I'm a bit of a coffee snob. I wouldn't call myself a connoisseur per-se, however given my past track record working for both a Caribou Coffee and a Starbucks, it's something that you would probably expect to see on my resume. I used to believe that coffee was just coffee. If I'm desperate enough and in a deep enough caffeine withdrawal I would probably drink just about any form of the stuff. If the brilliant men in the white lab coats come up with snort-able caffeine I will probably volunteer to be the lab rat for it. I'm hooked on the stuff in whatever form I can get it.
I've tried coffee from every corner of the world and from every end up the roast spectrum. See below.
A good coffee is very much like a good craft beer. It's flavors are handpicked and cater to all different palettes. Think IPA vs Budlight.
If you have ever stepped foot into a Starbucks and just asked for a coffee, you've probably been asked a mind blowing question: Blonde, Bold, or Pike Place.
Blonde roast coffee...sounds pretty innocent, cute, sweet, hopefully has big tits, so you roll with it because the bold just sounded too...bold. You're trying to take that siesta come 3pm, not be wired! WRONG.
Common misconception: Bold roast coffee is stronger than light roast coffee.
That easy to drink stuff is crack. Liquid, delicious, brown, crack.
The roasting process of Light (Aka Blonde) and Dark roast (Aka Bold) cause a differentiation in the caffeine content which is quite measurable. The reason being is that, bold roasts are roasted for a significantly longer length of time to give them the more robust flavor that they possess. That extra roasting time destroys the caffeine in the beans. So if you're a bold roast, black coffee dare-devil and feeling a bit more sluggish than usual, but down the illegal stimulants and pick up a light roast coffee instead! Your boss with thank you for it later.
If your taste buds land somewhere in the middle of light and dark roast where you're trying to get your fix but actually want some flavor, a medium roast is a good place to start. You could go for that nondescript Pike Place. Or you could save yourself the $2.13 every morning and pick up a ginormous can of the best coffee ever to land on the shelf of a Walmart near you.
"Chock Full O' Nuts is that heavenly coffee, the most heavenly coffee that money can buy."
The creators of Chock full o' Nuts may be a bit cocky as their jingle would imply, but they really hit the nail on the head with it.
This is NOT your grandma's coffee. Well, maybe it is. It's been around since 1953 and for good reason. It's the greatest stuff on the shelf. You can kick that can of Folgers to the curb, it's no longer the best part of waking up.
Chock Full O'Nuts is a medium roast coffee and tastes far superior to any coffee you will be able to find at your local Brew Hut.
A 33.9 Oz Canister like the one pictured above retails around $12.99 HERE and can produce up to 270 cups of coffee.
Lets do the math
$12.99 for a can of Nuts w/ 270 cups/can = $.048. A nickle per cup.
270 cups of Starbucks coffee @ $2.13/cup = $575
I'm not a math major but those numbers speak for themselves.
If you're one of those fancy Keurig people out there, no worries. Although I have yet to see Chock Full O'Nuts K-Cups on the shelf at my local Walmart, I have found a solution that may being you to tears.
A re-usable K cup. Purchased from Wally World for around $5, I found a similar one listed online HERE. This baby has changed my whole world. K cups already run on the expensive side, upwards of $20 for a pack of the name brand ones. You will never have to worry about buying K cups again. Pick up a bag or can of your coffee of choice, you obviously know by know what I prefer, pop a couple of scoops into your re-usable pod and you are good to go.
Kick back, relax and let the caffeine course through your blood stream.
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