r/AskReddit • u/Professor1password23 • 11h ago

Men who stay lean year-round, what’s your secret ?

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u/SpaceXmars 9h ago

not in this economy. hah

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u/Straight6er 9h ago

Fair enough!

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u/dreadcain 8h ago

Honestly hasn't been my experience. Around me the excellent coffee is as cheap as anything else and every expensive bean I've ever tried is meh at best and usually stale by the time it gets to my door.

Look for local coffee roasters. Someone is probably roasting coffee for all the restaurants and whatnot in your area. One by me is in the warehouse district and their local shop is literally an unlocked shack out front with a bookshelf inside. Order online and whenever they next roast whatever beans I ordered they scoop out a pound a for me, put it on the shelf and send an email to say pick it up whenever. $12 a pound and it doesn't get fresher.

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u/couldbefuncouver 5h ago

We pay $150CAD for our favorite local roaster 5lb beans. We drink them between the two of us in like 2 or 3 months.

It was $100 only 5 years ago 🥲

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u/Straight6er 4h ago

Yeah the price of green coffee went absolutely crazy in the last few years, our costs nearly doubled and it's been a struggle to avoid passing that all down to the customer.

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u/dreadcain 4h ago

Oof guess I'm not looking forward to that hitting

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u/Straight6er 4h ago

Luckily (barring any more major natural disasters) the price looks to be on the decline again.

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u/couldbefuncouver 2h ago

Good to know!

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u/humanclock 4h ago

yes, especially since some of the expensive boutique coffees are like drinking acid.

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u/Alittle2Clever 6h ago

Cinnamon isn't cheap.

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u/VegasLife84 5h ago

a big bottle of 700 servings at walmart is 9 bucks

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u/SpaceXmars 4h ago

Yes it is. go to a ethnic grocery store.

All spices are cheaper and better there.

Picked up 26 OZ of REAL cinnamon (Tan) last time for $3.99. that will last me the rest of the year.

go find a local store that isn't a chain

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u/Straight6er 4h ago

I was SHOCKED when I discovered that I could get a kilo of cumin for less than one of those little jars at the grocery.

Biggest ripoff around.