OT: Best coffee beans for non coffee lover…

[AlexNevermind]

https://www.drinkyoungcoffee.com/products/12oz-bag

I have had great luck with this.

[makoti]

Originally Posted by jadmt

If you don't like coffee why even try and find some you like? Be cheaper to just drink hot water. Actually that is what my brother in-law does as coffee messes with his gut but he likes having the hot mug in his hands.

Have to agree. If it's not something you like, why? Save the cash for bike stuff.

[jasonification]

I like a natural wash coffee bean, gives it a funk sometimes akin to alcohol!

[Blown Reek]

Even though I use a Baratza burr grinder and a Technivorm Moccamaster coffee maker, my favorite coffee is Eight O'Clock coffee. Change my mind.

[yngpunk]

Originally Posted by bikerboy337

Not a huge fan of coffee. That being said trying to up my morning game.

French press will be used.

What’s your favorite not too dark coffee bean that I should try.

Only beans I’ve really liked are the super expensive Yemenese coffee that runs like $25 a bag or more. Light, nutty, no sugar or creamer needed. Almost more like tea to me which I love (drink lots of tea), looks like light brown muddy water… smells wonderful and nutty, nothing like Dunkin or Starbucks to me…

Any advice for something else to try? Definitely nothing dark, but anything else out there that is just good simple coffee for a non coffee lover to try? I don’t love dark roast at all, looking for something on the lighter side to try out….

How/why are you trying to up your morning game? Trying to get more caffeine in your diet ? Why not stick to tea? I hear good things about Simpson & Vail (svtea.com)

[VeloceNiente]

Suggestion as a daily coffee drinker: Roast your own coffee. You'll enjoy better quality, absolute freshness, roast control and much lower cost.

Green beans are $6 to $9 per pound.

Same or lower quality pre-roasted beans at $12-$25 a pound.

Keurig type cups are the equivalent of $50+ per pound.

I buy from www.sweetmarias.com. They have lots of great East African beans that fit that flavor type you're looking for.

I use an old air popcorn popper, works fine. I roast 1/3 pound at a time, takes maybe 20 minutes.

[goonster]

Originally Posted by MikeD

Question: is roasting your own beans really worth the effort vs. beans that aren't fresh and kept in a sealed coffee bean container?

For me, the answer to this is a resounding "YES."

I tried roasting on a lark, and did not expect to keep it up, but for me this has been the gateway to a higher plane of coffee enjoyment.

I would keep doing it, even if I lived next door to a world-class roaster (which I kind of do, now), because of the variety of coffees I have access to*, and the ultimate control over freshness.

In other words: If you roast your own, not only do you get optimum freshness, but the coffee is better to begin with.

(* = Sweet Maria's)

[fourflys]

Originally Posted by goonster

For me, the answer to this is a resounding "YES."

I tried roasting on a lark, and did not expect to keep it up, but for me this has been the gateway to a higher plane of coffee enjoyment.

I would keep doing it, even if I lived next door to a world-class roaster (which I kind of do, now), because of the variety of coffees I have access to*, and the ultimate control over freshness.

In other words: If you roast your own, not only do you get optimum freshness, but the coffee is better to begin with.

(* = Sweet Maria's)

I can only imagine the look on my father-in-law’s face if he saw me roasting on an old popcorn popper instead of a $200k roaster.. kind of makes want to do it now..

** I do NOT have a $200k roaster, that’s just a sample price of one of their mid-size roasters I think..

[goonster]

Originally Posted by VeloceNiente

Green beans are $6 to $9 per pound.

Same or lower quality pre-roasted beans at $12-$25 a pound.

Yes, but: green beans are approx. 25% moisture. 1 lb green beans turns into approx. 12 oz after roasting.

Originally Posted by Wunder

If you want tealike you want African coffess (most famously Ethiopian yirgacheffe) that is NATURAL SUNDRIED as opposed to washed.

The term you are looking for is "dry process."

[VeloceNiente]

Yes good point about weight loss in roasting. I get ~14% loss on ‘city’ (light) roasts. Still a cheaper than the cheapest pre-roast and delicious, fresh coffee from known farms.

[72gmc]

Originally Posted by Blown Reek

Even though I use a Baratza burr grinder and a Technivorm Moccamaster coffee maker, my favorite coffee is Eight O'Clock coffee. Change my mind.

My wife has one of their vintage tins. I can't speak to the beans, but I do prefer the vintage branding:

[reuben]

Originally Posted by 72gmc

My wife has one of their vintage tins. I can't speak to the beans, but I do prefer the vintage branding:

Ah, 8 O'clock. The rim brakes of coffee... (I like both).

[skiezo]

https://www.elementarycoffee.co/stor...-maria-natural

Local to me and all of there coffee are outstanding. They are very picky about where they buy there beans and the farmers that grow them.
These are my goto beans, buy a 5# bag at a time. Grind them each morning and the taste is oh so wonderful.

[jwalther]

Originally Posted by Blown Reek

Even though I use a Baratza burr grinder and a Technivorm Moccamaster coffee maker, my favorite coffee is Eight O'Clock coffee. Change my mind.

Great minds lol. That's my setup, and I think Eight O'Clock is a great bang for the buck coffee. I buy a bag in between shipments from Craft Coffee.

[bronk]

I know this doesn't address your question but if you end up looking for minimal hassle and find the french press less than ideal, look into the aeropress. Great if you only make a single cup at a time.

You'll have to pry my from my dead hands.