HHI and type of coffee you drink?

[Anonymous]

$750k. At home it’s Dunkin. Out it’s DD, McD, or 7-11. STBX only if there is no other option.

[Anonymous]

$400k and it used to be french press or keuirg with costco beans but my pandemic hobby turned into coffee so the latest is moccamaster drip machine with either amazon dark roast, peet's, or an impulse buy local roaster (red rooster, conspiracy, or something else) that I grind fresh. Or my chemex or aeropress. My DH prefers the moccamaster but will drink the keuirg rather than have to learn how to make coffee.

[Anonymous]

400k

Dh. Works out of the home M-F, either Nespresso in a to-go cup or the coffee at work and SB on the weekends
Me. WFH 2 days- Nespresso; Work out of the home 3 days- SB; Weekends- proper Indian chai

To the poster that doesn't like the Nespresso smell, we don't either so we keep ours in the basement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Over $1 mill. Dunkin Dougnuts from Costco. I’m a New England girl.

Same with us! I'm from New England and I got my DH on board. He will go to starbucks on occasion, tho.

[Anonymous]

800k Starbucks. Sometime Weird Brothers.

[Anonymous]

HHI 260K

Brew drip coffee at home. Trader joes Sumatra. Grind in the store.

[Anonymous]

$200k
decaf Trader Joe's Organic Fair Trade French Roast

I grind the beans, use a reusable metal filter in my 4 cup Mr Coffee.

Pre-covid, I would meet people for coffee a few times a month at Starbucks and get a decaf tall flat white. I loved them when Cassatt's in Arlington had them before they closed.

[Anonymous]

$90k, don’t drink coffee at all.

[Anonymous]

I prefer not to micromanage the servants. Even if the butler brings me a latte instead of a wet cappuccino, I accept it with grace. It’s really no trouble at all for my driver to dash out to 7-11 for a 30 oz French vanilla cappuccino on those days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:450k. Dunking Donuts ground delivered to the house and brewed at home.

I'm surprised you buy pre-ground at that HHI. No shame, of course, but I'm wondering if that's a time-saver or if you really just can't tell a difference.

I think coffee snobbery is largely an affectation that lets middle class people feel like they have extremely sophisticated tastes. Also if you grind it the night before you're not getting any real freshness benefit; if you grind it the morning of you wake up the house; if you wait to grind it until people are awake you didn't really need coffee in the first place.

This is exactly why we buy pre-ground coffee. I have zero interest in grinding coffee at 6:30 am, and if you don't do that, there's no benefit. So I'll just make my life easier.

I agree that freshly ground coffee is better - it's just not worth the trouble.

At a certain income level, one should be able to discern between pre ground and freshly ground and never settle for the former. Also, if there is a pea under your mattress, you should be able to feel it and not get a good night's sleep.

[Anonymous]

$400K

Whole bean, usually Mayorga, Zeke's or La Colombe, but I also try random things to experiment. Ground at home to brew in a French Press. I don't find a huge difference in the taste between pre-ground and whole bean, except that it can be a pain to find the coarse grind for the French Press, and regular grind puts a lot of sludge in my cup. It's easier to grind at home than to use those in-store grinders.

Or Nespresso a few times a week.

But I never appreciate coffee quite so much as when we're camping. Chilly mornings, with a pot heated over the campfire - the best.

[Anonymous]

$350

We buy Misha's as often as possible. We have a nice grinder ($50) but very basic tools otherwise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:450k. Dunking Donuts ground delivered to the house and brewed at home.

I'm surprised you buy pre-ground at that HHI. No shame, of course, but I'm wondering if that's a time-saver or if you really just can't tell a difference.

I think coffee snobbery is largely an affectation that lets middle class people feel like they have extremely sophisticated tastes. Also if you grind it the night before you're not getting any real freshness benefit; if you grind it the morning of you wake up the house; if you wait to grind it until people are awake you didn't really need coffee in the first place.

This is exactly why we buy pre-ground coffee. I have zero interest in grinding coffee at 6:30 am, and if you don't do that, there's no benefit. So I'll just make my life easier.

I agree that freshly ground coffee is better - it's just not worth the trouble.

At a certain income level, one should be able to discern between pre ground and freshly ground and never settle for the former. Also, if there is a pea under your mattress, you should be able to feel it and not get a good night's sleep.

I can tell a difference. But the income level in question involves someone else making coffee in the morning, and grinding the beans somewhere else, so it doesn't wake up the rest of the house. We do fine, but we're not there.

[Anonymous]

$300K
Keurig, often but not always with Costco/Kirkland capsules.
Dunkin or McD if away from home at breakfast time. Starbucks only as a last resort or with friends.

I'm with PPs that I'd take fresh ground if it would magically and silently appear each morning.

[Anonymous]

I still think it’s genius what someone on another thread said, about paying their 8 year old $2 to make a cappuccino on the weekends