce shot of espresso has around 90-100 milligrams of caffeine. Your standard cup of drip coffee? That clocks in at up to 128 milligrams, making it the better wake-up call for those rough mornings.

Maybe it's the acidity of the coffee that messes up your stomach?

Try Lifeboost. Organic and naturally low acidic which is good if acid from coffee bothers your stomach or bladder.

I guess I’m a sucker - I like Starbucks beans. More than Peets. Illy is good if a little TOO much.

I’m spoiled living near McNultys Coffee shop on Christopher St - always great beans. How they are still in business, I have no idea. But in the supermarket, I’ll generally get Starbucks beans. They don’t have illy.

I can't believe Dunkin is even on this list. Everyone was raving about it when I went to the East Coast. It's like water. I much prefer Starbucks but it has to be Verona.

[quote]I’m spoiled living near McNultys Coffee shop on Christopher St - always great beans.

If I still lived in NY, I wouldn't buy my coffee anywhere else. I used to hang out with a guy who worked there. It was how I came to like coffee. I love their Celebes Kalossi. In fact, I love it so much, I just ordered two pounds of it.

Dunkin coffee is okay. I stick with Maxwell House. And I follow the directions to the letter so that the coffee tastes decent.

And if you own a Keurig and are paying for the pods, you're wasting SO much money not to mention they aren't recyclable. There are 25 pods to a box and you're paying like, $18 for it. Amazon sells reusable pods and tiny filters for them so you can get a huge bag of coffee and pack your own pods and you'll be amazed at how much money you save. But make sure the pod you get match your machine.

^ I tried reusable K-cups. They're a bitch to clean, especially when you make coffee all day. Not really a fan. Regular filtered coffee is easier. Once my Keurig dies I am open to go back to regular drip coffee.

I do pour over. if I drank something that wasn't fine grind I would use a perculator or french press

Tim Hortons dark roast is really good! Perfect for iced coffee.

[quote]Nice hot cup of good coffee, and some Stella D'Oro Breakfast treat cookies.

Unfortunately, Stella D'Oro has been shitty for years. Their greedy CEO and investors moved the operation from the Bronx, where some workers had been there over 30 years. They all lost their jobs and the cookies don't even taste the same.

Not sure what state Stella D'Oro moved to, but their cookies now taste quite awful. The packages are much smaller as are the actual cookie sizes. This product is basically not the same.

I used to love the Chinese Almond cookies, their Apricot and Apple pastry cookies, the Breakfast Treats and so many others. What a downfall. Same with Entennman cakes, they left NY too, their cakes are now basically cardboard with icing. Disgusting.

r161, I find them easy if you use the filters inside. To clean, just tap them a few times on the counter, dump the filter in trash, rinse or wash with soap. Easy peasy.

Freeze-dried coffee sprinkled on vanilla ice cream is delicious.

Do you mean the grinds, r166? If so, bleh.

He means instant coffee r167. I like instant coffee for homemade coffee coolatas

R167, he’s referring to crystallized coffee, which is what instant coffee is. It’s actually made from brewed coffee, not coffee grinds.

R124

It's an exaggeration to say that all "best" lists are b.s., but one does have to consider the source.

Darker roasted coffee such as French, Italian, espresso usually have lower caffeine content than lighter. Thus going for a medium or even light roast brew can actually pack more of a caffeine punch than say a cup of French roast.

Moka pot coffee (which isn't truly espresso) along with actual shots of espresso seem to pack more of jolt because they are concentrated (higher ratio of coffee to water).

One only want one or two cups of coffee ditch usual vacuum pot method and go for moka pot. With right grind and done property resulting brew will have you wide awake...

Australians always boast how they invented modern coffee or how they have the best coffee, where is their representation.

Fill it to the rim

With the rich taste of Brim

It's the richest most aromatic kind of coffee

Good to the last drop

R171

I've always wanted a Moka pot mainly because they're cute. Right now, I use a Hario V60 for the pour-over method and I have a French press and a Toddy, which is primarily for cold brew, but the concentrate can be diluted with hot water. I've had espresso machines in the past, but they burned out. Anyway, English coffee expert James Hoffmann has made videos on using the Moka pot that also might be worth watching.

Alex Greville making instant coffee with hot tap water in "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" ticked a few boxes.

Instant coffee is almost universally made from Robusta beans. Depending upon one's preference and other factors that is either good or bad.

Robusta coffee was dominate in USA either alone or blended for years. Nearly all mass or supermarket brands are either mostly Robusta or maybe a blend.

Robusta coffee tends to be lower in acidity which is a plus. It also packs more caffiene than Arabica, which depending upon one's tastes is either good or bad.

Maxwell House coffee once was made from a blend of robusta and arabica beans. They've since switched to arabica, but stuff still tastes like swill IMHO.

Folgers OTOH still is sticking with mostly robusta beans in their coffee.

When people complain Starbucks and other higher end or whatever coffee does a number on their insides, it is probably the acidity that comes with arabica beans causing mischief.

180 replies in a fucking COFFEE thread before somebody mentioned MOI?

You bitches are slipping.

Many of you might be surprised to learn that most of the coffee you buy at the supermarket is actually roasted by a family owned Canadian firm that is one of the world’s largest coffee roasters.

Maxwell House perked coffee.

