Quality produce, for sure. We have that same grinder and a very similar pour-over cone, and they are both totally adequate (although I wouldn’t recommend trying to pulverize almonds in the grinder. I’m sure it’s worse ethically but tastes pretty good. Mark roasts his own beans at home, which saves them money on the “good” coffee. Mary Hunt who has written the “Everyday Cheapskate” column for many years has written about roasting her own beans and has a pretty good tutorial if you are interested. 4.5 out of 5 stars with 70 reviews. ), consider getting the Hario V60 dripper. Fascinating, I have never heard of any of this. I bought mine for 5.00 at goodwill and have been home roasting for a couple of years now. Consumerism?!? We’re definitely medium-roast lovers. Anyway, I wonder if your Costco has an organic option that would still be cheaper than your original source? Most of the time, though, we just drink Cafe Bustelo: super cheap and strong and nice with milk. I got High Desert Roasters Organic Rainforest, Medium Roast, 2.5 lb and on sale for $10. As for sacred expenses, I am canceling my newspaper subscription. If I could afford it, I’d buy everything fair trade, organic, etc. I too am obsessed with gourmet coffee. I found your site by looking for a replacement coffee for the superb Costco Columbia Supremo coffee beans, roasted in store, fresh ground, or not, by customer in store. Please donât be horrified, but I love Dunkin Donuts coffee, regular, not dark. That’s great that you found Costco coffee that’s Fair Trade–I’ll have to look for it next time we’re there. This is an exception to Costco⦠It allows us to still get the better depth while cutting the price down greatly. Good luck! 4.4 | (1057) 24 count $13.12 WITH . Nice! True–it really is a “frugal indulgence” since we do save so much by brewing at home. It’s pretty good and still tastes much better than that crap in a can. I have to ask, if the Costco coffee is good, but not out-of-this-world stunning, why not make your own blend. It tends to be a lighter roast, but the favors are amazing. (From The Myths of Happiness, I think.) I’ve done it a lot!) But a paper filter traps most of the cafestol and kahweol, so coffee that’s been filtered probably has little, if any, effect on cholesterol levels.”, http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/what-is-it-about-coffee. Drinking cheap coffee also makes the rare coffee out even more of a treat.I agree that something needs to be twice as good to cost twice as much! Everybody needs to find peace in their lives through one vehicle or another, and for us, it’s frugality. I hadn’t thought of Aldi’s for coffee–good to know that they have tasty options. I don’t drink coffee, but my husband buys his at Sam’s club. Perhaps a slight improvement noted. We also like the fact that we can make our exact desired number of cups. Shop Target for Ground Coffee you will love at great low prices. I switched to black coffee when my milk sensitivities became too great. I also got into a bourbon-barrel-aged coffee at $30 a pop before embarking on my debt paydown plan. We vote with our dollars and fair trade gets my vote. This Memberâs Only Savings Book from Costco runs from Wednesday, September 30, 2020 through Sunday, October 25, ⦠Haven’t tried that one–thanks for the suggestion! I read this while drinking my Costco coffee. It has made me a much happier person :). The horror. We used to buy Starbucks brand ground coffee, but then they stopped giving you a free brewed coffee with every bag and we were drinking more coffee, so we decided Seattle’s Best would be just as good for much cheaper. That’s awesome you’re saving so much per year! I can get the price down to less than $2 for 12 oz. $10ish a pound is a good price. I was truly surprised at how good the Costco coffee is, and we’ll have to see how it tastes at the end of the month (after being in the freezer). Read on to find out which coffees came out on top. We take our brewing seriously ;)! Didn’t realize the old Job Lot has coffee–good to know! Whole bean. And, I think the flavor is vastly better than coffee-maker coffee. We were paying almost 16 per pound (canada) for organic direct from pickers non farmed (ie grown in forest naturally) frog friendly coffee. I can only have THE BEST?”). Booooostelo (I’ll have you know that’s now stuck in my head). It’s always tough to decide if it’s worth buying a certain un-tested item at Costco for fear we