I tend to take my coffee pretty seriously. Years ago after I tried grinding it myself, I was like this is way better. Then I took the plunge and got into roasting my own green coffee beans. Fresh ground is good, but you don't know what good coffee is until you roast it yourself. Plus the aroma that fills your home is just perfect.
A little known fact about coffee roasting I learned, most folks think that super burnt roast that's so popular is what really jump starts your morning. Actually its just the opposite, the lighter the roast of a bean, the more caffeine that remains in the bean. Hence darker roasts, less jolt.
That's also a good tip for folks that have to limit sugar intake, like diabetics. Love toast for breakfast but can't because of the sugar content in bread, well if you can tolerate really dark toast, you can enjoy it as the darker you toast bread ( atleast white bread ) the more of the sugar that burns out of it.
Anybody that loves coffee should try roasting it at home, you'll love it. Plus you can make your own blends, since most green coffee beans come unmixed. Ethiopian and Kenya beans are really great.
I get all my coffee beans from
Green Coffee List | Sweet Maria's Coffee
I have no affiliation with them, just it is the best company I've ever dealt with. You can learn everything you need to know there.
BC
On the popular brands he favors Maxwell House over the others, and on the more expensive brands both he, and my wife agree that Mulvadi 100% Kona is the best. I had bought him the Kona in Vegas after seeing he had some Blue Mountain in the fridge. I have read that the soil, and weather are what make the difference, and you can't find more virgin soil than Hawaiian in the coffee belt.
Kroger used to have an Italian roast coffee that was really well balanced but we can't find it anymore. We've been buying Dunkin Donuts beans at Costco and it's pretty good. My very favorite coffee is Tim Hortons but only Canadian Tim Hortons,the U.S. blend is different.
This is the kind of coffee I like.
