I've never bought better coffee than an independent local café that roasts their own beans on-site. Not the most convenient, but well worth it in my opinion.
I'd rather my money go to a small independent business anyway.
That used to be the case. But now those coffee shops are just chasing trends. So they will make me an expensive pour-over but it will be watery and weak. I guess because many will add cream or sweetener to it anyway? 10 entirely separate single-origins and blends, but not a single dark roast. And they'll sneer at me for asking if they have beans that are bolder and recommend their single medium-light option.
That's been my experience at many chain and independent coffee roasters. So now I make coffee almost exclusively at home. There's nothing wrong with preferring light roasts, but there is with letting the snobs limit your choices. And if you tried the amazing coffee I brew you'd agree that there is not just 1 way to enjoy coffee! Thank you for coming to my TEDx rant...
Roast your own! There’s the startup cost of a roaster (there are some pretty impressive machines available now at around $500 USD) and from there you’ll be spending 1/2 to 1/4 for beans. It pays for itself quickly for any serious coffee drinker and you get a new fun hobby out of it!
34 Comments
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 34 pts · 1y
Peet's is about to lose its quality completely. That sucks.
kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y
Peet's hasn't been good for quite a while.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 17 pts · 1y
But it's better than it's about to become.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
What isn't?
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 1y
Nostalgia. It's always remembered better than it was.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Peet’s is still better than Green Mountain … until now being bought by Green Mountain
zabadoh@ani.social · 14 pts · 1y
Peets becoming Keurig doesn't have a great cachet to it does it?
JDE Peets has a lot of brands that I didn't know were owned by the same company: https://www.jdepeets.com/brands/
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
Shit, time to stop drinking Stumptown.
Not that I do regularly.
EldenLord@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
Haha $18B those morons don‘t know you can get a coffee for $2.50
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Better be a really good cup
EldenLord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Inflation :(
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
They think they can make it the next Starbucks. They don't realize people go there because it's not Starbucks. 💸
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 15 pts · 1y
Keurig Dr. Pepper?
So... Wait... Where can I get Dr. Pepper pods for my coffee maker? 🤔
mateofeo85@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 1y
Congratulations to Mr. Coffee for graduating medical school.
mateofeo85@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
They didn't spend all that time getting a PhD to be called Mr/Ms
DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 1y
How can a chain of coffee stores be worth 18bn? Like do they really even have that much revenue
Archer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It’s the most blood from a stone a private equity firm can squeegee out of it before breaking it up and selling it for parts
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It's a bit more than just a chain of coffee stores. That title is completely idiotic.
DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
The article title or me calling them a chain of coffee stores? What else do they do besides the coffee stores?
viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 10 pts · 1y
What are some good alternatives?
AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 1y
Linux
viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 7 pts · 1y
open source coffee is the best coffee
LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
Classic lemmy response
gws@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y
2026, year of the Linux... desktop coffeemaker.
Mac@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
https://github.com/LiquidSmokeX64/coffee
Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
I've never bought better coffee than an independent local café that roasts their own beans on-site. Not the most convenient, but well worth it in my opinion.
I'd rather my money go to a small independent business anyway.
viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 6 pts · 1y
That's true, I definitely gravitate towards this option. I'm kind of in-between coffee shops at the moment.
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 1y
That used to be the case. But now those coffee shops are just chasing trends. So they will make me an expensive pour-over but it will be watery and weak. I guess because many will add cream or sweetener to it anyway? 10 entirely separate single-origins and blends, but not a single dark roast. And they'll sneer at me for asking if they have beans that are bolder and recommend their single medium-light option.
That's been my experience at many chain and independent coffee roasters. So now I make coffee almost exclusively at home. There's nothing wrong with preferring light roasts, but there is with letting the snobs limit your choices. And if you tried the amazing coffee I brew you'd agree that there is not just 1 way to enjoy coffee! Thank you for coming to my TEDx rant...
Malcolm@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Roast your own! There’s the startup cost of a roaster (there are some pretty impressive machines available now at around $500 USD) and from there you’ll be spending 1/2 to 1/4 for beans. It pays for itself quickly for any serious coffee drinker and you get a new fun hobby out of it!
doots@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
https://www.cameronscoffee.com/collections/ecopods
viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 1 pts · 1y
Ecopods, that's nice to see. I've tried camerons before, they have lots of different flavors.
chonkyninja@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
I’d tell but then it’d make it harder for me to get my beans.
Sunny@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 1y
Oh for Peets sake!
fritobugger2017@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 364d
Nothing of value was gained nor lost. They all suck.