Joe and Max visit Maxwell House in Jacksonville, FL

R169

I know a pastry chef who makes certain coffee-flavored desserts by starting with a high-quality Italian instant coffee. I guess the flavor is more concentrated.

I thought the maxwell house hotel in Nashville was apart of its founders origin

R158

Porto Rico Importing Co. is another NYC coffee retailer that is highly regarded.

R184

Many chefs, cooks, or anyone else preparing a recipe that calls for coffee or espresso used powdered instant.

Usually recipes only call for less than a cup of coffee or espresso. Why make a whole or half pot just for such small amount?

Also by using powdered instant coffee or espresso the brew is always fresh. This rather than using say stale left over coffee.

After about thirty minutes freshly brewed coffee starts to go off.

Cute guy discusses cheap vs. expensive coffee

Guys, this was kind of a cool and fun thread. Unexpected.

What coffee maker should you get?

I want mild, smooth coffee I can consume 5 cups of every morning without causing my stomach to burn like the pits of hell! Daily smooth blends that I can add 1 tbsp coffee mate naturals sweet cream and 1 pkg of monk fruit to.

[quote]Robusta coffee was dominate in USA

No, dear. It was [bold]dominant[/bold].

Most people do this, it seems, typing "dominate," a verb, when they mean "dominant," an adjective.

Pot over coffee sucks! Took me a while to figure out that it just doesn’t absorb the bean flavor like percolated or most other types of brewing. Blue Bottle does only pour over - and it is consistently horrible. And slow. And cold.

^ ugh- “pour over”

Am I destroying my stomach by drinking coffee on an empty stomach immediately upon waking each morning?

Are you having stomach issues? If not, then probably not.

R180 YOU'RE the one who's slipping.

R3 doesn't say anything about Lauren Bacall or High Point.

[quote]I love High Point. I drink it every day in the back of my limo, on the way to Tuesday Morning.

Unless you're drinking that coffee in a winter tumbler from Arby's, it doesn't really count. I use Arby's winter tumblers for all of my chic Christmas parties at the Dakota.

I bought a Hario v60 drip system with filter. I'm not a coffee connoisseur and don't usually drink it at home. I did buy Wegmans ground chocolate crream coffee...and ground Tim Hortons original blend. I'm trynig the Wegmans coffee now....not bad, though I think I used too much ground coffee. It has a nice chocolate/cream taste, but not overpowering. I'll have to experiment of how much grounds to use. This is the first time I'm doing this. I like this thread....gives me a guide of coffees.

Oops...the type-Os ^^...sorry.

r198 It's R2.

I purchased McNulty coffee beans several times, it is amazing. But now that I'm older I find it too acidic to drink every day.

At the office at use the Clever Dripper to make my own coffee. The choice offered by the office coffee maker is decent but I prefer to make my own. At home I usually make coffee with a vintage electric peculator.

OK, DL Whiz Kid Coffee Mavens -- answer me this.

Coffee is a plant. Coffee farmers grow their coffee bushes in varying soils. Climatic conditions from year-to-year affect fruit quality and size. Various inputs are required to grow a successful crop -- water, fertilizer, pesticides, pruning, timely and constant fruit picking -- all to say the flavor of the fruit and the "beans" inside can vary from year-to-year, field-to-field, etc.

So how do coffee purveyors claim to have consistent coffee attributes (i.e., the flavor/aroma/taste) in every unit of what they sell?

Doesn't seem possible to me.

Well, R205, Starbucks over-roasts (ie: burns) the beans and calls it "branding".

If you drink a lot of coffee for over 2 decades like me, you’re more prone to being sensitive to acidity in coffee. I usually find switching brands helps.

R195 if you drink dark roast black - yes

r205 The same can be applied to things like dairy products, crops, and meats. For things like coffee, wine, and butter, I think they try to blend their ingredients to achieve some level of consistency.

R199 So genteel.

And now with Arby's, we have to put up with that hideous voice bellowing "WE'VE GOT THE MEATS"!

I like Paul Newman’s Keurig pods.

Folgers 100% Columbian. Black. Straight. Is it common to prefer coffee with nothing added?

I used a Moka coffeemaker for years but I started feeling increasing jumpy lately so I switched to a French press and am happy with it.

[quote] 100% Colombian. Black. Straight.

You like your coffee the way you like your men!

So, I spent a weekend with friends and the coffee brewed each morning was very good. I was curious about the brand used and was surprised (and did a mental flashback to the 1970s) when I was told the coffee was Yuban. Yuban? I didn't even know it still existed.

Friend tells me he can only get it by purchasing online - he doesn't find it in stores where he lives.

Yuban - crazy, crazy world.

Yuban is one of most highly rated coffees on Amazon.

Go figure...

Old school Yuban rocked.

I'm drinking San Francisco Bay Gourmet Coffee Presents Pleasant Hill Farms (a Rogers Family Company) Premium 100% Arabica Coffee Restaurant Blend Full Rich Roast

Does coffee cause asshole staining? Asking for a friend…

^^I guess it would if you suck it directly up your asshole

[quote]Folgers 100% Columbian.

There is no Ivy League coffee.

i think like most things coffee beans come from agricultural pools so it's pretty much all the same.

Intelligentsia is my fave.

How do you all usually make your coffee? Drip-coffee maker, single-cup pods, French press?

[quote]How do you all usually make your coffee?

Pourover, using a Melitta cone and filter.

OK, sure, but where's the list that says which brand is best for your coffee enema.