Best Canned Coffee?

[winkydink]

I mentioned Illy in my original post, when I started this thread. But I can't see paying $26 per pound for any coffee.

Illy is good stuff, but I don't think it is superior to any other typical espresso roast. Dark roasted coffee tends to taste pretty similar.

My everyday coffer is mail-ordered Torrefazione Settebello from Studio LX in IL, but that's bagged, not canned. $9/lb.

If you won't go $26/lb, then I'm guessing that Kopi Luwak is entirely out of the question?

 

[ogopogo]

I liked Hello Boss, got it out of Hy-Vee. About $00.99 or so for a 12 oz can. Put it in the fridge and you're good to go.

Hello Boss!

This stuff ain't half bad. It's pretty good, actually. I used to get it at the .99¢ Store. I haven't been there in while, I hope that they still carry it. They're specially good in the summer when you're on the go.

I use an empty can (they're steel) of this stuff as a blade safe. I just opened a slit with a knife instead of using the tab.

not a can but pre ground vacuum sealed. I find this better than most fresh roasted beans I can get my hands on here in coastal North Carolina. The grind is just about right for my machine. The flavor is rich and I get a descent crema.

+1 on Cafe Pilon. Pretty good coffee. It is a espresso grind, so it's not ideal for a French Press, but it's great with a Moka pot.

It's pretty inexpensive too. Target carries it for under $4.00

 

[DSFC]

Anyone who's lived in Japan might remember this stuff - it really wasn't particularly good, but I used to drink a ton of it anyway

 

[Alpedhuez55]

For a cheap canned coffee available just about everywhere...I would go with Yuban. Anyone who drinks Folgers or Maxwell House should do themselves a favor and buy a can of this. For Decaf, the Walwart Brand canned Decaf is not half bad. Beats Sanka.

Bustello is OK as well. I will use that to make Cuban Coffee with my espressso machine. Watch out with the espresso ground coffees like bustello or Illy if you are using a drip machine with a basket filter. THey can clog them.

 

[dpm802]

This what my father drank when I was growing up. He had one of those stove-top espresso pots (6 demi-tasse size,) and he'd make a pot every morning, enough to fill 2 8-oz coffe cups with cream and sugar. I loved the taste of it.

Their instant is pretty good, too, but I can't find it locally.

 

[OldSaw]

I see a Chock Full-O-Nuts getting a lot of replies. Didn't that go out of production many years ago and was resurrected in name only after the movie, "The Bucket List" came out?

 

[Follicle Genocide]

I see a Chock Full-O-Nuts getting a lot of replies. Didn't that go out of production many years ago and was resurrected in name only after the movie, "The Bucket List" came out?

I don't think so. It's been around for decades.

 

[Left Coast DJ]

I bought a giant tub of Chock Full-O-Nuts recently because it was on sale at Vons. But it's brutally weak coffee. Usually I grab either Seattle's Best, Starbucks, or Dunkin Donuts that's on sale with a club card

 

[LaughingAtFate]

Is it a sad thing that until this thread, I'd never heard of "chock full of nuts" coffee?

Or just one of those things that just is.

Eh, I suppose you guys don't know of half the coffee brands we get down here, so I guess it's equal in the long run...

 

[CEFranklin]

If none of you have tried it, get some Community Coffee from Louisiana (you can order online). When I had some in the military EVERYONE wanted it. They said it was the best coffee they had in a long time, so, dunno if it is because the ships coffee sucked or really was the best they had.

I can't taste the difference between anything anymore, for some reason. All coffee tastes the same, cigars are the same, all whiskies are the same /shrug

 

[elizard]

I'm not a huge coffee drinker (just started actually drinking cofee sometime last year), but typically I drink Maxwell House or Tim Hortons for canned coffee. Tried a couple more varieties around here, and they all tasted fairly similar.

Last weekend however I went and picked up some Cuban organic fair trade coffee from a local coffee shop, but I wasn't overly impressed. Had 2 cups so far, and both were too weak, as I'm not used to brewing freshly ground coffee in my percolator. I don't drink coffee in the evening typically, so I'll have to wait until the weekend to try it out again - and this time make it far stronger!

One thing I did get into as of Chrismas though is espresso. My in laws just got a nice espresso machine, and I've been having it every Sunday when we go there for dinner. I have to say I really enjoy it, except it doesn't last too long (maybe I'll have to start drinking doubles, like rye).

 

[OldSaw]

I don't think so. It's been around for decades.

Yes, the name has been around for a long time and I remember it when I was a kid. However, I haven't seen it in many, many years until it was featured in the movie.

 

[ronfitch]

Never thought I'd see anyone write "hy-vee" on B&B!

A helpful smile in every aisle.

 

[sturgeon]

If none of you have tried it, get some Community Coffee from Louisiana (you can order online). When I had some in the military EVERYONE wanted it. They said it was the best coffee they had in a long time, so, dunno if it is because the ships coffee sucked or really was the best they had.

I can't taste the difference between anything anymore, for some reason. All coffee tastes the same, cigars are the same, all whiskies are the same /shrug

I second Community Coffee. My boss is from LSU and he buys this for us at work. It is not really expensive and I enjoy the taste. He buys it over the internet.

Tim

 

[wilsonent]

I know Folgers got canned, but the Classic Roast is very good IMO. Have tried some of the other styles of Folgers, not even close.

 

[redwoolf]

As far as canned coffees go, Costco's Kirkland brand is drinkable. I don't by any means prefer it, but it's not one of the coffees I won't drink.

 

[ofelas]

Best canned coffee = Cafe du Monde.

 

[pelicano]

Lavazza Qualita Oro Espresso.
It's the only coffee my Italian SWMBO drinks in the U.S..

 

[mitchshrader]

I like Community Coffee with chicory, but some of it isn't. I like Luzianne Coffee better cause it has more chicory taste, and stands up real good to a slash of white mule.

If you did that sorta thing, I mean.

 

[The Mick]

On a whim I tried Chock full O' Nuts today and I think it may be the worst coffee I've ever had