Seattle's Best Coffee

I'm a coffee aficionado. Growing up in New England, my grandfather used to make an extra pot of coffee in the morning, which would be allowed to cool. This delicious liquid would be used to make Iced Coffee (back in the early 1970s before the idea caught on everywhere else), or even better...he would blend it with vanilla ice cream and make frappes! (In Rhode Island we called them coffee cabinets...another term for a coffee milkshake).

I traveled to Seattle, Washington, for a conference in 2006. While I was at that conference, I stopped at a small coffeeshop just up the street from Fisherman's Wharf called Seattle's Best Coffee. At that time, Seattle's Best was not available in my local area. I stopped at the coffee shop and ordered the best Americano I have had outside of Italy!

Shortly after my return to the Southeastern United States, I discovered Seattle's Best for sale in the grocery store and Wal-Mart. I started purchasing the Seattle's Best Best Blend because I don't care too much for the flavored coffees. The Best Blend is an amazing combination of coffee beans that delivers a rich robust cup of coffee without the harshness of Starbucks. The other brand of coffee I buy quite a bit is Dunkin Donuts, which is another rich mellow blend, but not quite as robust as Seattle's Best.

While visiting Seattle, I stopped into the Seattle's Best store several times for my Americano fix. During one of my visits I commented on the superiority of Seattle's Best to Seattle's other coffee. The barista advised me that Starbuck's had actually purchased Seattle's Best, but that they still roasted their own beans. I researched this on the internet and see that there is a story regarding a 72 million dollar buyout in 2003. If this is true, it is a good thing that Starbuck's allowed Seattle's Best to continue roasting their own beans, as their roasting process and bean selection produces a product that I feel is superior to the Starbuck's bean.

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