Find a local roaster.
The quality is so much better and you support a local business instead of a megacorp.
Yup, and most of the big brands are actually Nestle anyway. Fuck Nestle.
Edit: or Green Mountain which is now Keurig Dr Pepper?, depositor of plastic cups everywhere.
Lavazza?
Looks like it’s independent still. But not really close to the size of the Nestle brands (like Starbucks bagged coffee)
Here’s the brands listed on the Wikipedia page (though Seattles Best is missing, but present on Nestles own site):
Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee Company
- Bonka
- Buondi (Portugal)
- Chameleon Cold-Brew
- Christina (Portugal)
- Dolca (Argentina)
- Dolce Gusto
- Ecco (Chile, Peru)
- El Chaná (Uruguay)
- International Roast
- Kirma (Peru)
- Loumidis (Greece)
- Mountain Blend
- Nescafé
- Nespresso
- Partner’s Blend
- Ricoffy
- Ricoré
- Ristretto
- Sical
- Starbucks (Perpetual License)
- Sunrise (India)
- Taster’s Choice
- Tofa
- Zoégas (Sweden)
Wow I had no idea that Starbucks in bags was Nestle.
One tick further down the rabbit hole is the most recent roast date of the local available roasters.
I love YES PLZ for mail subscription. The Mix is almost always a home run, and even when it’s not it’s at worst a base hit.
But if mail subs aren’t your thing, I love several of our local roasters.
I’m going to give this a try, thanks for the recommendation.
Rad, happy to have made the rec! If you can, come back and tell me how you like it after a bag or two!
Just tried it. Blend 295, it’s good, thanks for recommending them, I also ordered decaf for my parents from them as a gift.
La Colombe. Really love their all dark roast.
McDonalds. It’s the only place I ever get coffee that manages to consistently avoid moldy beans.
I actually enjoy McDonald’s coffee as well. That and Tim Hortons. I know it’s not a popular opinion, but sometimes it just does the job.