won’t like it. So far, so good! I’m sure you two know all this, but since coffee is produced in some of the more ecologically fragile areas in the world, and where workers are most vulnerable to abuse, we really feel it’s worth it to invest a little more in beans that have been produced fairly. Honestly, if you give it a week or 10 days of drinking black coffee, you won’t want to go back! Mmmm a Costco that smells like coffee sounds heavenly! We’d rather drive a 19-year-old car than give up our organic, fair trade, small batch, roasted-to-perfection $10.68/pound coffee beans. The Costco brand may be a better value, of course. ... Dunkin' Donuts Original Blend Medium Roast Ground Coffee - 20oz. We made the same switch about a year ago and haven’t looked back (BJs Colombian coffee is pretty good, too). I get the kind that is roasted by Starbucks and Fair Trade. I respect you both, Mr. and Mrs. Frugalwoods, just something else to remember. But! Once I have someone to split the coffee pot with in the morning, I’ll switch over to beans and a proper drip coffee machine . Skip to Main Content. I feel the same way about a delicious single cup of coffee brewed at home each morning. Ours just smells like… uh, warehouse maybe? We don’t want to reduce our pleasure to the point of no longer savoring our coffee. We have a saved Craigslist search for a used roaster–someday we shall roast our own . I don’t even like the “good stuff.” Right now I drink Kroger brand – usually morning blend! It’s quite inexpensive, easy, and you can make the exact number of cups you want. Although the taste difference isn’t astronomical, it is present. bag. It taste fresh to me. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 I notice that I succumb to temptation without quality produce laying around. That’s not enough money to save if it’s at the expense of people elsewhere on this planet not being treated fairly. Costco Business Centre can only accept orders for this item from retailers holding a Costco Business membership with a valid tobacco resale license on file. Our Costco always smelled like coffee. It is glorious and delicious and amazing. Coffee from Amazon is a good idea, I’ll have to see how their prices compare to Costco. It also means I can stock up when it’s on sale. . Sounds like you’re striking a great balance with supporting your co-op, but still staying within budget. The cheapest I’ve seen, however, was at the Asian market. That blade grinder you’re using will not give you the consistency that you need when grinding coffee beans. I did switch to decaf out of an abundance of caution during my first trimester since there is a slight correlation between early-term miscarriage and caffeine (though the study cited it was tons of caffeine). Dunkin' Donuts Original Blend Coffee, Medium, Keurig K-Cup Pods, 72 ct Item 2196771. Thanks for the edit . I have to agree with Done by Forty. Give it a try. That’s a great point and it’s definitely part of our consideration in this whole experiment. “Free Trade” is largely a scam. Now have been buying nabob espresso rainforest alliance certified for about 7-8 a pound. I think the upper max recommended is 3 cups per day. I like all coffee. We’re more of a medium-roast type of family, so I’m not sure about the Thai coffee, although I’d love to try it out of sheer curiosity. And, I agree with you, I don’t like coffee chain coffee either—yuck. I’m glad I tried it! Without excessive shopping, spending, or debt, we’re at peace. Now I stick to it unless there’s a special event like vacation or house guests. Sign up to get new Frugalwoods stories in your email inbox. My husband tried it once and forgot he needed to grind it, but we did dig out the grinder (used previously for spices) and that worked. I fill it up. I love Costco coffee, but I now try to buy fair-trade. We promise not to tell you about stuff that's dumb. I make this drink of the gods, by using my Hario hand-grinder bought on Amazon for $12, FIVE years ago, and a melita pour over apparatus (with one of those reusable cloth-style filters that I made from cotton bought on sale (and which I also use to make skirts and shirts). It’s more than likely due to the seasonality of the coffee beans themselves, I’ve loved buying the various blends from Guatemala, Rwanda, Sumatra, Colombia, PNG, etc. And still good coffee! Team Costco Coffee! P.S. I have made it a habit to actually start roasting the green beans myself. I’m curious