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Lack of "excellent" coffee blends: Consumer Reports
Yahoo News/Reuters ^ | Tue Feb 2, 6:14 am ET | Marcy Nicholson;

Posted on 02/02/2010 7:20:29 AM PST by tflabo

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1 posted on 02/02/2010 7:20:30 AM PST by tflabo
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I’m not a big fan of blends. I prefer Lagavulin.


2 posted on 02/02/2010 7:21:58 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We have the 1st so that we can call on people to rebel. We have 2nd so that they can.)
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To: tflabo

Folgers works fine for me!


3 posted on 02/02/2010 7:22:03 AM PST by RoseofTexas
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French Market from Nawlins.


4 posted on 02/02/2010 7:23:55 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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I wonder how they brewed the coffees.

My favorite coffee (currently) is Pike's. I am partial to South American coffees, Asians are ok, African coffees to earthy for me.

5 posted on 02/02/2010 7:23:55 AM PST by svcw (Ellie and Mark come out come out where ever you are.....)
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How can you rate something that is, at least to some extent, as subjective as coffee preference?

IMO, Peet’s Major Dickason’s Blend is “excellent.”


6 posted on 02/02/2010 7:24:03 AM PST by B Knotts (Calvin Coolidge Republican)
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Seldom visit the coffee stores, but when I do, it’s Caribou, not Starbucks. And even then, I’ve yet to find a coffee at one of their stores that’s better than Eight-O-Clock French Roast Whole Bean that we buy at our grocery for far less money.

Not to say the EOC is great coffee, but it suits us, and is as good as what the ‘elite’ shops offer.


7 posted on 02/02/2010 7:24:59 AM PST by bcsco (Obama is the navel of his own universe.)
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To: tflabo

McDonalds and Burger King Coffee works for me.


8 posted on 02/02/2010 7:25:45 AM PST by US Navy Vet
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Lavazza!


9 posted on 02/02/2010 7:26:10 AM PST by Schnucki
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To: B Knotts

I have a cup of Peet’s Major Dickason’s right next to me. My very favorite.


10 posted on 02/02/2010 7:26:22 AM PST by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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The NY Post ran a survey not so long ago. Eight O’Clock won hands down. At half the price of the designer blends and that whole ritual of grinding your own and finding a clear Pyrex percolator at a garage sale for $2, I tend to agree. Freegards,


11 posted on 02/02/2010 7:26:54 AM PST by printhead
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To: Schnucki

Viva LaVazza!!!


12 posted on 02/02/2010 7:28:06 AM PST by crymeariver (Good news...in a way)
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To: US Navy Vet

Dunkin Donuts for me!


13 posted on 02/02/2010 7:30:14 AM PST by halo66
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To: ClearCase_guy
For real men:


14 posted on 02/02/2010 7:31:47 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: printhead

Hey I like Eight O’clock brand too. I grind the beans in the store at purchase. Like coffee piping hot so after brewing it gets micronuked for 45 sec more. Add cream and voila....


15 posted on 02/02/2010 7:35:18 AM PST by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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Blends? why? Get small-batch beans that have real character, not some lowest-common-denominator blend. There’s a whole spectrum of coffees out there, not just “coffee” full stop. Going with java blends is like going with “flowers”, while not caring about roses & carnations & lilies & etc. Homogenization destroys character.

Ethiopian Yirgacheffe is really good.
Just finished a bag of Tanzinian Peaberry this morning.

Go to sweetmarias.com for a savory spectrum of options.
Target actually carries a good store-brand array of specialty/small-batch coffees.

Blends? No wonder Consumer Reports can’t find anything that stands out - high-volume blends by definition squelch anything that stands out. Go to Target and pick a small bag of beans with a name you can’t pronounce - that will be way better than industrial-grade monotony.


16 posted on 02/02/2010 7:36:02 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Pelosi is practically President; the Obama is just her talk show host.)
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I’m fond of Trader Joe’s French Roast. Very good coffee for those like the strong black blends, cheap, too.


17 posted on 02/02/2010 7:36:23 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Voters who thought their ship came in with 0bama are on their own Titanic.)
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To: AndyJackson

I just picked up a bottle of Laphroaig Quarter Cask. It sounds intriguing, but I haven’t sampled it yet.


18 posted on 02/02/2010 7:37:25 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We have the 1st so that we can call on people to rebel. We have 2nd so that they can.)
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To: printhead
"The NY Post ran a survey not so long ago. Eight O’Clock won hands down."

Eight O'Clock 100% Columbian, to be exact.

19 posted on 02/02/2010 7:37:31 AM PST by Matchett-PI (Obama's mentor Saul Alinsky was the man who transformed politics in America into all-out war mode)
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To: tflabo

Community Coffee.


20 posted on 02/02/2010 7:37:40 AM PST by Dinah Lord
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