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Is there a bulk/inexpensive coffee that actually tastes good? (slrpnk.net)
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There's like 15 different communities for coffee! Nice!

Like many of us, I survive largely on the break room coffee pot. Our grounds are running low again and the hospital doesn't stock it, so it's on the employees.

Our taste in coffee is driven mostly by cost, so we go through a lot of Costco-sized buckets of Folgers, but Folgers famously tastes like dirt. Still, it's cheap and it's coffee, so that's usually the winner.

I'm not a connoisseur by any means, but... any good options that taste less like dirt while still being cheap / available in large quantities?

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[โ€“] noxypaws@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

if it's pre-ground you've already given up any hope of meaningful improvement.

coffee beans gotta be used within minutes of being ground.

find a local roaster that has good light or medium roast of any variety, get a good grinder, and grind them fresh right when brewing.

also, side note: the lighter the roast, the more caffeine (by way of darker roasting destroying more caffeine)