Speaking of roasters, we have a good one here, and it's pretty expensive, but I have been to other coffeehouses on trips and some of them are award winning, supposed to be big deals, and almost none of them can make a decent drip coffee. It's like they design their blends for coffee drinks (lattes, macchiatos, etc) without regard to how they taste just as regular black coffee. They always end up tasting like burnt tires if you get a plain black drip, pour over, french press or any kind of Americano (regular, lungo, long black, etc). About the only place I found good black coffee on a trip was in NYC at the Italian marketplace near the Flat Iron building.
I couldn't agree more. I like original Maxwell House or Waffle House coffee when I go out. All that crap people put in their coffee, they aren't enjoying the true quality of the beans anyway and much of it is over roasted to compensate.
People give me crap about maxwell House, but the truth is most haven't tried it for 20 or so years. There's really no difference, except that it isn't as bitter. It must still be popular, because they dedicate way more shelf space to the big coffee companies than they do they roasters at the grocers.
As far as quality goes, that's about the highest I'm willing to spend on coffee. I mean, its just coffee to me-I drink it everyday and it does the job. They make a coffee that always tastes good and is consistent. I'm sure there are better medium roasts out there, but I'd rather spend my money on quality booze and tobacco.
As long as they don't mess with Maxwell House, I will be ok. Good to the last drop.
Love the stuff in the blue can…always have some on hand. It’s an old standby that you can count on.
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Same. I am not very picky and typically buy a kilo of one Lavazza or another for around $20 or so. I feel like the local roasters all think their beans are worth twice that. Nope.
~ always drink with just a splash of milk+sugar
