Coffee at Whole Foods

omowasu · 01-30-2009, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Research/price/type would be interesting, for sure.

Yes. Hard to beat the smell of freshly roasted coffee in the car - except with freshly roasted and just-ground coffee in the car. Love that smell.

Was at Whole Paycheck getting some of their frozen foods (my main reason for stopping there occasionally), and took a gander at the coffee section. They had a great selection of organics in various roasts, mostly South American / Colombian / Sumatran. Their selection of bulk beans was nice, too - and smelled great to boot! Only trouble was - as with most everything else there - they are expensive. 8oz-1lb bagged, roasted whole beans ranged from 9.99 - 13.99 (and up).

I am getting 2.5lb bags of Costco Kirkland house blend, 100% Arabica, for $9.95 - and loving it. Its a great coffee for the price - only issue being it is roasted by Starbucks, but at less than 1/2 of the price of comparable Starbucks whole bean, I aint complainin.

I dont mind paying more for quality, but I think Ill let some other lovers of the bean sample these and report back. If they are that good, Ill commit!

floydpink · 01-30-2009, 08:12 PM

I dunno, something about seeing the roasted date vs. wondering how long it's been on the shelf makes the choice easy for me.

I am known to piss my hard earned money away though, or so my wife claims.

I can say for certain, the beans I have gotten fresh roasted at Whole Foods are far superior to anything Starbucks puts out and find the price very acceptable until I get around to roasting.

Mister Moo · 01-31-2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by omowasu

...I am getting 2.5lb bags of Costco Kirkland house blend, 100% Arabica, for $9.95 - and loving it.

If the price overcomes any interest you have in variety (or if the price holds for different blends) then you have located the mother of all deals. Start a Costco thread. I keep hearing they regular, attractive coffee options.

Lumpold · 02-27-2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by omowasu

I am getting 2.5lb bags of Costco Kirkland house blend, 100% Arabica, for $9.95 - and loving it. Its a great coffee for the price - only issue being it is roasted by Starbucks, but at less than 1/2 of the price of comparable Starbucks whole bean, I aint complainin.

This isn't the worst coffee I've ever had. It's not too shabby.

01-30-2009, 08:12 PM	#2
floydpink crazy diamond Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Pete Location: Orlando Posts: 1,955 Trading: (17)	Re: Coffee at Whole Foods I dunno, something about seeing the roasted date vs. wondering how long it's been on the shelf makes the choice easy for me. I am known to piss my hard earned money away though, or so my wife claims. I can say for certain, the beans I have gotten fresh roasted at Whole Foods are far superior to anything Starbucks puts out and find the price very acceptable until I get around to roasting. __________________ "If we weren't all crazy we would go insane"