"Smithfarms Pure Kona" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:36:05 GMT, "Vox Humana" >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Cuchulain Libby" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >>
> >> "Vox Humana" > wrote
> >> > Some people
> >> > claim that burr grinders are superior because they don't heat the
> beans
> >> > while grinding them. Cooks Illustrated did a comparison and
> >experience. My mother drinks gallons of really horrid watered down
> decaf.
> >She detests the coffee I make. I really lucked out recently. My
> >supermarket was resetting the shelves and selling off the existing
> stock for
> >a song. I found a whole cart full of expensive coffee beans that
> were
> >selling for $8 for 12 oz. marked down to 75 cents! I bought 20 bags
> and
> >have been enjoying far better coffee than I would have normally
> bought.
> >
> OT-Didn't you used to buy very good coffee? Or is it another human
> voice I am thinking of? I can't imagine the old and stale beans from
> a supermarket do the trick.
>
> Of course, as someone with a few decades of appreciated learning
> experiences, I would have to say- IMHO -you generally get what you pay
> for.
> aloha,

You must be thinking of someone else. I think I got more than my 75 cents
worth one this but I imagine that people who roast their own beans and mill
them in $300+ machines probably would find my coffee unacceptable.