zxcvbob wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>
>> I hate to one-up you folks but I can uncategorically state that I have
>> never, ever been in a Starbucks nor do I ever intend to go into one. I
>> only drink Louisiana's national coffee, Community, and only the dark
>> roast variety with no other additives, no sugar, no milk, no froth,
>> none of the frou-frou that goes with "coffee" today. So there! Hah!
>
> I've been to a Starbucks exactly once; on election day to get a free cup
> of coffee.
>
> Community coffee is good (you like chicory, or no?) but have you tried
> Seaport dark roast? I'm sure you can get it; it comes from the Texas
> Coffee Company in Beaumont. That's some powerful coffee (but its aroma
> is stronger than its bite)

Driving by the Seaport plant makes you crave a cuppa joe, just don't
drink Seaport, it's floor sweepings. Beaumont is my home town and I
drove by the Seaport plant daily for fifteen years but never did like
their coffee. Seaport and Texjoy seasonings are Beaumont's claim to
fame. I still like Texjoy seasonings, spices, and herbs but abhor Seaport.

Another bad coffee from Beaumont was Phelan's Best, their
bottom-of-the-line was Phelan's Teaberry. Talk about floor sweepings!
Used to work with a guy who bought it because it was a dollar a pound
back in the fifties and early sixties. He would brew a pot of the coffee
then dry the grounds on a sheet of tin in his backyard. After about the
tenth drying I could barely stomach the stuff. It was like drinking
burned oil.

>
> I usually buy a couple of bags of Community (no chicory) and a couple of
> bags of Seaport whenever I'm in Houston.
>
> Bob

I ship some to a friend in Pennsylvania about twice a year. He got
hooked on it one weekend visiting us. He's the editor of a magazine I
used to write for. He wrote an editorial about coming to our house for a
weekend and attending a "crawfish party." Never could teach that Yankee
about crawfish boils. He's still a good friend though.