Anybody else notice coffee recently not tasting good?

[retiredbanker]

Has anyone noticed that, literally, ALL supermarkets are OUT of coffee (except for some cheap brands with sugar)? The specialty stores have priced themselves to the sky with 250g at 6000-10000!

 

[Caribbean Cool]

?? Bags of Starbucks go for 3000 pesos...or so.

 

[retiredbanker]

I'm not a thrifty shopper but, lo and behold, in Carrefour yesterday I saw COFFEE! It was 500g for 8300 pesos. Then on Mercado Libre the same stuff was double. I've never used that service but something must be drastically amiss!

 

[retiredbanker]

I'm not a thrifty shopper but, lo and behold, in Carrefour yesterday I saw COFFEE! It was 500g for 8300 pesos. Then on Mercado Libre the same stuff was double. I've never used that service but something must be drastically amiss!

 

[steveinbsas]

I'm not a thrifty shopper but, lo and behold, in Carrefour yesterday I saw COFFEE! It was 500g for 8300 pesos. Then on Mercado Libre the same stuff was double. I've never used that service but something must be drastically amiss!

Perhaps I could be called more than a "thrifty shopper" (considering the fact that I call myself an "economizer" rather than flaunt my degree (which I never used to get a job) and call myself an economist).

There has never been a significant shortage of coffee in the stores here.

There isn't really anything "amiss" on Mercado Libre. Sellers are free to offer whatever they have for sale at any price they wish.

Here are three examples I just found on Mercado Libre for one kilo of La Virginia coffee torrado:

Cafe Molido La Virginia Torrado Equilibrado X 1 Kg - $ 12.738

Tipo de envase: Bolsa | Tipo de café: Torrado | Formato del café: Molido | Peso de la unidad: 1 kg | Unidades por pack: 1 | Café molido La Virginia de sabor equilibrado | Presentación en bolsa de 1 kg para mayor duración | Apto para celíacos, libre de TACC | Ideal para preparar en cafetera o...

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Café De Filtro La Virginia Molido Torrado Con Azúcar De 1 Kg - $ 18.184,09

TIENDADECAFEYTE – Distribuidora Producto de Cafetería • Entrega y Despachos • Facturas (*): A y B • Visite el catalogo y sume a su carrito de compras.•• ENVÍO SIN CARGO •• (* Monto Mínimo de Compra)• CATALOGO • (tiendadecafeyte.mercadoshops)• MERCADOPAGO (Débito, Tarjetas, Pago Fácil, etc.)...

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Café La Virginia Molido Torrado Equilibrado 1kg - $ 18.200

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Note that the expiration date for the most expensive 1 kilo is January 2024!

PS: I don't drink cafe torrado, but one of my neighbors does. I bought several 1 kilo bags for him in January of 2022 for $620 pesos each in the local supermarket. The expiration date was January of 2023.

At the same time, if I remember correctly, the average price for the same coffee on mercado libre was well under $1.000 pesos for one kilo, but was nowhere close the the $620 pesos per kilo offered locally..

 

[sts7049]

roasted beans really are best used up to a few months after roasting. even less if it is already ground. it could still be those beans were packaged recently (likely not).

 

[Silvie]

"café torrada" is new to me. I Googled it, got examples but no definition. What is it?

If it says "TORRADO" on the package, it means that sugar has been added to the coffee and it's usually cheaper

 

[FrankPintor]

If it says "TORRADO" on the package, it means that sugar has been added to the coffee and it's usually cheaper

Because the sugar is masking the taste of poorer quality coffee. It’s illegal in many countries, and like anything with added sugar, best avoided.

 

[iggysnacks]

best coffee beans that you can find will be from puerto blest in villa crespo. they import and roast, and they’re the best positioned of the market to weather import problems - they have a stock of many millions of dollars of green (unroasted) coffee beans in-country, meaning they’ll always have stock of freshly roasted coffee

 

[Aron]

(there is apparently a global combination of increased demand for coffee and chocolate, especially higher quality, with reduced supply causing much coffee around the world to drop in quality)

Has anyone found *light* roast coffee here? I haven’t found any