to see how it’ll be at the end of the bag as well. Dunkin' Donuts. It’s one thing we do to support our local coffee shop, since we don’t buy the lattes, and anything we can buy without packaging automatically jumps higher up our priority list. Is the Costco coffee fair-trade? So from there I select 8 items that are not ridiculously priced so I can 1) judiciously support this business adventure My sweet, scheming husband reasoned that we’ve been buying our expensive coffee on autopilot for the past year or so and that we don’t have a baseline comparison for knowing just how much better it is than, say, the Costco brand. She has one big half/half cup so it’s probably like one full caffeinated one. I have been buying Costco’s whole beans as well, and for around $5.50/lb, it is a great deal for fresh beans. I’m glad they don’t suck either ;)! (unless someone catches on that you’re basically asking for groceries for Christmas. 2) not blow our food budget. I love coffee. Thankfully, Taobao is an amazing bastion of cheap finds–many of which are high-quality if you know how to look. Every penny counts. To keep the experiment in accordance with the highest standards of scrupulous excellence, I drank some seltzer in between coffee samples. We use the unbleached brown paper filters as well. My husband does this too (from Sweet Marias). Yes, Weekend Coffee is my favorite coffee, but I feel like it makes my Weekend Coffee so much more enjoyable week after week. My parents always said I’d like the taste when you grow up. We buy it and have for years. Please try again. So as to control the taste tests, as so as not to die of over-caffeination on assignment, I have developed a strict testing methodology. Sometimes I have to make the less stellar choice in order to keep my own life moving towards my goals (a down payment on land for our organic farm, ironically enough). I’m going to try out their decaf blend next trip! From your pictures, do you use pour over brewing method? I do Trader Joe’s cold-brewed at $7.99/bottle and make iced coffee at home with cream and sugar every morning. With coffee being one of the most highly sprayed crops (and they actually save the worst of it for the US because we will accept it), I am not willing to move away from organic coffee. I guess that’s one small perk of working the 9-5. When my 1kg tin runs dry (i keep 0 to 1kg unfrozen),. This is an exception to Costco's return policy. At around $10, it is a great value! Cafe Booostelo) It’s about the same as your Costco coffee, around $5.20 a pound where I buy it. In the mood for Dunkin' Original Blend, or a specialty roast or flavor? ” was enough to peak my curiosity”: peak -> pique. But the one luxurious, gaping, profligate outlier has always been decent coffee beans. I use the brown organic paper because it reduces the oils that can increase LDL levels….”The cholesterol-raising ingredients in coffee are oily substances called diterpenes, and the two main types in coffee are cafestol (pronounced CAF-es-tol) and kahweol (pronounced KAH-we-awl). Coffee can be such a money drain – either by going to Starbucks or purchasing your fave beans. She always makes me smile! He casually mentioned Starbucks roasts the Costco coffee!. And, we felt like we should at least give the cheaper coffee a try. Over two days, I prepared an 8-ounce mug of coffee from each of 13 different coffee brands widely available in U.S. grocery stores. After I clicked on your post title, my heart began to race…my pulse quickened..,”I bet The Frigalwoods are trying the Costco coffee with the cat eyes on the bag!! Of course, you’ll notice that the roasting point of all the blends tends to the medium or medium~dark to dark roast. We sampled Caribou Coffee, Dunkinâ Donuts, Eight OâClock, Folgers, Maxwell House, Peetâs Coffee and Starbucks medium roast coffees, and opted to choose our top three (though we knew it would be difficult). I’m a die hard Costco fan, but refused to try the Costco brand until one day, while shopping at the original Kirkland, WA store, a total stranger came up to me as I was reaching for the Starbucks brand. My wife’s midwife said it was fine if she had 2 cups a day every day. Is the coffee thing not considered a concern anymore? Best of luck to you in your search for frugal beans . We get this one at Costco to stay organic. Feel free to answer âall of the above.