Is Grocery Store Coffee the Same as in the Coffee House?

Do popular coffee houses sell the same quality of beans in the grocery store compared to what is used by the barista in your favorite coffee house? America's Test Kitchen, one of my favorite PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) cooking shows has come out with the results from this year's coffee taste test showdown. The Test Kitchen devoted hours of experiments, taste-testing eight different top-named brand coffees so that we as consumers can purchase top-quality coffee house beans in grocery stores to make at home for half the price.

Why not just purchase from the popular coffee houses? Let's face it, gasoline prices are sky-rocketing which in conjunction coffee brewers are constrained to also boost prices. Consumers have been warned by many of the finest financial advisors such as Robert Kiyosaki and David Bach about the effects of the "latte factor". The "Latte Factor" is a simple strategy that informs people to not get in the habit of overspending on foolish items, when the same item can be created at home for half the price. For instance, a person might spend $4.00 on a Starbucks cup of coffee twice a day which ends up being $40.00 a week. If this same person purchased a bag of Starbucks coffee beans from the store and brewed the concoction each morning before leaving the house, a total savings of around $30.00 would be done that week just on coffee alone. Therefore it just makes sense that consumers save their money on coffee to subdue steep gasoline bills.

So, which coffees were tested? America's Test Kitchen listened to consumers and took the advice to include some of the most popular name-brand coffees in America. These coffee brands were Starbucks, Green Mountain Roasters, Seattle's Best Coffee, Millstone, Eight O'clock, Dunkin' Donuts, Chock Full o' Nuts and Folgers.