[matthew fuller]

"Found a maxwellhouse -medium roast- that was rather anemic."

Maxwell house and many other high volume coffees have for several years now been robusta coffee instead of arabica. Robusta is inferior, cheaper coffee. I'll bet that maxwell house no longer states what type it is, which means it's probably robusta.

[Darksheare]

Looks like you’re right.

[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

Maybe I'm not so much the coffee conosur as you are. We drink Maxwel house or Folgers, whichever is on sale, and I frequently note to myself what a good cup of coffee I get out of our Bunn coffeemaker.