â Weâve got you covered. Sip into Dunkin'® and enjoy America's favorite coffee and baked goods chain. I bought some at Costco the other day and really enjoy it! Costco carries a great organic rainforest blend that’s been our standby for years. 12-ounce bag Dunkinâ Donuts ground coffee; $7.99 before tax; ... A 3-pound can of Kirkland Signature 100% Colombian Coffee costs about $10 at Costco. Nice! I just can’t stomach that coffee since I drink it black. Well I’m almost 24 and I still don’t like it . Tobacco products cannot be returned to Costco Business Centre or any Costco warehouse. 9/30/20. TJs is always doing that.) I recommend keeping beans sealed tightly in the freezer for max flavor, and grinding fresh beans daily rather than storing ground coffee…. I just don’t enjoy the darker, “better”, stuff. Sadly, I’m one of the few that cannot drink coffee every day. I drink coffee every once in a blue moon, though Mrs. FR drinks it very regularly. This is the first post of yours that I don’t entirely agree with — to give up organic fair trade coffee for commercial/industrial coffee beans, especially when pregnant. Ahh, the cheapest coffee is no coffee, which is what I drink. I did this exact thing many years ago when I was getting out of my 50K worth of debt. But for our caffeinated morning cup, it’s Costco all the way. Nice timing! But yes, that is actually what I really want ;). Yes, the popcorn popper does a stellar job! Their regular coffee is $5.92/pound, but he buys the fair trade organic coffee for $7/pound. You’re definitely rocking it frugal style . I love the blog. Good point, I’ll have to check and see if Costco offers a fair trade option–hopefully so! I love this review btw. And, we’re not interested in frugalizing to the point of hardship. By comparison to the light-to-city roasts we get for *stupid* money (in bubble-time SF this ranges from about $16lb – $22lb at most small retailers), neither of these Costco options is very good. Do let us know! FB Hubby and I have a sort of compromise where we drink dunkin donuts coffee that we buy in bulk from Sam’s Club. I used to rinse them out most of the time in the sink, and then every few weeks run it through the dishwasher. Thank you for this experiment, as I have been wondering this exact same thing for awhile now! Thanks for sharing! Yes! It’s also that the workers are treated better (typically, unfortunately not guaranteed, but typically). The new Costco OCTOBER 2020 Coupon Book is here and there are a lot of great items on sale like Chefman Electric Kettle, Cuisinart AirFryer Toaster Oven, Dunkinâ Donuts Ground Coffee, Noosa Yogurt, Tiramisu Cups and more!. Your tea solution sounds great–nicely done on reducing costs there! That would certainly be the perfect solution! We’ve cycled through a number of different coffee making systems over the years and the pour-over seems to be the best fit for us, but, I’m intrigued by the reusable filter idea… thanks for suggesting! Dunkin Donuts is a popular coffee shop chain serving whole bean and ground coffee at retail locations and online. Follow your list! However, we won’t sell or voluntarily disclose your email address or personal information to anyone else. I’m glad your massive experiment was not so yucky! Not liking the expense of cone coffee filters, I made my own reusable ones with my sisters unbleached muslin quilt scraps. Great savings catch! That’s another reason to splurge for costlier beans–the environmental and sociological benefit of putting money where your mouth is. Do you read/follow markandlaureng.com? Dunkin Donuts Original Blend; Starbucks House Blend; Folgers Classic Roast; Kirkland Medium Roast; Tasterâs Choice Instant Coffee; Kirkland 100% Colombian Coffee; Best Costco Coffee Prices vs. Walmart. Not sure why it has taken us so long to question this expense, but it’s a great example of why constant vigilance with regard to spending will always yield greater savings. I was hooked on the PG tips bags, they come out to about .10 each- I justified it b/c .10 day is freaking fantastic compared to basically any coffee alternative, esp. $6.00 and it lasts me 4 months. But for me it’s always a balance between saving money, and using my dollars to support the world I want to live in. Ohh yeah. Some things in life are just not worth the savings ;). But what happens if we put those cows on the proverbial chopping block? Life is definitely too short to drink bad coffee ;). Take the green coffee beans from green to light beige by slowly heating them over very low heat in a cast iron skillet on the stovetop. I have never tried it before and was wondering if it yields better results comparing to the ones made by my coffee maker. Where did you buy your coffee before Costco? Eight o’clock whole bean. 4 out of 7 days a week, I drink “free coffee”, aka, “work coffee”. It was an extreme disappointment when Costco quit offering this service. I have tried to select the most basic variety of each brandâi.e., blends labeled as âhouse,â âoriginal,â or âbreakfast.