"What coffee brands do you enjoy the most?"
This is a subjective question, of course, as we all have our own particular taste for coffee.
For example, I enjoy a medium roast coffee and think the best is Gevalia. Another coffee lover may have never tasted Gevalia, but amongst the types of coffee available in the supermarket, they prefer Folgers.
Our preference for a particular type of coffee is directly related to the 'world' of coffees we have tasted, our budgets and interest in trying new types of roasts. Learn more about light roast vs dark roast coffee here.
If you widen the scope of coffee drinkers to the United States (that's a few more people than me and my friends, for sure!), here are the top ranked brands off coffee as shown in the March 2009 issue of Consumer Reports:
Top 10 Caffeinated Coffees (100% Colombian)
"Very Good" Rating
1. Eight O’Clock Coffee 100% Colombian
2. Caribou Coffee Colombia Timana
3. Kickapoo Coffee Organic Colombia
"Good" Rating"
4. Starbucks CoffeeColombia Medium
5. Bucks County Coffee Co. Colombia
6. Archer Farms (Target) Colombia Supremo
7. Gloria Jeans Coffee Colombian Supremo
8. Chock Full o’Nuts 100% Colombian
9. Peets Coffee Colombia
10. Maxwell House Colombian Supreme 100% Colombian Med-Dark
Top 5 Decaffeinated Coffees (mix of Colombian and other beans)
"Good" Rating
1. Dunkin’ Donuts Dunkin’ Decaf
2. Millstone Decaf 100% Colombian Medium
3. Folgers Gourmet Selections™ Lively Colombian DECAFFEINATED Ground Coffee
"Fair" Rating
4. Maxwell House Decaffeinated Original Medium
5. Starbucks Coffee Decaf House Blend Medium
Taking the favorite coffee brands to an international level, here is the
BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Coffee Brands for 2009:
Nescafe
Maxwell House
Starbucks
Douwe Egberts
Carte Noire
Will any of these listed become your best and most highly loved coffee? Well, the only way to know for sure is to give them a try!
HERE'S A TIP: Some other fine quality coffees to consider:
Gevalia Coffee, the choice of Swedish royalty!
Keurig Coffee with easy to use K Cups
illy Coffee Discover illy Coffee, the rich, robust Italian coffee made made from 9 types of pure Arabica beans
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