I’m not a big fan of blends. I prefer Lagavulin.
Folgers works fine for me!
French Market from Nawlins.
My favorite coffee (currently) is Pike's. I am partial to South American coffees, Asians are ok, African coffees to earthy for me.
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.”
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.
McDonalds and Burger King Coffee works for me.
Lavazza!
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,
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.
I’m fond of Trader Joe’s French Roast. Very good coffee for those like the strong black blends, cheap, too.
Community Coffee.
Best coffee in the world (in my opinion).
STUMPTOWN
Cafe Du Monde coffee and chicory- hot milk, sugar. Everything else is swill.
And coffee has to be strong enough to dissolve your spoon if its left in the cup-lol. Most of what is sold as coffee I call rabbit pee.
8 O’ Clock (beans) is my favorite at home. While driving, I like Dunkin Donuts.
The very best coffee Ive ever made was from Burundi, Africa. I used that for about 3 or 4 years. But, something happened over there, and they quit importing it to the US.
Does anyone drink Luzianne coffee? That was all my Mom and Dad used to make. Their coffee pot was on until after dinner everyday since they always had people and neighbors dropping by. If I remember, it also had chicory in it. If I ever see it again, I will buy some just so I can savor the memories of all those cups of coffee on Mom and Dad’s porch and in their kitchen!! Mom bought all of us our own cup with our names on it! I still use mine. It must be 30 plus years old!
Fresh Beans ground
