Coffee is to be savored.
Roast, grind, brew. I'm still working on mastering roasting my own, but the rest of the process is down pat. It only takes a few minutes before bed and after I take my morning shower. Why cut the quality for a couple of minutes saved?
And friends don't let friends drink Starbucks (or Peets, Seattle's Best, Tullys, Folgers or any other crap)...
I don't roast my own, but I don't use preground at all...good beans fresh ground is important to really enjoy a proper cuppa...
"And friends don't let friends drink Starbucks (or Peets, Seattle's Best, Tullys, Folgers or any other crap)..."
Perhaps you should just enjoy your coffee and not make silly statements about what other should or should not people enjoy.
It's well worth the effort. Some of the lighter oils, the ones with the most complex flavors, steam off of the coffee bean as it cools. I know it breaks all the rules of coffee roasting -- that is, you're supposed to let the bean cool before brewing -- but I take the hot beans straight from the roaster and put them into the mill, and from there, as quickly as I can, I dump them into a French press where I pour boiling hot water over the grind while it still smokes from being roasted. There's a hiss and a mild eruption of tan-colored foam as the water hits the hot coffee, but I tell you, my fellow freepers, there nothing even close to the cup of coffee you'll get. It'll spoil you: the best coffee you can buy will taste like muddy water after you've had a cup made this way.