â Each mug has been brewed using a ceramic pour-over cone with an unbleached paper filter, allowing f⦠And we have the added benefit of having our house smell like a delicious coffee house! And the price points are similar. And, we do indeed grind our beans fresh every morning. In a year, we’d spend $416.52 on the expensive beans (1.5 pounds purchased every two weeks at $10.68/lb) vs. $202.41 on the Costco version (1.5 pounds purchased every two weeks at $5.19/lb). If I recall, it was 12.99 here in the Midwest. You get the same taste, but in a frugal way. but I also found them selling different blends, too. Great point on the quantity of Costco beans–this is a concern of ours as well. Bought at A&P. Sign up to get an email when a new Frugalwoods story is published. You’ve got me there–the cheapest coffee certainly is no coffee, but I can’t live like that ;)! Try the Costco Espresso Roast in the read bag. We’ll see how this month goes with all Costco coffee and map out a plan from there . For all you non coffee-prep aficionados, don’t laugh at us! We are always in search of good coffee. I need to get the set up that you have going! Does it actually last six weeks for you? Compare up to 4 Products . And can we attain an analogous level of joy for vastly less? So we don’t buy coffee at Costco because that much ground coffee would DEFINITELY go bad! Fortunately, it really does taste pretty good. Costco sells cartons of organic milk, which usually have an expiration date for about 6 weeks from purchase, so I’ve found those to be a great deal. Yeah, I too cannot cut coffee completely… nor do I want to ;). It is about $13.99 for two pounds on Amazon. We all have our sacred cows of spending that we can’t fathom not paying for. Oooo, that sounds like something we’d like! Our freedom from the consumer carousel means we’re able to chart a future that’s unimaginable to most people. However, I realized fairly quickly that the .03 bags of Irish breakfast from trader joes are equally satisfying. I find it easier to avoid the white stuff altogether (aside from very occasional ice cream :-)). The total we’d save over the course of a year by switching to the Costco brand is: $214.11. “Wisdom” in childcare and pregnancy change with time though. Update: find out what coffee bean decision we made in Updates On The Lives Of Some Frugal Weirdos. I guess coffee can be considered one of those “frugal indulgences” most partake as brewing your own coffee at home, even expensive brews, is way more frugal than buying it by the cup on the outside. 4.8 out of 5 stars with 202 reviews. Score: 5.3/10 I’ve found that, while it isn’t as good as super-expensive beans, I like it better than some of the inexpensive national brands. I cut and dye my own hair now and can’t for the life of me understand why I ever paid anybody else to do it! We’re freezing the beans in the hopes that it’ll preserve their flavor. Not in my case though, I go through a half gallon in a couple days. While this isn’t an earth-shattering amount, it also ain’t nothing. Really the only reason we switched was because we are trying to support our neighborhood co-op as its just breaking even right now. I just ordered 2 lbs of the Don Pablo and am looking forward to trying it. Caffeine values can vary greatly based on the variety of coffee/tea and the brewing equipment/steeping method used. I think soymilk tastes better, but like your situation, does soymilk taste twice as good? I know before they didn’t have any organic options but now they do. We’ll see how it does . I never noticed any degradation or quality loss from using one. We always reason that we can eat anything for a month or so ;). fun reading your blog, love my coffee from my french press, but I can drink coffee from anywhere, love a good road trip coffee! (I’m in Greece ) I buy store brand for 3.50 .doesn’t taste the same but the price is a big difference. Out in California we’re in a drought and the water that it