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OK... then... I give up.... enlighten me.
Where can one get decent coffee at a fair price?
I have not been to DD for over a decade. The last time I was there, I was disappointed by the low quality of their coffee. It tasted like reused old coffee grounds.
panera isn't bad either...
Do they do pour over through the app? Didn't know that!
Edit: I don't see that option. Am I missing something?
OK... then... I give up.... enlighten me.
Where can one get decent coffee at a fair price?
I have not been to DD for over a decade. The last time I was there, I was disappointed by the low quality of their coffee. It tasted like reused old coffee grounds.
What you can do is find a coffee method that is very efficent with extraction so each cup is cheap and darn good.
The highest quality frugal method I've found is to get an aeropress and use James Hoffman's method that uses a mere 11 grams per a cup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6VlT_j
The best place to get good coffee is by getting familar with all the coffee shops that roast their own coffee and find one you like. It's unpopular to say a loud, but many roasters package their coffee like it's thee best, but it tastes like crap. If you find a roaster that can actually roast great coffee buy it even if it's like $22 a bag, and see how many 11 gram aeropress coffees you can make out of that. A lot. That is a good baseline to judge other methods and strategies.
Note: I'm pretty sure there's some good online solutions, but I haven't found one or spent enough time figuring that out.
light roast beans --- use boiling water. you want to extract as much as possible (light coffee is hard to extract)
medium roast beans --- use 95-100F water
dark roast beans --- use 90-95F water
If you use water much hotter than 95F with dark roast it will let out a chemical that is very bitter. The darker the roast the more porous (extracts faster) the coffee beans are.
There's a lot of horrible dark coffee because water too hot and extracted too long. Also, out of all the roasts, the dark roasts are more likely to taste horrible in the first place.
Not buying starbucks again. Sticking with Lavazza for now then gradually moving to specialty coffee beans.
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2: Paying workers and farmers any sort of reasonable wage requires more expensive product
1. Invest in a grinder (Encore Burr, spend $100+ but amazing customer service and really solid)
2. Find a decent bean. 8'O Clock Original whole bean is my go to and I will put the cup of coffee I make from that in my Mocca Master against anything out there. $0.32 an ounce for those beans.
3. Throw your grounds on your lawn. Grass loves it. Just spread out, I.e. grab a handful and throw it sidearm.
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NOW, with inflation, the cheapest I've seen Starbucks for at Kroger or Safeway in my area is $5.99/12oz.
This 28oz is what it used to go for when buying 2 - 12oz at $4.99. ($10).
I usually get Pike or Sumatra, or Gevalia Majestic, or Peet's Major Dickinson Blend. Lately, we have been favoring the darker roasts, but for the price, I'll do Pikes.
Thanks,OP!
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burnt this is the only one I can tolerate that I think taste good.