Coffee Talk

[thrill]

Unless you live in a culture hub/foodie place like NY, LA, Chicago, SF, Seattle, Austin or Portland 3-4 good coffee places is pretty good. There are 4 in metro Phoenix.

[Freed Roger]

Small sample size, but not a lot shaking yet at La Cosecha here in Maplewood. I like it and the Great Harvest stuff in the back. Got a lb of beans at a decent price. Will see how it tastes.

[lukethedrifter]

I have picked up their stuff at the grocery store. I give it a 'pretty good'. It's not fantastic but the price is fair. Never been a fan of Great Harvest breads. Always thought they tasted undercooked, doughy, oily. Something unpleasant about them.

[Freed Roger]

Never been a fan of Great Harvest breads. Always thought they tasted undercooked, doughy, oily. Something unpleasant about them.

Interesting. Now that you mention, it does harken back to the home-baked style Eucharistic bread I'd get in church and parochial school circa 1970s early 80s.

[lukethedrifter]

Sorry

[sighyoung]

It costs about as much as a monthly tithe, too.

[Freed Roger]

Keurig talk here.

I'm sure those cups aren't great for the landfill. But seems like an odd thing to make an environmental stand on. There's a lot worse stuff out there.
At least the cups tend to make it to a landfill, as opposed to other convenience items that are tossed along roadsides.


When I am in my neighborhood walking the dogs, I'l sometimes pick up trash along the way. Same when I'm in the park wood-s sometimes pick up trash (attempt to curry favor with the trail gods -haven't rolled an ankle out there in 2+ years). It's plastic bags, cups, plastic bottles etc. whatever you can buy at a gas station or starbucks - ironically. I don't see k-cups though.

Also, isn't there a trade off -the people that now fill the landfills with k-cups are not filling them with styrofoam or plastic cups from starbucks, Mcdonalds, gas stations.

FTR- I don't own or use a Keurig.

[slide_into_first]

Tomorrow at Safeway they are selling Seattle's Best Coffee for $5 and I have an e coupon for $1.50 so it will be $3.50 for a twelve oz bag.

[ghostrunner]

I'm not a Keurig hater or worked up about it, but a K cup isn't a replacement for a cup. It's a replacement for loose coffee grounds and a paper filter. Or just loose grounds, depending on how you make your coffee.

I suppose the idea is people are drinking those instead of Starbucks? Not sure if that's true.

[Freed Roger]

I'm not a Keurig hater or worked up about it, but a K cup isn't a replacement for a cup. It's a replacement for loose coffee grounds and a paper filter. Or just loose grounds, depending on how you make your coffee.

I suppose the idea is people are drinking those instead of Starbucks? Not sure if that's true.

Not all the same people, but some. Main point is, how are these cups such an environmental disaster when every damn other thing we consume is overpackaged for convenience the same way or worse