HHI $550K. 365 brand Morning Roast, sometimes another one if there's a sale. Used to get beans before children, but can't be bothered during early mornings with two small children. |
In the past two years, our HHI just increased from $290 to $465. I still buy Kirkland brand whole bean House Blend. |
La Colombe is from Philadelphia, where they also have a distillery. Multiple La Colombe cafés in DC. We order from their website and have it delivered. Grind beans daily and brew using a Bonavita drip machine. HHI 7 figures. |
Rishi tea. I'm wealthy. |
200K.Basic cheap Folgers right now. Usually cheapest Aldi or Costco brand. Black. Unless traveling I do not buy shop coffee. |
HHI $300k
Lost Sock beans or LaVazza preground espresso, made in a Aeropress. Used to have a Blue Bottle subscription. Sometimes we get beans at Rare Bird. Husband drinks La Columbe beans he makes into cold brew and then turns into nitro cold brew with our NitroBrew machine. I drink Diet Coke or Kitu Super Coffee in the afternoon. |
We buy their beans from Whole Foods, I think wegmans has them too? I didn’t know they had DC locations, I looked up once and they didn’t at the time but that must have been years ago. Definitely a shorter trip than to NYC |
$500k HHI
One button, Jura Espresso machine (grinds the beans and froths the milk and squirts the espresso all with the touch of one button). We alternate buying our favorite whole coffee beans. My husband makes me a macchiato or latte for my first cup in bed. Before I log on for work I make a cappucino. We bought the machine back in 2005 when I first started working from home full-time and stopped hitting the coffee shops. It is better than Starbucks and any high end coffee shop I've been to, but not better than anything I get in Spain/Italy/France/Germany/Austria---but pretty close!! Quality of the beans matters. |
$450K
We use a french press each morning with whatever is on sale at the grocery store: Peets, Starbucks etc. Our favorite is the IKEA coffee that is ground for a French press but we don't get up there much (when we do I'll buy 8 or so bricks). |
250k HHI (but I'm the sole coffee drinker). Usually grind beans from Whole Foods brands (about $9/lb). Burr grinder plus Bonavita drip. However, this week I had to break into my emergency Bustello stash because I ran out of beans and I think I actually prefer it!
I recently got more systematic about weighing and measuring for the exact coffee taste I want using my kitchen scale, and it makes a big difference! |
They are so gross! One of the perks of WFH - no more coffee pods. |
This is PPP, your response is spot on! Plus, I'm not the coffee maker/setter in the house. So, as long as it's ready for me to drink before sunrise, I don't complain! |
forgot to add ... I take my coffee dark and strong with milk and sugar, so that's probably why I don't mind the Bustelo. But I was surprised that the Bustelo tasted pretty much as fresh as my ground coffee beans, at least right when I opened the brick. Would love it if someone did a blind taste test with Bustelo and coffee snobs ... |
300k
Bustello or La llave to make espresso using a Moka on the stove. |
$300
We buy Starbucks Breakfast Blend whole beans at Giant, brew in our Cuisinart drip every morning. |