Peet's coffee has a different texture from the coffee (their beans) that I brew at home and the cups that I buy from other shops. Any Peets alumns or other knowledgable joe drinkers able to explian the difference for me.
Thanks, Andrew
Why is Peet's coffee different
Dec 14, 2004
4 Replies
Peet who ?
Pete
It's a chain in parts of the USA.
Not where I live.
Peet's Coffee and Tea are chains in northern California, originally from Berkeley.
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Claudia
There could be a few reasons.
Freshness. I don't know what Peet's stocking process is but possibly the coffee you drink in the store isn't pulled from the same batch that they're selling in the bags. I roast my own coffee and find that the flavor changes over the first few days after roasting. I don't belong to the school that says you have to wait a day after roasting because I like the various flavors but there is a difference in fresh roasted vs. roasted one or two days ago.
The water. A town can get its water from different sources. I grew up in Berkeley near the original Peet's and the water I drank at home tasted distinctly different from the water I drank at the high school.
Heat. If your coffee brewer doesn't get the water to the same temperature Peet's equipment does, it won't extract the same mix of flavors.
Cleaning. If you just rinse and wipe out your coffee pot when you're done for the day instead of using hot water and soap you're leaving oils behind. Yesterday's oil will flavor today's coffee.
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