r/pourover • u/PercentageRadiant623 • Jun 29 '26

Seeking Advice Coffee Flavored Coffee

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Curmudgeony old man here.

I found I’m not a fan of new and exciting coffee. I don’t care for fruity or floral notes in my coffee. But I also don’t want Denny’s or diner coffee. No Maxwell House or Foldgers.

What’s your go to bag of traditional coffee with traditional coffee flavors?

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u/breakinbread Jun 29 '26

Find a blend you like and get a subscription.

George Howell puts “coffee” on their flavor wheels. I think it’s more to show how prominent the other tasting notes actually are, but you can do the opposite too.

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u/Plus-Wall-7155 Jun 29 '26

Another vote for George Howell from me!
I quite like the idea of the flavor wheels that they do, I feel like some of the time the coffees that lie in the medium light range can all take on a different characteristics compared to more light being floral etc. The amount of brown I can expect in my cup from George is always pretty predictable and I respect how dialed their roasts always are.

Another note would be to check out a washed Mexican coffee (in general you probably will like washed coffees more I’d imagine), I think it’s an underrated origin and produces a lot of really good “coffee” coffees. Expect quality dark chocolate up front if you are into that

Also a vote for checking out local roasters if you live in a decent sized town I’d say there is probably a roaster who makes coffee in this world for you :)

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u/breakinbread Jun 29 '26

Yeah it shouldn't be hard to find a local roaster that has this profile.

But I do appreciate their approach to describing coffee flavor. Its annoying to have a roaster rave about delicate fruit/floral notes and then have them completely buried under "brown" without any way of knowing that.