There is a new coffee coming o the U.S. market. It's an Israeli coffee called Cafe Joe's. It's supposed to have a good flavor and available at a good price. I thought all you coffee aficionados would want to know.
The stuff is actually good for you. Coffee, that is. Check this out. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...g-harvard-twenty-years-caffeine-a8236601.html
Nice, looks like a small coffee shop where you can drink your java while fin ishing thaty article on you laptop, a place to relax and unwind a few minutes.
I like trying different coffees, so I bought a bag of whole bean coffee marketed by Grumpy Mule. It is an organic Honduran coffee, light roast. While it is okay, I am not unhappy with my purchase and will enjoy it while it's here, I probably won't buy any more of it. What there is to it is good, but it doesn't have as much of a taste as I'd like. I generally order a light roast because dark roasts are way too strong for me, and I have tried too many medium roasts that taste like a dark roast. But perhaps this is a bit too light. Its taste leans a little closer to hot water than to that of coffee.
I bought a 30.6 canister of Maxwell House original roast at Food Lion yesterday on sale for $4.99. It's plenty good coffee at a pretty good price.
We have been getting the blue label McCafe coffee, and Bobby really enjoys that particular brand. He has tried the red, yellow, and purple labels, but says that his preference is the blue one. For some reason, the Walmart that is closest to us has had this coffee on sale for $3 for the large size can, and it has been that way for the 2-3 months. Every time, we go in to shop, I look to see if there is more of it, and there are usually a few cans on the shelf; so I buy whatever is there. The other color labels are still close to $9 per can, except the purple (French roast), which is $5 per can. The other Walmart has the same thing at full price, so I don’t know why it is so cheap at the main one. Anyway, I hope they don’t change the price, and we are going to be really well stocked-up on coffee for Bobby if they keep selling it so cheap.
We enjoy Eight O'Clock coffee these days. In the past I was a huge Kona fan but after being introduced to Eight O'Clock it is the go-to to get my day started !
I have been roasting my own beans for about 5 years. I buy greens online, the selection is incredible. Roasting is kind of an art to pull out the best of the flavors and different beans like different roast levels. With a light to medium roast, you are tasting the bean,with the darker roasts,Vienna,Italian, you are tasting the roast. I started using an air popcorn popper, and the went to a Fresh Roast 500 roaster,(just under 200 bucks) Home roasting has turned me into a coffeee snob, I inwardly cringe when offered a cup out side of my house. Beans cost from just above 5 dollars a pound to the ridiculous for Kona or Blue Mountain varieties Kenyan and Columbia are two of the most consistant and friendly beans to roast..
Eight O'Clock has been around a long time. My parents drank it back in the 50's. Seems like it was only sold at the A&P back then? Finally changed to Folgers instant when they came out with the freeze dried stuff.
I remember the Eight O'Clock as the A&P store brand of coffee, and it was one of the first brands that allowed you to grind it in the store into a little one-pound foil bag/pouch.
Back in those days we bought both Eight O'Clock and Bright & Early. We could only get Eight O'Clock at the A&P. Bright& Early was available at a number of stores and if I recall correctly, a mite cheaper.