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My wife is the same way. She's tried many different types and always comes back to Starbucks French Roast. Apparently that is the ultimate cyanide-laced motor oil available. [:'(]
I'm also a fan of the dark, dark roasts, but I like a very wide variety of types. As long as it's not "unleaded." [:D]
i'd really like to know (to taste and to test) what you call coffee, because 20 years ago when i went in california, what you american guys call "strong coffee", or "french coffee" or "Italian roast coffee", was really light comparing to the european taste.
Not to offend, but just curious, in order to compare the different taste of different culture.
I agree. Our coffee is light. That's why I like it so dark. But please keep in mind that twenty years ago our coffee is generally much lighter ,and came in a can. The trend to heavier and fancier cofee (like the trend towards micro brew beer) started in the early 1980's in pockets of bohemia (Like San Francisco and Seattle). Prior to that you could only find European style coffee in ethnic neighgborhoods like the North End in Boston, or near the Quebec border (where I learned to like it). And companies like Starbuck started to take off about that time.
Before that , the "stronger" coffees were "canned brands" like Folgers. Not very strong. And a few of us diehards would track down "eight-o'clock coffee" , an ancient brand , that had been dying for years . (eight o'clock was then sold only by the A&P chain of supermarkets, themselves dying, and featured a self-serve coffee grinder in the store, quite a novelty at the time , a "throwback" to our grandfathers day!). When the intrest in coffee resumed, eight o'clock expanded and thrived.
In the 1970's , the "strongest" brewed coffee you could buy was the "dunkin donuts brand", sold only at the chain of donut shops.
So over all Eric , I'd say like many things , America's tastes have come full circle. Like with beer and wine , the 1960's and 70's saw us more interested in convienience rather than taste. In the 80's and 90's we reverted to early styles (more akin to European).
