Supermarket Ground Coffee

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Growing up, my dad’s coffee was Maxwell House, so that’s what I started with. Dunkin’ Donuts soon became the “fancier” coffee I moved to but dad was a frugal guy and never bought the ground coffee in the markets. This was before finding Starbucks, Green Mountain, Gevalia was common. I can’t even remember how Maxwell House tastes.

I will defend Taster’s Choice though. For years, after move out I couldn’t afford a good coffee maker, so I made do with Taster’s Choice at home. It’s a decent cup of coffee for instant. When I finally got a good coffee maker, I escalated to whole bean to Italian whole bean or espresso drinks pretty quickly.

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I’ve been pretty happy with Peet’s Major Dickason’s Decaf in reusable Kcups in my Keurig but, then, I use quite a bit of flavored creamer foamed warm in an Aeroccino, so I’m certainly not a connoisseur. I just know a $9.99 bag lasts twice as long as a dozen pre made kcups that are usually $7-$8. .

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I buy imported instant, as well as North American instant, for my iced coffees.

I like Davidoff and Tchibo instant, as as well as Greek Nescafé.

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Greek Nescafe is essential for making real Greek frappes.

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Interesting – is there something unique to the Greek version of Nescafe that is more appealing?

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There are some other Greek and other European brands that work as well, for people who hate Nestle!
I bring instant home from Italy and Greece for this purpose.

@kobuta The European freeze spray process for instant coffee froths better for frappe.

The Greek Nescafé costs about $13-$17 Cdn a can, when Canadian Nescafé is often on sale for $5 Cdn a jar, so I use regular Nescafé most of the time.

The Greek Nescafé has a nicer aroma when the can is opened up.

Wow- even more expensive on Amazon! $28.96/ large can.
I guess I’ll pick up some cans when I’m in Greektown next.

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What Phoenikia said. It’s stronger too.

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I like Chock Full O Nuts. It’s just gotten so expensive. I make coffee for 6-10 people daily, so I have to go little frugally. I usually just buy Great Value.

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I am a coffee lover so I would not say that I prefer one of the types or I have a different option. But I have heard my friend talk about the Eight o’clock original saying it is the best coffee she can think of since she really loves coffee. However, I am sure there are several types or rather brands of coffee that you can choose if you want to change from your previous one or if you want something more of what you are using.**

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We used to get whole bean Major Dickason’s, but a friend turned us on to the “cowboy coffee” from Armano, so that’s what we’ve been drinking ever since. Freshly ground in the morning. Tiny sprinkle of splenda (which I am trying to phase out), half & half, and I’m ready to go :slight_smile:

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That’s so interesting! I would think a coffee lover would have a preference for a particular brand. You really have no preferences either way?

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Can bots post on HO? @naf?

Why would Bots post?

Maybe this is some other sort of AI post?

It looks like all the Catherine Snowden posts are word salad.
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The mods have been informed by several posters.

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I struggled a lot at the beginning of my pandemic exile with supermarket coffee (even the brand I decided I could tolerate suffered supply-chain issues) but now I find very nice coffee available in my local suburban supermarkets: both Stumptown and Blue Bottle (!)

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Nice to see my suspicion about a possible bot shared by other members.

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I was beginning to wonder this myself.

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Here at home in Japan, I exclusively drink MJB Original Blend ground coffee. It’s a blend of Vietnamese and Brazilian beans. I think those members from the west coast of the US might recognize the MJB brand and I was surprised to find it in Japan. I pay ￥321/$2.40 for a 270g/9.5oz bag. I’m not all that particular about coffee and I find this coffee is the best bang for the buck and fits the flavor palate I prefer. I use 15g for one small cup of coffee.

When I was a kid, my parents only drank “Chock Full O’Nuts”. At that time (1960’s～early '80s), most people I knew only bought cans of ground coffee, but some markets had machines where you could pour in beans bought at the store and grind them yourself. IIRC, those machines allowed you to choose the type of grind you wanted. But I was too young to drink coffee and never really paid much attention to those machines.

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One of my smaller supermarkets, FarmBoy, in Ontario, ,Canada, still has a grinder next to the whole coffee beans in the coffee/tea aisle.

Our A&P had them in the 80s and 90s, but I think the grinders were taken out around the time the A&=s were rebranded as Metro close to 20 years ago.

I don’t like using a grinder at home, so I buy coffee that’s ground, either from the store or coffee shop.

Lately, I’ve been trying a lot of smaller batch brands.

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I drink decaf, it used to be Sanka now it is the least expensive, usually Nescafe in glass jars so I can recycle the glass. I’ve never gotten ‘into coffee’. I love the flavor, though. Coffee ice cream, coffee panna cotta, coffee gravy, Coffee Nips candy. The roomate drinks Peet’s House Blend and he grinds the beans. Both are available at our grocery stores.

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Had a MAJOR inflation moment noticing the price of coffee in NYC now that I’m back to grocery shopping there. I’m home in PA for the weekend and planning to fill my suitcase with coffee to take back. Price of Dunkin’ ground in PA: 6.99. Price in NYC, same bag: 16.99.

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