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[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by PornoDoggy

My drink of choice is Millstone, Starbucks, and Gevalia.

After years of having it on the "mean to" list, my husband and I finally joined Gevalia. We got our first package and love the coffee. So far we've had Breakfast Blend - whch was fantastic, Mocha Kaffe (well, I've had it, my husband doesn't even like to be in the same room with it), and my husband is currently in love with Greco. I have their French Roast unopened. I love the fact that they give the "acidity factor" on their coffees.

[PornoDoggy]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

After years of having it on the "mean to" list, my husband and I finally joined Gevalia. We got our first package and love the coffee. So far we've had Breakfast Blend - whch was fantastic, Mocha Kaffe (well, I've had it, my husband doesn't even like to be in the same room with it), and my husband is currently in love with Greco. I have their French Roast unopened. I love the fact that they give the "acidity factor" on their coffees.

I drink coffee the way I used to drink ... other things. From the time I get up until the time I go to bed, I have a cup of coffee in front of me.

While the Gevalia regular coffees are good, I don't think they are good enough to warrant the prices they charge. Millstone's Breakfast Blend is almost as good; not sure if I've tried the Greco, and I'm with your husband on the Mocha Kaffe.

The only thing I get from Gevalia currently is the seasonal package, which ships two pounds of a different nationality 4 (maybe 5) times a year.

Our daily coffee is usually Millstone (Foglifter or Columbian, with French Roast and Bed & Breakfast for variety), which we buy in 5-pound bags a 4-5 times a year (not really saving any money on coffee, but I'm not going to the store for coffee every week-10 days, so the $30 worth of coffee doesn't become $80 worth of "stuff"). At the same time I usually order 8-10 pounds of Starbucks.

I also pick up the "house" blends from a couple of coffee houses whenever I'm visiting my daughters, and haven't been to a Dunkin Donuts in five years without picking up a couple of bags of their whole-bean coffee.

We go through a coffee pot in 6-9 months; the freebies from Gevalia generally only last 6 months around here. This last time I bought two - a 12 cup for daytime use, and an 8-cup I switch to after supper.

[MorganGrayson]

PD...oh, I agree. The Gevalia coffee prices are outrageously high. However, my husband and I are very ritualistic people. We love having "special" things. Since we're both coffee drinkers, having the Gevalia Breakfast Blend reserved for weekend mornings is nice. When I have coffee during the day while I'm alone, it's quite possibly because I have a headache or feel terrible. (Coffee truly helps my headaches.) Therefore, the "just mine" aspect of the Mocha is nice. (I'm a kind person, so I wash the pot and basket of the coffeemaker before my husband has coffee.) He has a miserable "about me" paper to write for his upcoming Religion class, so a cup of the Italian Greco coffee was *most* appreciated last night. It also rather backfired. It made him feel so good he went and watched a movie rather than work on that paper.

[Red]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

After years of having it on the "mean to" list, my husband and I finally joined Gevalia. We got our first package and love the coffee. So far we've had Breakfast Blend - whch was fantastic, Mocha Kaffe (well, I've had it, my husband doesn't even like to be in the same room with it), and my husband is currently in love with Greco. I have their French Roast unopened. I love the fact that they give the "acidity factor" on their coffees.

I used to get Gevalia all the time, but I agree with PD that Millstone is very nice without Gevalia's high cost. I do love my Gevalia coffee maker though.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Red

I used to get Gevalia all the time, but I agree with PD that Millstone is very nice without Gevalia's high cost. I do love my Gevalia coffee maker though.

Good to hear. The "bottom line" aspect of my husband's brain caused "it sure would be nice to have a coffee maker waiting in the wings."

It seems that every coffee maker we've ever had picked a weekday morning to die. There is *nothing* worse than having that ache for the first cup of the day and discovering that the coffee maker is broken.