COFFEE!!!!!!

lizziebeth1028
lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Here's a fun easy topic for a Monday! What is your favorite place to buy coffee?

McDonald's 99 cent-er?
Starbucks Specialties?
Thorton's 89 cents!?!?!

I was hooked on McDonald's for the longest time but now I find myself shifting back to Starbucks...blonde roast, lot's of cream one sugar :drinker:
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  • Cathyvil
    Cathyvil Posts: 230 Member
    Favorite drip coffee Au Bon Pain
    Favorite frilly coffee Starbucks
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,422 Member
    Tully's. Don't tell, I'lll be kicked out of the PNW.
  • AlyRoseNYC
    AlyRoseNYC Posts: 1,075 Member
    There is a tiny coffee truck right outside my office that puts Starbuck's to shame. And it's about one quarter of the price!
  • ahamm002
    ahamm002 Posts: 1,690 Member
    Thornton's used to have good coffee, but now it stinks b/c they got rid of their larger size.
  • jadedone
    jadedone Posts: 2,446 Member
    Somehow over the past couple of years, I have become a super coffee snob, so my choices are the following order of preference:
    1. Local indie coffee shop that serves beans roasted less than 1 week ago
    2. Peets or Local coffee shop with lower quality beans than #1, but excellent preparation technique
    15. Starbucks (if there is no other option or I want a sugary coffee drink and Peet's isn't available)
    50. 7-11, McDs, BK, Gas Station, Fast Food Places if I am absolutely desperate for caffeine

    Indie Coffee Snob Cafe > Peets > Starbucks for barrista skill level (and latte art)

    The other thing about option 1: The coffee tastes so different, I can forgo sugar in espresso drinks: lattes, cappuccino, and gibraltars. At starbucks, I can't because the coffee is too bitter.
  • cressievargo
    cressievargo Posts: 392 Member
    We buy flavored roasts at the market, grind them and brew at home. Saves a ton of money. I love the chocolate flavored ones... ;)
  • picassoadagio
    picassoadagio Posts: 407 Member
    Dunkin' Donuts has the BEST coffee. That is the only thing I will go there for.
  • garyobesedeleted
    garyobesedeleted Posts: 117 Member
    ive never been to starbucks or any other coffee shops, ive never bought one from mcdonalds either
  • mmsilvia
    mmsilvia Posts: 459 Member
    I am totally a Honey Dew girl but, I am only drink one cup a day now so I just wait until I get to the office...it's brewed fresh & free.
  • dlcam61
    dlcam61 Posts: 228 Member
    I brew my own, and we buy Kivu Caramel Swirl. Though the Costa Rica blend is yummo too! I add 2 TB of creamer (either sugar free vanilla caramel or low fat vanilla bliss) and sometimes a squirt of Torani White Chocolate. If I am feeling coffee house creative I get the Readi whip & s/f Caramel sauce & ice it up. Better than Starbucks! :drinker:
  • classycouture
    classycouture Posts: 888 Member
    Classy Couture runs on Dunkins.
  • alexis1201
    alexis1201 Posts: 14
    STARBUCKS!!! MMM.
  • beth40n2
    beth40n2 Posts: 233 Member
    We buy flavored roasts at the market, grind them and brew at home. Saves a ton of money. I love the chocolate flavored ones... ;)

    Chocolate Caramel is my favorite.

    But at work we have Jan's Java. A small independent coffee keos that puts Starbucks to shame.
  • alexis1201
    alexis1201 Posts: 14
    NOT THE FOOFEY STUFF THOUGH. JUST STRAIGHT UP AMERICANOS W/ SOY!
  • lovesbikes
    lovesbikes Posts: 26 Member
    My fav is Peet's 'Major ****ason's Blend' beans, grind it at home is small batches and make coffee.
  • MissNations
    MissNations Posts: 513 Member
    I prefer indie coffee shops but I get a lot of Starbucks because they are everywhere and they give me a discount (free soy/syrups plus free drink every 15 purchases) because I have a black card.
  • kjburgess11
    kjburgess11 Posts: 20
    Community Coffee! Dark Roast - Straight up!
  • ajostraat
    ajostraat Posts: 101
    Tully's. Don't tell, I'lll be kicked out of the PNW.

