[kaylar]

During the civil war, coffee was one of THE big things the blockade runners tried to bring in to the confederacy-almost up there with drugs. There was only so much the blockade runners could do, so one coffee substitute after another was discovered or invented. I believe that's how chicory coffee came to be, though maybe it was around before that as a poor folk's drink, and the civil war popularized it for all social classes .

I wish there were still coffee sold in the old fashioned cans , without the peel off seal. Even the store brands (eg Great Value) are using the pull off inner seals. Maybe it doesn't make any real difference, but I can't help but feel that cans that require a can opener will keep stuff fresher and longer than the kind with an attached means of opening.

[Travis McGee]

Interesting to study the freshness between coffee in all-steel cans and the plastic tubs with mylar/plastic seals. I’d bet on the steel, but I might be surprised.

[nina0113]

I wish there were still coffee sold in the old fashioned cans , without the peel off seal. Even the store brands (eg Great Value) are using the pull off inner seals. Maybe it doesn't make any real difference, but I can't help but feel that cans that require a can opener will keep stuff fresher and longer than the kind with an attached means of opening.

I've got about a dozen of the bricks. They stack nicely.