Jolly’s Coffee Shortage

[Horace]

@loki said in Jolly’s Coffee Shortage:

The difference is price between buying a cup of Starbucks at their store and buying a big bag at Costco and making it at home is about 5x and maybe more.

I attempted a drive through Starbucks run this morning. The line was moving at about one person every five minutes. I imagine they had two people in the store, serving the drive through and walk-ins. I left the car line after 5 minutes when it became apparent that it wasn't just one person who'd ordered 15 lattes.

[Copper]

@loki said in Jolly’s Coffee Shortage:

Starbucks at their store and buying a big bag at Costco and making it at home is about 5x and maybe more.

Amazon coffee for Keurig $0.29 (+ water and electricity)
Starbuck's black coffee $2.45 (+ fuel and car exhaust)

8X

[LuFins Dad]

@copper said in Jolly’s Coffee Shortage:

@loki said in Jolly’s Coffee Shortage:

Starbucks at their store and buying a big bag at Costco and making it at home is about 5x and maybe more.

Amazon coffee for Keurig $0.29
Starbuck's black coffee $2.45

8X

Keurig works in a pinch, but I’ll stick with my Mr. Coffee and the occasional French Press. If I was to buy a pod maker, it would likely be a Nespresso.

[Copper]

I was a Mr. Coffee man for decades.

I think I paid less than $20 for it. It lasts forever.

Then I got a Keurig as a gift. I like it.

[Jolly]

But the Mr. Coffee makes better coffee...

[George K]

@jolly said in Jolly’s Coffee Shortage:

But the Mr. Coffee makes better coffee...

Yeah, for sure. You can't beat the Keurig (or Nespresso) for convenience.

But, there comes a point where the sacrifice of quality just isn't worth it.

The Nespresso I had was good, but the coffee was never hot enough, and it was expensive, at more than $1 a run.

The Keurig was cheap, but it was never strong enough. After ignoring the "descale" message, I let it die a slow death.

Currently I'm using a French press mug.

Works great.

[Mik]

I disagree. The coffee I make in my Keurig is better and fresher than I ever made in my Bunn coffeemakers, and in the other drip brewers I use in hotels or on vacations.

[Doctor Phibes]

I prefer Nespresso to anything else I've made at home, and I've tried pretty much everything, except for that exploding device Mark likes.

Admittedly, I like espresso and lattes, which is what the Nespresso does better than anything other than a freaking expensive monstrosity of an espresso maker.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Jolly’s Coffee Shortage:

I prefer Nespresso to anything else I've made at home,

Well, the French press, imo, is superior. But not nearly as convenient. My major gripe was that it was never hot enough, and I had to nuke it to get it warm enough.

Also, expensive, by a factor of 3, vs a Keurig.

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Jolly’s Coffee Shortage:

@doctor-phibes said in Jolly’s Coffee Shortage:

I prefer Nespresso to anything else I've made at home,

Well, the French press, imo, is superior. But not nearly as convenient. My major gripe was that it was never hot enough, and I had to nuke it to get it warm enough.

Also, expensive, by a factor of 3, vs a Keurig.

It is pricey, but I only drink 1 cup a day. I don't like the Keurig coffee that much, and the French press doesn't make espresso.

When I drink coffee that's non espresso, I use a milk frother that heats the milk, so the coffee is plenty hot enough. The espresso it makes is plenty hot without milk.

[Copper]

@george-k said in Jolly’s Coffee Shortage:

it was never hot enough

I have my first cup while driving (about 1 minute) to the golf course. I gulp it down, so not hot enough is good.