On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 12:47:15 -0500, James Silverton
> wrote:


>>>>>> I drank Kenyan coffee for years, the only one I liked, now it is fruit
>>>>>> tea or chocolate. Tastes change over time eh?
>>>>>
>>>>> I switch coffees once every couple of months. I'm not even tasting a
>>>>> coffee if I drink it for over two months. I'm just swallowing it.
>>>>
>>>> Time to try something different?
>>>
>>> It's weird. I've been drinking gourmet coffee for a while. And I'm just so
>>> used to it that I don't even taste it anymore. I'd actually prefer a cheap
>>> cup of coffee right now just to have a different flavor.
>>>
>>
>> I know what you mean. I drink African & Indonesian... when I go for a
>> brand name, it's Blue Bottle or Peet's. To change things up, I get
>> the French roast from Safeway's bulk coffee section... which isn't
>> "bad" coffee, it's just not as good as the others.
>>
>Mostly my coffee comes from Trader Joe's and I grind my own beans. Very
>occasionally I treat myself to real Kona coffee or get it as a Xmas
>present. Kona is good but not really worth twice the price of South
>American coffee. I tried Jamaican Blue Mountain once but I did not enjoy
>it all that much; perhaps $35 a pound caused the feeling.

Sorry just got to these posts.

FYI I have been a Kona Coffee Farmer, with my DH for over 25 years and
the reason Kona Coffee costs more, is #1) it is made in the US and we
pay all of our labor fairly, 2) we stick by the strict codes that the
US Dept. of Ag. has throughout the US to insure your safe health, 3)
Kona is hand picked, and is a very limited amount and.... 4) we pay US
taxes too. So if you take away all that good US stuff, you might have
cheaper coffee. But probably not healthier, nor probably supporting
the small Hawaii/US farmer and the US agriculture.

The reason *$ adds all that pretend weird and chemical flavoring is to
make their actual bottom line coffee bearable.

Don't make the mistake of thinking a Kona Blend Coffee is real 100%
Kona Coffee either. A Kona Blend is only 10% real Kona and 90%
whoknowswhat- never stated on the package and legal by US labeling
rules. Can you believe that?

Just my $.02

aloha,
Cea