Saving Money on Coffee

RE: Saving Money on Coffee Post By Carl (Guest Post) (12/18/2006) I buy green beans from Deansbeans.com and roast it myself. 5 lbs runs 15 bucks. Pretty cheap and by roasting it myself, it doesn't get any fresher (though you want to let it breath 12 to 24 hours before grinding). If you really like coffee, the investment for a roaster is not that bad. Editor's Note: We roast most of our own. It's a lot of fun! RE: Saving Money on Coffee Post by Debbie52 (656) | (08/08/2006) Profile | Contact I have been buying my coffee for a while now at Wal-Mart. I buy a brick of reg and brick of decaf in the Great Value "house brand". One is arabica and the other Columbian. I mix together in a large coffee can and keep in the frig. It doesn't cost a lot and tastes good. RE: Saving Money on Coffee Post by for a lark (18) | (05/24/2005) Contact buy the good stuff-the really good stuff FAIR TRADE ORGANIC- and limit youself to one cup (or two) of it after that use the cheap stuff(or tea) using a single cup drip cone or a french press makes you think about your intake too REMEMBER If you get the coffe for cheap, there's a farmer out there who is getting near zero pay(and probably cancer too) Between my husband and I we use about 1 lb per month now. that works out to 25c each per day and i refuse to buy cheap coffee. Mixing Coffees Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (04/20/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact Mix your expensive ground coffee with a less expensive brand. This stretches the expensive brand and gives the less expensive coffee a "premium" taste. By truerblue RE: Saving Money on Coffee Post By Mary (Guest Post) (04/10/2005) You're not saving money if your coffee tastes terrible. And putting an extra scoop on already-brewed grounds makes coffee that tastes terrible! Plain terrible! I know because I've tried it. You would be better off to cut down on your coffee consumption and drink only the "good stuff" in smaller amounts. RE: Saving Money on Coffee Post By tina (Guest Post) (04/08/2005) we use 3 scoops the first pot 2 scoops the secound pot. 1 scop the 3rd pot then if my hubby wants more he washes the grounds with a half pot of water el cheapo-- RE: Saving Money on Coffee Post by Mr. Thrifty (126) | (04/08/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact I hardly perk or drip coffee anymore. I use instant,and once I get the right formula for my taste, I don't waste any coffee at all. Most of the cheap instants taste better with less then the reccomended amount used. It isn't Kona coffee by any means ,but it gets the job done as far as satisfaction on my part. I usually drink two full cups a day. A 6oz jar last a little over a month this time of year but less in the winter. And no! I would never turn down a cup of anybody's fresh brewed coffee Drink Up Folks Mr. Thrifty Saving on Coffee Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (04/08/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact My husband works construction and with it being winter here he takes a thermos of coffee with him as well as a large cup to drink on the way. We were going through coffee pretty fast. One day I decided to put half of a scoop of coffee into the filter that was already used to make coffee for the thermos, added the water and watched how the coffee started to come out. The result was great! We could not tell the difference in the first pot and the second. This saves a half of a scoop every day and we no longer are buying coffee as often as we were. By RoseMary B. RE: Saving Money on Coffee Post by mom2mcar (8) | (03/23/2005) Contact I was actually going to say basically the same thing that rbonneau said but I only make one pot a day ( I use 3 scoops one day and then 3 scoops the next on top of the prior days grounds) and just add to the grounds the night before (programmable coffee pot). I also found this saves on the filters as we have the cone shaped filters (thank you free Gevalia programmable coffee pot) which seem to be more expensive. Plus what melody_yesterday stated is helpful too. Saving on Coffee Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (03/23/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact Invest in a good thermal travel mug and make your own coffee for your commute instead of stopping to pick it up. You'll pay for the mug the first week and save after. By Cynthia Conley RE: Saving Money on Coffee Post by melody_yesterday (193) | (10/06/2004) Contact get an inexpensive coffee mill - regrind the preground a little to refresh it & extend it some -- RE: Saving Money on Coffee Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (06/15/2004) Profile | Blog! | Contact My husband and I love coffee, drinking two pots daily. I have found that I can brew a pot with the regular amount of ground coffee (4 scoops) and then for the second pot add just half the amount of fresh grounds (two scoops) to the grounds used in the first pot. I have noticed no change of taste and am saving each time I brew the second pot. By rbonneau