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I had a Starbucks problem before the pandemic also, but the solution was just to buy a few bags of grounds (Caribou Coffee Medium Roast is the best tasting I've

I had a Starbucks problem before the pandemic also, but the solution was just to buy a few bags of grounds (Caribou Coffee Medium Roast is the best tasting I've found so far) and a pourover (I'm sure whole beans and a grinder is better, and I might upgrade to that eventually, just haven't yet). My wife and I have gone through about 6 bags this year (we only drink one large mug in the morning). So that's $66, or about $7 a month for both of us. Whenever we're properly past the pandemic I can see the Starbucks problem coming back a bit, because part of that was having a place to go to in the morning to be around people and get some writing done before work. I'm mainly a coffee + a little half and half, so my drinks don't usually have a ton of calories.

ascagnel_ 6y ago
> I'm sure whole beans and a grinder is better, and I might upgrade to that eventually, just haven't yet In my experience, you won't get better coffee from grinding the beans yourself, but you'll be able to let beans sit a little longer before they start to get bitter. That said, you can get cheap, high-quality grinders that are good for pour-over coffee relatively inexpensively (Hario makes pretty good hand-crank burr grinders in the $35-$40USD range; I bought mine in 2012 and it's still going strong with occasional cleaning) if you want to go down that road but not sink a bunch of money into it. I wouldn't recommend getting an electric blade grinder, though. It's too difficult to keep things consistent.