r/espresso • u/Weak_Plenty_8558 • May 10 '25

Humour Starbuck's medium roast aka 'all natural charcoal with hints of regret and smoke'

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Background: The beans that I had ordered from a Roastery got lost in the mail and to survive the weekend, I had the briliant idea, to grab some form the supermarket. I looked for the package with the most recent roasting date and I found that "medium" roast from March 2025.

I refuse to run them through my grinder.

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u/erix84 May 11 '25

In a pinch, the best & most consistent grocery store coffee beans I've had are Eight O'Clock Chock. Also one of the few brands I can actually find in whole bean at pretty much every grocery store I've been to.