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My hubby and I love McDonalds coffee.  I am currently using Folgers, but it actually tastes bitter.  Any smooth coffees out there that might be your favorite or something close to McDonalds?  Thanks.

virtually/cyberly speaking, that is *grin*

 Mission accomplished everyone!  Got an email from my mutual friend on this board and I have replied.  It is nice when you finally know a first name. I will admit I can talk you under the table about my love for dogs. At first it seemed impossible to know each one of the breeds by name when I would watch the American Kennel Club Dog Show and Westminster, but now with 167 breeds in AKC I am right up with them. However, that will quickly go to 169 when they welcome two new breeds into the club, which I think is to be very soon. When I went to a show in April they introduced the new hound, the  Plott. It is really beautiful.

Thanks for your nice comments!     

know what happened, but it doesn't work for me anymore.  I sleep anywhere from 6 to 8 hours and that doesn't help.  Can't seem to concentrate on work either.  LOL - Yikes, I"m a mess

"the cat threw up in the kitchen" right behind my chair!  I guess sleeping in on a Saturday doesn't pay off.  The cat ate too fast.  I guess she was famished.  Well it could be worse right? 

I used the tablespoon method from the poster below and then measured into my cup measurer. It was almost 1/2 cup of coffee grounds. The coffee tasted just a wee bit better, but still not good enough.

I was thinking about buying some already measured coffee to see if that makes a difference, but ya can't just buy one (to test), so I think I'll play around with the measuring a little more.

I'm also going to break open the 100% Columbian coffee hubby bought and see if that makes a difference.

I had noticed that over the last few months, whenever I opened a new can of coffee, that "whoosh" never happened like it used to, so I'm thinking these stores/manufacturers are just keeping the coffee in storage too long....probably because of the high prices, people aren't buying as much. LOL

Finally, after 2 months(?), we have found our coffee. There are 2 brands we found: Chock Full O' Nuts 100% Columbian and Dunkin' Donuts 100% Arabica beans.

We also changed our creamer from the store brand back to Coffee Mate. YUM! It's a pleasure to drink coffee again.

can you get for trailers these days? Honey, grow a thick skin and quit trying to prove you're something you're not! How about a sense of humor.....I always find those that have to boast about what they have actually have the least.

Awaiting your snappy, defensive comeback...

does anyone dip their c. beans in baking chocolate for snacks?  I heard you can do this, but wondered if they are real hard, too strong or just plain tasty this way???

i know this might sound wierd, but I see all those yummy drinks advertised for Starbucks and I want to try one... my problem is that I don't like the strong coffee taste or smell.  The really strong taste will trigger a migraine (as does dark chocolate).  My question is...are any of those drinks lightly flavored enough that it disguises the coffee taste?  Like in a latte or in a mochasomethingorother ?I drink the intant cappuccino drinks that you buy in powdered form at the store, but those do not taste anything like real cappuccino. 

Thanks in advance from the coffee virgin

I am a Folger's fan from way back. All of a sudden, it's been horrible coffee. I tried all different Folger's brands, tried switching measurements (less to more), ice water instead of the bottled water, and then switched brands Eight O'clock that used to be great and smelled wonderful and fresh when I ground the beans, and even bought a new coffee pot.

Nothing is working. We haven't had a decent cup of coffee in months. I'm so desperate, I'm ready to go to the convenience store every morning for a good cup. I need my 2 cups every day!

Hubby thinks the coffee is now made up with a lot of fillers lately. He could be right. Anybody have any ideas what could be wrong? I'm absolutely  over this.

They're not available in my area. We have a choice between Folgers, Chock Full O 'Nuts, Maxwell House, store brand, and all the gourmet coffee like Dukin' Doughnuts, Starbucks, and some kind of Green Mountain Coffee. All those gourmet coffees are too high in price here - $6.99 per 13 ounces is ridiculous! 

Never heard of Fresh Market coffee or Boca Java,  and yes, I clean my pot out once a month. I did not change coffee filters but that's a thought. I've been using the cheapest I could find, but the same brand. Been using the same filters for years.

We're not into the flavored coffee, just want a regular cup o' Joe in the morning.  Tomorrow, I am going to try 100% Columbian coffee that hubby bought. I already have 3 kinds of coffee in my 'fridge besides the new coffee, and he bought the biggest can you can buy (why? I don't know.)

I will update you on using this coffee, plus I think I will buy some different coffee filters. Maybe it is the coffee filters. I do have some older ones not made for this coffee pot, but will use one tomorrow and see what happens.

Thanks for all your help and I'm open to more suggestions. LOL

I bake and take a coffee cake to brunches or friends that is so simple and you can do a recipe search for Heath Bar Coffee Cake.  I use the powdered buttermilk in the recipe and works just fine.  Not complicated at all and SO good. 

I'm so excited!  I signed up for that Gevalia coffee club and the UPS man just delivered my way-awesome coffee pot, coffee and accessories.  My old coffee pot was an old white plastic 4-cup model that had started to leak.  With this one I'll be able to auto-program it to brew my coffee in the morning so it's ready when I wake up.  How 21st century of me, lol!

Anybody else subscribe to this coffee service or had their coffee?  While I wait for my first pot to brew, I thought I'd see if anyone can weigh in on whether their coffee is comparable to the taste of Starbucks or other coffee brands.

TIA!!!