So I'm getting back into my coffee in the morning routine. Just bought a nice coffee maker. I bought a can of the Foldgers colombian, it's okay but I like something a little stronger. Suggestions?



- Hand

Egad! Canned ground coffee? I like to keep a can of Yuban organic around in case of emergency.



You need a grinder. Buy whole bean coffee. Eight O'Clock Columbian used to be decent, but I didn't care for the last couple bags I bought. Try different stuff until you find something you really like. I usually pick up a 2-lb. bag from BJ's and store it in the freezer. I'll grind a week's worth or so at a time. Last two coffees I bought were a Kona blend, and something called Blue Mountain coffee. Both were okay, not great. I'm naturally cheap, so finding a good coffee at a reasonable price is something of a challenge.



Perhaps the most exotic coffee I ever had was some Kenyan. Might have been from Gevalia. It was damn good.

i drink way too much coffee to get too picky about what it is, otherwise i'd be completely broke

folgers, thats horrible.

Does home grinding really make that big of a difference? I'm just happy that for 30 bucks I got a coffee maker with an adjustable heating plate, adjustable strength of the coffee, water filter and a timer. So now all I have to do is pour it into my thermos as I head out the door. Don't have to think about it in the morning, which is really nice.



- Hand

we french press our coffee, no coffee maker we also grind it, I order my coffee from costa rica, that canned coffee looks like tobacco.

I think it does. Like anything, you could go crazy and obsess over it. For me, two minutes of grinding once a week is worth it.

i grind mine for each pot man, not once a week.... wtf

Please reference my remark above concerning crazy obsessions! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.gif

actually it's easier for me to do it that way, I have a grinder that holds a whole bag of beans, so i dump the beans in there and grind it when i make a pot, it would be more of an inconvenience to do it your way. I can see where if you had one of those little jobbers where it might be easier your way, but that's not how i roll.