takes to hand wash a fragile French press (that is a pain in the butt! But part of me also realizes that you are right….that small expenses add up. We did switch over to a $10.50 a pound Eco- friendly/ fair trade bean available at our local food co-op. That said, I know milk is cheaper in the US than in Canada, so maybe it doesn’t make any sense at all. I get the regular decaf kirkland ground coffee in the can and am very happy with it, and the price. And, duly noted on the almonds . Lots cheaper than the regular grocery store. That’s because I already keep my food budget very low by growing my own vegetables, raising my own chickens and guinea hens, bartering for deer meat and soup bones, and refusing to buy any manufactured foods. For additional questions regarding delivery, please visit Business Center Customer Service or call 1-800-788-9968. Quality produce gets us too–so delicious and nutritious :). I like the idea of having the good stuff for special occasions only. Where do you get your expensive coffee bean? Thanks, ladies :)! You can do this with a cast iron skillet. No spending is off-limits for us, except for health and dental care–sorry folks, not going to DIY a tooth extraction anytime soon. I’ve been drinking boxed wine for years (well, not now obviously ), but it’s way cheaper and still tastes great. We are frugal because we have to be now. Thanks for the suggestion! Heck, I spent two weeks drinking off-the-shelf Finnish pre-ground Juhla Mokka spiked with cardamom over a very dark Xmas in Lapland. To heat our water, we use this electric kettle, which brings the water to the desired 200 degrees (optimal for coffee brewing). I agree that the cost savings ultimately isn’t going to make or break your retirement/FI, but every little bit counts. You can roast beans in a hot air popcorn popper — check out Sweet Maria’s website for easy instructions. I have used the trick of using a cheap version and just putting a tablespoon of the expensive version in with the cheap. I just buy the $4.99 six-pound can of whatever medium roast house brand is on sale and it lasts me two months. Though of course I do love super expensive high-end coffee joints… which is why we’re better off brewing at home :). Tobacco products cannot be returned to Costco Business Delivery or any Costco warehouse. May I, humbly, offer forth a suggestion? A very good dark roast. Almond milk is hard to find in this country without additives (carrageenan, aka MSG), though I hear its easy to make your own. Not only does the environment suffer from this overload, but so do the people who live in it. Instead of a cone and a filter, I use a coffee sock (google it)…no filters to buy! Dunkin' Donuts Medium Roast Ground Coffee - Decaf - 12oz. Good idea. What setting do you grind on? We just tried this experiment with the House Blend a month ago, and picked up the Colombian yesterday to try it too. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I’ve gotten some recommendations for nice lighter-roast beans from some smaller shops out towards the beach (shout out to Simple Pleasures) at more like $12/lb, which I’ll try soon. Not a coffee snob, but I’ve tried other cheaper alternatives including walmart brand that I did not like at all. Although I enjoyed its inky darkness, Marge always said it tasted like “hot black.”. Eight OâClock The Original. Hoping to buy coffee online, or at a grocery store? Free shipping on orders of $35+ or same-day pick-up in store. Now instead of spending the $11 a bag, I spend less than $2.50 (sometimes less if I have a coupon) a bag for coffee that I enjoy just as much if not more because I’m also saving money! We usually buy ours from Costco and she varies from time to time in what she’ll pick out – usually depends on cost and what she’s in the mood for at the time. My coffee observations are similar to yours. I was specifically searching for reasonably priced, but definitely organic, coffee that I could buy online. If you choose to leave a comment or sign-up for our email list, we will then have your email address. Life is definitely too short to drink truly bad coffee ;)! Have you tried Dunkin Donuts coffee? One of the reasons we’ve been so successful in living the uber frugal life is that we’re willing to challenge every single aspect of our spending (sidenote: I’m continually inspired by Budgets Are Sexy’s “Challenge Everything” philosophy).
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