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I’m in Portland Oregon (willing to admit to being somewhat of a coffee snob) and am pretty close to Stumptown but I’m sure they deliver to other states. I have their decaf delivered straight to my door as most stores don’t carry it. It’s delicious but like any quality roast isn’t going to be cheap. Costco has a decaf but it’s way too bitter and has a borderline burnt flavor for my liking.
 
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I've been using my OXO pot for a month now.  Found I prefer light roast coffee or some mediums. Have not used a K cup at all.  One quibble with the Oxo, making 4-5c, 2 mugs for me, the coffee cools too quickly.  If I make a full pot it stays hot for hours. Got to say the Oxo lives up to it's rep, some of the best coffee I've had.

 

Thanks for the recommendations looking forward to trying some once I work my way through the large stash I've accumulated.
 
Have to be very careful with coffee due to acid reflux. Have a drip style maker and coffee is Classic
Roast, grocery store brand. I use only 3 small scoops, nothing real strong. Still drinking one or two cups of a morning only. I make about a half a pot to get a decent flavor.

I’m afraid the day is coming will have to stop all the coffee.
Getting older ain’t for sissies!!!

Barry
 
I've had a Toddy for -- dare I say it -- almost 50 years.  There is no question in my mind that cold brewing makes any coffee taste better.   I don't use the Toddy often, and it's mainly for iced coffee.  My buddy uses his Toddy regularly.  He lives on cold brew, and gets his beans at Costco.  I wouldn't want to drink the Costco stuff if it were brewed using any hot water method, but it's not bad when cold brewed.

 

My daily brew is from a local roaster I've been buying from since 1985.  It's a blend of 2/3 Columbian Full City (light) roast and 1/3 Columbian dark French.  I grind the beans in my '60s KA coffee mill, which is set more to the coarse side than fine in order to avoid over-brewing.  I have a simple Bonavita automatic drip machine with just an on/off switch.  I use a Chemex carafe with it, which holds 32 ounces.  This makes a very nice, smooth brew and I'm sold on the Chemex system and its superior filtering.  Each morning I measure 22 ounces of filtered water into the carafe (the KA fridge counts the ounces as it dispenses), which renders two full mugs.  A very satisfying and indulgent way to start the day.
 
Ralph. The only and first time I became aware and tasted coffee from a Toddy was on a bike trip to SF about 1980. I was staying with a friend Tim for a couple of days and his room mate had one. Maybe it was you? LOL This has got me thinking about getting one now
 
Pete, that wouldn't have been me, but I'm not surprised the Toddy left an impression on you.  The first time I used mine was after a trip to Mexico in the late '70s.  A buddy and I drove up the coast from Acapulco to Ixtapa, before Ixtapa was anything more than a couple of new beach hotels and a useless bunch of souvenir shops.  We stopped about midway in the tiny seaside town of San Jeronimo and visited an small outdoor marketplace.  We had coffee there and when I tasted it, I decided to buy a kilo of it to bring home.  It was ground so coarsely that the best way to brew it was in the Toddy (I wasn't grinding my own beans yet back then), and it made the most delicious coffee I'd ever had. 

 

The Toddy renders a highly concentrated mixture that will coat the sides of a cup if not diluted, but it's very smooth.  A little can go a long way, depending on how strong you like it.  When people gift me coffee that doesn't quite hit the mark, I make cold brew with it and it I'm never disappointed, but as I wrote above, I prefer to drink cold brew iced.  There's something about freshly ground and brewed beans that cold brew can't match for my morning fix.
 
Colombian coffee

I have a Krups drip coffee maker that I love. I buy Smart and Final Colombian coffee pre-ground medium roast and love it. It makes a rich, mellow cup of coffee, that's never bitter. I was buying more expensive coffee, but this is only $14.99 for two pounds. It satisfies my coffee addiction!
Hugs,

David
 
Not in California.  We have regular Smart & Final and Smart & Final Extra.  The Extra stores are more like regular grocery stores and have fewer bulk items.  There's a S&F Extra store a block from me, but I stopped going there because the produce is of lower quality than Safeway, Lucky or Raley's and it goes bad quicker.
 

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