Best Homemade Coffee

Try a French coffee press. Gets the most flavor out of any coffee.

We just buy whatever beans Costco has in bulk for dark roast. And of course we do grind them but only because we have one of those expensive burr grinders from playing with good coffee around years ago.

But when on the road to restock we just buy ground coffee since I'm not hauling around that huge bean grinder. And we see no difference assuming it is fresh coffee grounds.

Our preparation consists of bringing a pot of water up to just below boiling and dumping the grounds in. Put a lid on, wait 5+ minutes, then pour into the mugs thru a hand held screen. We call this Cowboy Coffee.

Dump the grounds out into a trash can, wipe out the pot, and you are done.

This gives you the same coffee as the French Press method. All those contraptions do for you is push the grounds down out of the way so that you don't have to hand pour through a screen.

I suspect that if those devices had been named something other than "French" they would not have near the mystique that they do.

And remember, even bad coffee becomes pretty good together with a big greasy donut

I've always loved the red bag of 8 o'clock coffee. Grind it at home in my Vitamix or Cuisinart burr grinder. I like it best brewed on the stove top in an old SS coffee pot but the drip maker is great, too. I like to make it and keep it hot in a carafe.My DIL has a Keurig and buys the pods. Not cheap for that system. Whatever you do, make sure you have good water for best flavor.

My feeling is that like you said, " I'm and old man."
Enjoy what time you have left...if you really like Starbucks Guatemala Laguna de Ayarza coffee then that's what you should spend YOUR money on...some enjoyment every morning when you crawl out of bed.

What are you going to do with your money...leave it to me?

There is no way you are going to be able to roast your own and make it as good as Starbucks and save money...that's what they do and they are very good at it.

I'm with you. There is nothing like a great cup of coffee in the morning. By the way, we start ours with Starbucks Kenya.

Check the grocery store shelves. There are a lot of brands, Starbucks being one of the most expensive and strongest.