    Only someone who's truly from the PNW knows that Tully's is the superior coffee!

    As I have reloacted to the South, I've had to find a more local flavor. Little Lady Coffee and Paneara's Hazelnut coffee here!
  • mewaybright
    mewaybright Posts: 240 Member
    I am the ultimate coffee snob... lol I use my own automatic espresso machine at home to make my coffee... saves a ton of money over going out for coffee...
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I prefer to make my coffee at my house, it seems to always taste better and I can better custom it to how I'd like it :smile:
  • HelloSweetie4
    HelloSweetie4 Posts: 1,214 Member
    On a quick day I grab a Dunkin Donuts. If I have a little extra time I go for a Cumberland Farms (You make it yourself and it's only 99 cents). On a cheat day, I grab a Honey Dew Mocha Madness iced coffee yummmmmmmmm

    But if I can, I have coffee at home, which is maybe 2 times a week. I worked at a coffee shop for 7 years, so I can make a mean cup'o'joe :laugh:
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Stop spending oodles of money on coffee. Dear god, it adds up quicker than you think. Invest in a Keurig. Set yourself a target price for K cups. My goal is 60 cents or less a cup. The average is 90 cents or more per cup. I have succeeded getting in the 47 cents a cup range. Keep 2 or 3 flavored creamers on hand. The possibilities are endless. Each cup is fresh and hot (or cold if you wanna do iced coffee like I do). And you know exactly what's going in it.
  • STrooper
    STrooper Posts: 659 Member
    For a long time I used Boca Java. Liked their "Light Up Los Olas" the best. After they were sold (and bought) the coffee was similar in quality but we decided it was more expensive than we wanted to continue to spend, so after 8 years, we dropped them.

    I brew Starbucks at home and at the office. Grind my own at home and have to have the coffee ground for the office coffee group. "Tribute" is my favorite (a limited release coffee). I like Italian and Cafe Verona. Pike is a nice alternative and what we generally use at the office.

    There are also a couple of local coffee suppliers/roasters that are quite good.

    Large cups, two tsp sugar w/ H&H. My sugar use has gone down.

    Life is too short for bad coffee.
  • Koshkaxo
    Koshkaxo Posts: 332 Member
    At home, I love Van Houtte's coffee. I usually have either the chocolate or butterscotch flavored variety.

    Coffee while out is always Starbucks... Grande Skinny Caramel Macchiato :D
  • bestbassist
    bestbassist Posts: 177 Member
    No one makes better coffee than Dunkin Donuts.
  • rpphillip
    rpphillip Posts: 230 Member
    Mc Donalds because we have one in the hospital were I work.
    Starbucks when I want something that is flavored and with milk,
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    Coffeeshop coffee is foul and I don't know how folks drink it, especially at the ridiculous temperature it's served not to mention the extortionate prices they charge in Starbucks, Nerro, Costa and the like. Then again, I only drink black coffee.

    When I moved back to the UK, I found it strange that I have to ask for a black coffee otherwise it's presumed to be white.

    I love the Nespresso coffee we have in our London office:love::tongue: , but sadly we don't have a Nespresso machine in our Birmingham office :frown:

    Otherwise, I just drink instant. We do have a filter coffee machine at home, but I'm too lazy nowadays! I used to drink pots of fresh coffee when I lived in the Netherlands.
  • SofaKingRad
    SofaKingRad Posts: 1,592 Member
    I love Starbuck's and Tully's.
  • Lizabee84
    Lizabee84 Posts: 346 Member
    Community Coffee! Dark Roast - Straight up!

    I am a community coffee girl too. with 1.5 tsp sugar and cream
  • taylmarie
    taylmarie Posts: 161
    Dunkin Donuts! But they don't have any near me since we moved :( Now I use on of the single cup brewers at home and I am in love. Starbucks is to dark and bitter for my taste.

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