I’m drinking 100% Colombian from 8 O’Clock Coffee again today. (See previous posts for background.) Have had about 2.5 cups, which amounts to about 20 oz as I use 8 oz Irish coffee mugs for my daily brew. No headache so far.
The coffee tastes much the same as yesterday: It’s nothing to write home about (although apparently it’s noteworthy enough for me to describe to my faithful blog readers in excruciating detail). I think I will relegate the rest of the bag to emergency backup status, meaning it will languish in my freezer until the next time I run out of coffee unexpectedly and need to bring in the reserves.
The question is: What do I buy next? The 8 O’Clock Original Roast, which Jeff described in the comments yesterday as nothing special but which still costs less than $5 per pound? Or some Starbucks roast that I’ll enjoy but hate myself for enjoying? I can’t get any Peet’s beans by tomorrow, so choices must be made.
Tune in tomorrow for the thrilling answer!
Have you ever bought the whole bean coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts? My wife bought me a bag a few weeks ago and when she gave it to me I laughed (she knows nothing about coffee). After all, the only coffee I ever remember getting from a DD tasted like overbrewed and stale butt. But man, I was pleasantly surprised. Makes a damn tasty coffee and you can usually get pretty good deals on the beans from what I understand.
Dunkin Donuts beans = intriguing! This may expand into a full-blown taste test….
hey cindy,
the only starbucks i can stomach is the breakfast blend they sell in the grocery store. I have to be hard pressed to drink it in the store. Too bitter for me. Go to your local non-chain coffee shop.
They usually sell their brews…
Kathie, I find in the Starbucks stores that every coffee tastes burnt — or maybe that’s just my tongue after I take a sip. Instead, I typically buy an Americano (espresso with hot water.)
But when I make the coffee at home, the Breakfast Blend is too mild. I like Caf
Try the coffee at Kiva Han. The Louis XIV blend is my favorite.
Continuing the donut connection, Krispy Kreme’s isn’t bad. Of course, I can’t go through the drive-thru just for a cup of their coffee. It’s the perfect excuse to eat some sugar-sodden donut on my way to work! (Fortunately it’s far enough from the highway entrance ramp to discourage my doing this on a regular basis.) I agree that the Starbucks Breakfast Blend doesn’t have enough punch when ground at home…
And you know we love hearing about these kind of things in excrutiating detail.