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Need recommendations for good coffee - whole bean
Free Republic ^ | 10/21/12 | Self

Posted on 10/21/2012 7:26:51 PM PDT by randita

Eight O'Clock whole bean coffee has been my mainstay for years. Lately, it has been horrible. I can hardly drink it any more. Wonder why it's gotten so awful. Other family members have concurred.

I'm looking for recommendations on some other brands to try that would be similar to what Eight O'Clock used to be in a similar price range.

I'm not extremely picky but since I usually only have one cup of coffee per day, I would like it to be very good.

I live in a rural area so don't have the luxury of bopping into a gourmet coffee shop on a regular basis, unfortunately.

Thanks for your input.


TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: 8oclock; coffee; coffeewholebean; eightoclock; wholebeancoffee
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To: randita

http://rangercoffee.com/
I can recommend everything there.


61 posted on 10/21/2012 8:31:04 PM PDT by Uriah_lost (Is there no balm in Gilead?....MiE (Mainer in Exile))
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To: randita

http://rangercoffee.com/
I can recommend everything there.


62 posted on 10/21/2012 8:31:04 PM PDT by Uriah_lost (Is there no balm in Gilead?....MiE (Mainer in Exile))
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To: randita

http://rangercoffee.com/
I can recommend everything there.


63 posted on 10/21/2012 8:31:15 PM PDT by Uriah_lost (Is there no balm in Gilead?....MiE (Mainer in Exile))
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To: randita

http://rangercoffee.com/
I can recommend everything there.


64 posted on 10/21/2012 8:31:30 PM PDT by Uriah_lost (Is there no balm in Gilead?....MiE (Mainer in Exile))
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To: Uriah_lost

Oops


65 posted on 10/21/2012 8:32:08 PM PDT by Uriah_lost (Is there no balm in Gilead?....MiE (Mainer in Exile))
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To: randita
I have not been unhappy with Eight O' Clock Colombian or French Roast, although lately I've been drinking Folger's Black Silk. (For as much as I'm allowed caffeinated coffee.)

I second what a lot of others said. Use filtered water. A lot of municipalities tinker with their tap water formulation, and even your own well water can change its taste depending on what's going on in the aquifer.

66 posted on 10/21/2012 8:42:09 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (OVERTHROW OBAMA!)
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To: bcsco

I second that. The eight-o-clock italian roast is delicious. I’ve been making my coffee single cup for the last few years,keeping it to generally one cup a day. I use
the mellita filters/plastic cone and just pour the kettle
water through. No more waste and i’ve come to enjoy the
ritual of making it.


67 posted on 10/21/2012 8:49:43 PM PDT by americas.best.days...
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To: randita

Dark roast Sumatra.


68 posted on 10/21/2012 8:52:20 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church shows up at your funeral)
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To: randita

Go here: http://stores.lakotacoffee.com/-strse-Top-Sellers/Categories.bok

order mocha java. I’ve been drinking it since 1998.


69 posted on 10/21/2012 8:56:30 PM PDT by Controlling Legal Authority
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To: randita

Go here: http://stores.lakotacoffee.com/-strse-Top-Sellers/Categories.bok

order mocha java. I’ve been drinking it since 1998.


70 posted on 10/21/2012 8:56:31 PM PDT by Controlling Legal Authority
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To: randita

Go here: http://stores.lakotacoffee.com/-strse-Top-Sellers/Categories.bok

order mocha java. I’ve been drinking it since 1998.


71 posted on 10/21/2012 8:56:34 PM PDT by Controlling Legal Authority
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To: randita

Go here: http://stores.lakotacoffee.com/-strse-Top-Sellers/Categories.bok

order mocha java. I’ve been drinking it since 1998.


72 posted on 10/21/2012 8:56:40 PM PDT by Controlling Legal Authority
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To: americas.best.days...

We make a 10 cup pot every day (we can do 12 cups, but don’t drink that much...). Enough for my wife to have with breakfast and take some to work,and a double cup for me. We don’t have more than that on any day.


73 posted on 10/21/2012 8:56:41 PM PDT by bcsco (Bourbon gets better with age...I age better with Bourbon.)
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To: SkyDancer; randita

I second that. Dark roast Sumatra. Costco sells a good version of it for a relatively low price (considering the quality of the brew). Mixing it with Arabian beans is pure perfection, although Arabian beans are rather expensive.


74 posted on 10/21/2012 8:56:44 PM PDT by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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To: randita
Carrabassett Coffee Company

I'm assuming b/c of your rural location you'll look at mail order. Roasted in Maine . They know what they are doing. Consistently superior whole beans.

75 posted on 10/21/2012 8:58:19 PM PDT by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: Hoodat

I love the flexibility and ease of the Keurig K-Cups. Mostly a Starbucks person myself, so I like their French Roasy and Cafe Verona. Sumatra is pretty good, but clogs up the Keurig machine.

San Franciso brand (I get mine on Amazon) is very good.

Good thread everyone. lets keep it going. (nice break from the politics)


76 posted on 10/21/2012 9:02:26 PM PDT by gswilder
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To: randita

“Wonder why it’s gotten so awful. “

Could be your coffee maker. I assume it is a drip maker? Sometimes they get clogged with calcium deposits or the heating elements change and it doesn’t brew at the correct temperature.

The best drip maker I’ve ever owned in the past 45 years is a Zojirushi.


77 posted on 10/21/2012 9:02:30 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: randita

Peet’s Coffee

I also drink only one cup a day and really like the Peet’s. It’s in the Safeway/Randall’s/Tom Thumb chains, also available online.


78 posted on 10/21/2012 9:11:34 PM PDT by tpmintx (Problem: The people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who VOTE for a living.)
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To: randita

I’ll second and third other posters who recommend coffeebeandirect.com. Have used them for a long time. Good prices, good service, good coffee beans. I buy roasted, whole beans in 5 pound bags, usually 5 bags of various kinds to get free shipping. I go for lighter roasts and low-acid coffees. Sumartra, Kenya AA, Columbian, etc. Lately I’ve been buying their half-caf/haf-decaf mixes to save me the effort of doing that myself. I have not liked their own blends, like Morning Blend for example, at all! Tastes to me like their special blends were crap they swept up off the floor. Also, avoid buying coffeebeandirect coffees from amazon. They are stale, stale, stale from sitting around at Amazon.

I order from coffeebeandirect.com over the weekend so they ship on Monday, to give them a full five days for shipment without having the coffee beans sit in some unheated/uncooled UPS warehouse or truck over the weekend.


79 posted on 10/21/2012 9:13:16 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: randita

Dunkin Donuts. Brew it up strong, and it’s addictive. I haven’t found a coffee that comes close.

Grocery stores have the regular sized bag; Sam’s Club has the 40 oz. size.


80 posted on 10/21/2012 9:25:59 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Don't be afraid to see what you see. (Ronald Reagan))
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