Re: Another Coffee Company Dumps Real Coffee

On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:28:00 -0800, "Kurt Weiske"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>  To: geo
>-=> geo wrote to alt.coffee,alt.food.coffee <=-
>
> ge> From Newsgroup: alt.coffee
>
> ge> I've been using Gevalia coffee for about 4 or 5 years.  A number of
> ge> months - maybe even a year - ago, they dumped their decent coffee, and
> ge> like almost all other coffee companies, changed to some junk that
> ge> doesn't even have a coffee taste.
>
>Gevalia coffee always had a specific flavor to me - almost a
>french/vienna roast thing going on. Ikea makes coffee bricks that
>reminded me of how Gevalia used to taste.
>
> ge> I don't have a clue as to if there is a coffee brand that still has
> ge> that "coffee" taste.
>
> ge> I just love how so many off brands have come up with selling their
> ge> garbage for $20 - $40 for a few ounces.  They're trying to convince us
> ge> that  because the price is so high it must be true coffee they're
> ge> selling.
>
>Don't get me started about Mexican beers that are priced the same as
>mass-produced American "craft" beers, and a couple of bucks more than
>Bud/Miller.

I know nothing about about coffee except how it used to taste.  There
is a specific "coffee" taste which seems to no longer exist.  I'm 88
years-old, so I *do* have a memory of what coffee used to be. I've
been drinking it since the age of five.

What really bugs me are the ridiculous reviews on stuff like Maxwell
house and other oldies who have been little more than weak tasting
junk for over 50 years.

And don't get me started on that Starbucks crap...Arrggghh!

> Ikea makes coffee bricks that
>reminded me of how Gevalia used to taste.

I'll look 'em up while I search eBay.  I don't use Amazon anymore.
Amazon has become little else but one trap after another to set you up
for enrolling into the Prime nonsense.  Their so-called reviews are
another problem - which I won't go into.