Coffee lovers

blondie42107 · January 2015

For those who make coffee at home:

What kind do you buy and from where? Do you just buy what you love or does price matter?

als1982 · January 2015

I love good coffee, but I mix Taster's Choice instant (from Costco) with Maxwell House International Cafe sugar free French Vanilla at home. On days like my birthday or when I work holidays or weekends, I'll buy a $4 cup from Starbucks or a local coffee shop as a treat, which is probably less than 6 times a year. Before I became more strictly MM, I had a Tassimo.

Sisugal · January 2015

I like several flavors from Equal Excaange Free Trade Coffees as well as a number of the Starbucks.

Xstatic3333 · January 2015

We buy whole bean and grind it at home. Currently we're buying from a local roaster at about $14/lb. Is this the most MM? No! But, we make it at home every morning so still save over having a Dunks' or Starbucks habit.

CuriousKiddosMama · January 2015

I have a keurig, and buy most of my k cups on Amazon when I can get them for .33-50 cents. I was actually fortunate before we moved, my grocery store was clearancing out a ton of Starbucks k cup for $2 a pack. Even though we had to move them I bought everything they had left.
And I know my keurig isn't the most economical way to drink coffee, but it makes me avoid Starbucks and any other coffee shop so it's worth it!

blondie42107 · January 2015

vikingsfan711 said:

I have a keurig, and buy most of my k cups on Amazon when I can get them for .33-50 cents. I was actually fortunate before we moved, my grocery store was clearancing out a ton of Starbucks k cup for $2 a pack. Even though we had to move them I bought everything they had left. And I know my keurig isn't the most economical way to drink coffee, but it makes me avoid Starbucks and any other coffee shop so it's worth it!

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I have a Keurig as well - only "coffee maker" we own. We do have the reusable k-cup.
We buy k-cups and ground coffee at Sams Club. I know a coworker told me once that she buys coffee online and grinds at home. I might look local too.

blondie42107 · January 2015

Sisugal said:

I like several flavors from Equal Excaange Free Trade Coffees as well as a number of the Starbucks.

Where do you buy the Equal Exchange from?

HoneyBee973 · January 2015

I buy Folgers coffee. Used to get the House Blend, but for whatever reason I cannot find it the last couple times I was buying coffee, so I started getting the Classic one.

vlagrl29 · January 2015

I love starbucks coffee and have 1 cup every day. I buy the bags at Target - they are usually $7 per small bag.

Wulfgar · January 2015

I usually mix it up, I am trying to minimize caffeine intake so I have been going decaf but I love the dark roasts which makes it harder. I mainly stick to the house brands or what ever is on sale that didn't originate in the Seattle area.

If I could afford it, I would go to the local food market on Saturdays and buy a pound from a local roaster but the price is in the $16 a bag. I only make coffee on weekends since I get free coffee at work.

formerlyGDaisy09 · January 2015

I usually buy store brand, it's good enough. when i'm feeling like I want something special I'll buy whole bean of something local (we've got several amazing local coffee roasters) the whole beans stay fresher much longer.

als1982 · January 2015

Wulfgar said:
I usually mix it up, I am trying to minimize caffeine intake so I have been going decaf but I love the dark roasts which makes it harder. I mainly stick to the house brands or what ever is on sale that didn't originate in the Seattle area.

If I could afford it, I would go to the local food market on Saturdays and buy a pound from a local roaster but the price is in the $16 a bag. I only make coffee on weekends since I get free coffee at work.

Not that they're caffiene free, but did you know the darker the roast the less amount of caffiene in a coffee bean?

hoffse · January 2015

We buy Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee from Costco. We had it for the first time on our HM in Jamaica, and we loved it. It brews well.

We buy it whole bean and just grind it each morning. We have a $20 electric coffee grinder that's been going strong every morning for two years now.

It's not the cheapest coffee you can buy, but the Costco price is pretty good, and we really love the quality.

Kahlyla · January 2015

We buy a locally roasted fair trade whole bean coffee and grind it ourselves, but we also use Folgers in the red canister - a lot of guests seem to prefer it, we reuse the canisters in the workshop, and alternating between the two saves a bit of time (re: grinding) and a lot of money. It's important to me to support local businesses and to buy fair trade, but I don't feel like it's the end of the world if I also throw a bit of money the other way too.

I will say that I almost never throw out old coffee - if we don't use everything that we brew I freeze it in ice cube trays and use it to make iced coffees another time.

Xstatic3333 · January 2015

Kahlyla said:
We buy a locally roasted fair trade whole bean coffee and grind it ourselves, but we also use Folgers in the red canister - a lot of guests seem to prefer it, we reuse the canisters in the workshop, and alternating between the two saves a bit of time (re: grinding) and a lot of money. It's important to me to support local businesses and to buy fair trade, but I don't feel like it's the end of the world if I also throw a bit of money the other way too.

I will say that I almost never throw out old coffee - if we don't use everything that we brew I freeze it in ice cube trays and use it to make iced coffees another time.

That's so smart! I'm going to try that too. We often have a little left in the pot.

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