You guys! Based on your comments, you'd think coffee has something to do with flavor!

My coffee has ONE job: wake me up enough to find my way to the computer in the morning. Once I make it to the computer and sit down, the rest of the world ceases to exist for about an hour. When I "come back," I notice (happily) that I am both still alive and awake. Actually it's kind of a low bar, but for now it works and has the side benefit of keeping my husband alive. He knows better than to even look at me hard before that first cup is 100% finished. (What? There are people in the world who actually DRIVE for coffee?)

I have everything from a $12 French press to a $99 Keurig Duo (makes regular drip as well as k-cups) to a $350 Moccamaster, which makes great coffee but doesn't keep it hot enough. I used to do the green beans and hot air popper, but it really didn't "do it" for me. Since the investment was low and I had fun with it, I didn't feel bad abandoning the practice. My thoughts about running out of coffee? About as likely as the front yard running out of dirt. I'm sure my firstborn (and second) are glad they finally grew up...because as long as the coffee supply was at risk, back in the day, they were in danger of getting traded. I jest (I think), but I am dead serious when I say that before I go to bed at night, the coffeemaker is ready for me to push that all-important button in the morning. Sometimes it's a challenge to remember where the button is, but I usually manage.

Hubby, on the other hand, buys Ruta Maya at Costco, grinds it himself and uses a 4-minute timer with a drip funnel. As long as he stays out of my way I don't care what he drinks, and we don't have to jockey over who uses what coffeepot, and the subject of divorce isn't raised!

Of the flavored coffees, I do like a cup of brewed Kahlua-brand coffee (doesn't taste like Kahlua but it IS good), but it's getting harder to find, and I refuse to go to Tuesday Morning to buy it (they require masks in a no-mask-required city). My preference with any coffee is NO sugar, ever, ever, ever, and a little bit of real cream.

Have any of you played around with grinding...

I found for ADC coffee, that the Percolator grind produced far less bitterness, and a lighter coffee.

The complete OPPOSITE of Starbucks overground black and bitter garbage. I will literally go without coffee instead of having theirs.

I ordered my coffee with cream (and now splenda), I prefer heavy whipping cream (not half and half).

My father said "if you don't like the taste of coffee, you probably shouldn't drink it!" I still laugh at that!

He orders his "Like my women, black, hot, and strong!" LOL. He'll be 80 soon enough. Still says that EVERY TIME.

I do instant coffee, I have an instant on hot water dispenser (one of my best installs). I drink 1-2 cups per day, only one in the house who drinks coffee, so NOT worth making a pot...

Looks like the Steg hadn't had his morning cuppa.

Yeah, supply chain problems. This is purely anecdotal, but my wife and I have both noticed more and more empty shelves in various stores we have to go to for supplies. We don't go out much since this C-19 started, especially under the loving guidance of Il Duce here in the Peoples Republic of NY, so each time we go out it's easy to notice something ain't right on the supply side of almost everything - not just the usual panic items like TP, etc.

I like the Black Silk also. I go back n forth between Seattles Best #4 dark roast and Black Silk. I think Seattles Best is owned by Starbucks. So, I may be aiding the commie left.

Good rule #1, McC.
Back in February and March, I added 25 pounds of green coffee beans to my inventory in case supply chain problems were forthcoming. I usually have about 6 to 10 lb on hand for +-6 months supply. Green beans keep almost all their flavor for 12 months or more if stored properly. I will be happy if I overstocked and the supply continues undiminished.

Yeah, I've had a lot of that Black Silk over the years. Not too much lately...

Mmmmmm, I'm a port fan, too.

I can swill the stuff all day, but it has to be the real thing. Folgers Black Silk or Maxwell House French Roast made in an old timey percolator does the trick (sipping Black Silk as I type this).

Rule #1: Never EVER run out of good coffee. We always have a two month supply on hand. My wife also likes all that flavored stuff, but I have to have the real thing.

Me dino averages 4 cups in the morning poured from a coffee maker. Like it dark and strong with a pack of sweetener and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Sometimes I'll eat an apple with it. Sometimes a boiled egg. An English muffin is rare. Raisin bread rarer.
Way rarer is a cut of Stegosaurus intestine because I can't find any of those laying around anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym6pe...
What? Expecting a coffee song?

Sounds like a great roasting setup, WS.
Maria's is good, too, but the 30% lower prices at Happy Mug make the coffee taste much better to me.
Happy Mug has always had my favorite Sumatra Mandheling in stock, too.
Nothing I know beats fresh roasted, fresh ground espresso ;^) Cheers.

I like https://www.sweetmarias.com which seems to have more specific local sources than happymug -- although a bit pricier. I'm currently drinking Rwanda Honey Process Ngororero. They usually have some nice descriptive material on the place a batch came from.

I use a Freshroast SR500 roaster that sits on my stove top so that it vents and roast a couple pots worth at a time -- much simpler than the popcorn popper I used to use. I just ran a batch for the next couple days.

Blech. Haha...to each his own. I've had those in the office before.

Drinking Bel Air Organic French as I type this. Pretty nice...

Yeah (wink)

Drinking flat white, on my first visit to Australia in 1986, initiated my (near) addiction to good coffee. Cheers, mate.

I drink coffee like a peasant, instant with milk and sugar,
but there are times to savor, then Arabian coffee-
Black as night
Hot as hell
Sweet as love.

Blend, Arabica, Kenya. After food, accompanied by a good port.

I'm a light roast coffee drinker myself.
If I'm using a Keurig machine I'll use K-Cup pods
from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.
The Breakfast Blend - pretty good IMO.

I am also (nearly) addicted to good coffee, Abaco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8eVE...
Starbucks or Peets or (insert your favorite cafe here) are just as unacceptable to me as are every brand of bagged ground coffee in any store. I can barely survive on whole bean roasted coffee if the roast isn't burned to a crisp as most of them seem to be. Seattle coffee seems to be the worst offender I have found. Shouldn't be forced on anyone with taste buds.
However, I found about 30 years ago that Dunkin' Donuts of all places had decent whole bean roasted coffee, but I have no idea if that is still true.
I buy green coffee beans from http://happymugcoffee.com and roast them with a hot air popcorn popper about every 2 weeks. Their coffee is excellent and costs about $6 a lb not including the 2 hours a month it takes me to do the roasting.
The counter on my DeLonghi Perfecta 5400 indicates I have made about 7,000 cups with it since I bought it in 2010.

My husband-inlaw (ex-wife's hubby) will drive 70 miles to get his specific flavor...I've done it with him.
I'm going to leave your last line alone as I can take this "south" way too fast and deep.....jus sayin'