Two tweets from August 2 2025 or earlier.
bamorav: “What is going on!!! The price of coffee has nearly doubled in the past 6 months. I purchased a 25 ounce container in January for $7.79. Same store, same coffee today is $13.99.”
sam.baxendale: “As someone wisely said, your dipshit in chief thought the global economy was 14 years old, so decided to fuck it.”
I started buying green coffee and roasting it myself. Went from buying around $38 per 2 lbs to around $17-18 per 2 lbs. Bonus, I’m getting better coffee out of it.
How are you roasting? Heat gun? Air popper? I’ve heard it’s difficult to get a even roast in small home roasted batches
Stovetop popcorn popper. Started with a cheap aluminum Whirley Pop and after some batches and confirming it worked, I sprung for a good Stainless Steel one
I’ve experimented with batches from 250 grams up to around 1 lb (a bit over 500 grams). Seems around 300 - 320 grams is the sweet spot.
Wait, it’s expensive here but $42 for a 2lb bag, whole beans roasted, of the good local one. Steadily rose from $35 over the last couple of years. But not near $76.
Ack, typo. Sorry. That was amounts per 2 lbs, was buying bulk rate from Fresh Roasted Coffee online previously.
Now I buy green coffee beans from Burman coffee, ranging from $6.50 to around $9 per 1 lb and roast it myself as needed.
I fixed the amounts in the original comment.
I was curious about this and had a look to see if it would be significantly cheaper here to do that. Green coffee beans are about $30 per kg, but I can buy ground coffee for about $25 per kg.
Guess I won’t be doing that then. Ha ha
See if you can get whole bean and grind at brewing time at least, if you can. Roasted beans will keep for quite some time, might not start to go stale for a month or two easily, but they start losing freshness and the subtler notes of their flavor as quickly as 15 minutes after grinding.
Honestly, roasting it yourself isn’t needed, but I like it. I prefer light roast and for several batches my “light” roasts were being delivered solidly medium, and in one case medium-dark. Doing it myself means it’s always roasted to my preference, and if I over-roast it by accident, it’s only myself I’m upset with, as opposed to being pissed at the vendor and feeling like I wasted money.
We have a drip coffee machine that I set on a timer, which means the grounds sit in the filter overnight anyway.
I get the ground coffee because proper grinders are pretty expensive. I got a cheap one for $30 which does a terrible job - inconsistent grinding and hard to judge how long to grind for to fit the drip coffee filter.
I drink black coffee, so having a pot ready to go is great - I’ll fill up a travel mug when I go to work as well. So works well for me.
Hey, no worries then, glad it works for you. If it’s not obvious I’m a bit of a coffee snob. 😅 At least for my own drinks, not judging others.
I used a blade grinder for years, was happy when I could afford a real burr grinder, since blades don’t grind evenly and heat up the beans. I gave up on automatic coffee pots a long time ago, something like a decade ago I think. Switched to French pressing, and eventually to a preference for pour-over. Steel in both cases, since I find glass to be a bit finicky.
Do clean your drip pot by running some vinegar or 50/50 vinegar and water periodically. They can get really gross inside and some parts of it you can’t really reach without disassembly.
I saw the coffee being delivered to the Cuban cafe where I get cafe con leche, looked it up and they had a retail website, so I get it from there. Could probably do better on price but it’s exactly what I like. And I agree grinding as you need it is so much better.