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>>16440605
I think you are hugely exaggerating the cost being 10x more.
Maximum double the cost, not even that, usually 50% more.
If you can not buy from local roasting houses then try at your better grocery stores and at least switch to medium roast, tho some medium roasts are also quite dark.
Starbucks have light roasted coffee.
I never bought lighter roasted coffee beans from Starbucks, (only twice I bought medium roast coffee beans from Starbucks, and that it was like 10 years ago).
I might check their prices and compare to my local coffee roasting house prices.

Or, you might just buy green coffee beans and roast green coffee beans yourself, it's quite easy, especially roasting to light levels.
Just google it, it's fun.
I did it few times on a frying pan. Actually I might do it again.
Maybe some anons will chime in with tips how to do it.

After numerous tests making the same coffee with Aeropress and moka pot (I use stainless steel model moka pot not the aluminum model)
I come to conclusion that I like taste and flavor of coffee made in moka pot much better.
Aeropress coffee tastes weaker thinner, not so full flavor bodied as coffee made in moka pot.
With Aeropress I use metal filter supplied with it, (not the paper filters) so both A-press and moka pot have very similar filtration systems.
And coffee beans I use are medium roast, (100%Arabica) from local very reputable roaster, but I'm going to buy good quality Robusta beans to experiment with them,
and to also get almost the double the amount of caffeine from Robusta coffee beans compared with the Arabica beans.

I'm thinking of starting drinking (good quality Robusta) medium roast Robusta coffee in the morning (after or with the breakfast,never on the empty stomach) for the extra caffeine blast,
and after work in the evening I will drink 100%Arabica more for the fine taste and flavors of it and much less caffeine.


Arabica vs. Robusta what’s the real deal?
http://www.barkingdogroasters.com/our-coffee/arabica-vs-robusta/

>>8676625
anon Robusta beans have more caffeine is normal for them,
Arabica vs. Robusta
http://www.barkingdogroasters.com/our-coffee/arabica-vs-robusta/

"It’s a fact that all the best tasting coffee is made from Arabica beans which are naturally mild and aromatic, with a rich round pallet and imbued with subtle and varied flavors. Robusta beans yield a harsher, bitter tasting cup with significantly more caffeine.
Robusta is used by some coffee producers because the plants, being hardier and easier to grow and harvest produce a cheaper, though less desirable bean.
Robusta is more disease and insect resistant than Arabica because Robusta plants produce as much as three times the amount of caffeine as Arabica plants.
The extra caffeine helps protect the Robusta coffee plants from pests because caffeine is a powerful insecticide and anti-microbial agent.
So the choice to use Robusta is driven by economic decisions, not by quality concerns."

"The name “Arabica” isn’t in and of itself an indicator of final beverage quality.
Arabica coffee is shade grown in the mountains above 600 meters, and therefore more difficult to cultivate and harvest than plantation grown Robusta.
The greatest coffees in the world are Arabica, but there are lots of inferior Arabica coffees which are not suitable for specialty coffees.
Robusta (Coffea Canephora) is typically cultivated at lower altitudes and has been engineered so that it can be grown on relatively flat plantations, so it is easier to harvest and less labor intensive.
It has a stronger and harsher taste when roasted, often described as burnt wood, grain-like and bitter.
It is more disease and pest-resistant, due partly to its higher caffeine content and it typically produces a larger crop than Arabica.
Green Robusta beans are typically 40-50% cheaper than Arabica beans."

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