The coffee makers aren't bad (for the price) though they are slow to make a full
pot, which causes over-extraction. I've heard people say they do better making
half a pot.

As for the coffee, a small step up from Folgers.

First, remember that they are not cheap. Their offerings are $5.55 to $7.25 for
a HALF pound, plus an "added shipping and handling" charge. By comparison, for
only a few dollars more you can get extradinary coffee, possibly the best you'll
ever drink, from places like:

http://www.smithfarms.com/coffee.asp (a tiny farm in Hawaii)

or cheaper, from my primary green bean supplier:

http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.roasted.html

There are dozens of options like this around the country. Unfortunately, they
are usually lost in the sea of mediocre coffee from Gevalia, Starbucks, Peets,
Dunkin Donuts, supermarket bins, etc.

The necessary ingredients for good coffee:

Ground immediately before brewing - if you're not doing this, ignore the rest.
High quality beans (this rules out 95% of the coffee out there)
Roasted within the last week or so
Roasted with care, not too dark (rules out Starbucks)
Brewed very hot (195+ degrees) and quickly (under 5 minutes), which rules out
most cheap brewers
And NEVER use the P-thing (rhymes with "jerkolator")

The cheapest way to get high quality coffee is to roast your own. For most of
my coffee, I pay $5 to $7 a pound, for very good beans. Add a dollar for
shipping, another for my roasting equipment, and its still cheaper than the
supermarket "gourmet" stuff. And I roast it exactly how I like it, and its
always consumed within a few days of roasting. Even when I splurge on something
like Kona, its still half the price I'd have to pay to get it roasted.

enjoy,
jeff


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
You ever have Gevalia coffee. Any good?

Is this a good deal?
http://www.joingevalia.com/Promo/Gev...ased12cp_scp.h
tm?keycode=107054


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_