Massive jar of aldi instant. It’s cheap, strong coffee and I’m not a fan of filtered coffee. I just like instant.
Dunkin Donlts medium roast. It’s the only coffee my bf likes.
I am very lucky in that a couple of guys from my hometown, which I still live close-ish to, opened up a mini-roastery that makes absolutely exceptional coffee. I get it from there whenever I can
Barring that, it basically depends on what’s available and priced well at the supermarket. I know I tend to enjoy East African coffees best, so I’ll go for one of those if I can. Union’s stuff is really good but quite pricey, so I usually only go for that if it’s on offer or want to treat myself
I also keep a jar of Douwe Egberts decaf instant coffee in the cupboards too, because I quite enjoy one of those on cold evenings. It’s not the same thing as proper coffee, but it hits its own role for me
Domus Barista has some reasonably priced single origin coffee that’s more or less priced to be able to be drunk daily. To some extent you get what you pay for, but bang for the buck is pretty high compared to other specialty coffee. I like the Mexico bean the best personally, nice fruity sweet acidity to it.
Otherwise I do enjoy Lavazza the best as a non-specialty coffee brand probably.
I started trying coffee 6 months ago. I asked my brother (a coffee snob) for recommendations and he recommended Rave. It’s been great and I keep ordering from these guys.
Blend 1 is fantastic
Blend 3 is good as well
I haven’t experimented beyond that
Kirkland medium blend whole bean. It’s inexpensive and smells amazing when I open it. If it tasted exactly like the beans smell I think it might be the most delicious thing ever.
That being said, I make and drink coffee because my wife loves it. When we are apart I usually don’t bother.
Whatever is on sale at Publix because 99% of the taste of my coffee is from the creamer, not the coffee.
my wife is friends with a lot of people at Kamiak Coffee so she prefers that. it also reminds her of home
Better Best Houseblend https://m.brand.naver.com/betterbest/products/4737529443
Because it’s just a 10 minutes walk from home to the rostary and the flavor is great and the price while high is still reasonable.
I have a happy mug light roast subscription so you get coffee from a different place every bag, a real stand out was the new guinea which I think they try to keep in stock as much as they can now.
I buy Intelligentsia’s Black Cat and grind it by the dose for espresso.
I like Herkimer from Seattle, because it’s great quality and a local (to me) business.
Aww, I was hoping the branding was based around the Quartz crystal subtype of the same name… My parents are big into Herkimer diamonds, I was about to go order them some bags lol. (They are currently on a ~2 week road-trip around central NY to go digging.)
Local roasters, because I enjoy their coffee and enjoy supporting small and local businesses when I can.
Whatever is on sale and strong
Sometimes I come out with a tin
Sometimes I come out with 6 bags because it was cheaper
I roast my own coffee these days, so I buy my greens from Sweet Maria’s. I’m not going through enough greens that I’m able to buy wholesale, and they usually have so much variety that I don’t really see the need to shop for a new supply.
When I was buying coffee, there were a few places I would order from online. During the pandemic, Tectonic Coffee was running a promotion where anyone who made a purchase from them would have access to their wholesale pricing for life, so I took the plunge. To date, their Colombia Decaf is my favorite decaf bar none. Their single-origin offerings are also good, but they’re probably more than I’d feel comfortable paying without the wholesale pricing. Not because they aren’t worth it, but I don’t think most people want to daily drink something quite that expensive. The blends are pretty much as advertised.
The other roaster I’d order from regularly is S&W Roasting. It looks like their website has since changed, and they don’t offer sizes larger than 300g bags now. They used to run a permanent discount code (I believe it was REDDITOR15OFF), but I’m not sure if it’s active anymore. The quality of the beans and the roasts were great, and I’d usually get a little hand-written thank you note in my orders. I stuck to the lighter roasts, so I can’t comment on their blends or medium roast offerings. Their beans were always sweet, bright, and fruity, something that I didn’t fully appreciate until I roasted my own coffee and started experiencing firsthand how easy it is to get mouth-puckering acidity in city roasts.
