[aruanan]

2. If you follow the instructions for brewing coffee in the 1950's if you took it black, you could put a spoon in your cup full of coffee and easily see the spoon all the way to the bottom. Try that at starbucks, even with an 8 ounce cup...

I can remember the light brown color of coffee as a boy.

[Betis70]

I read that Popular Science article that someone linked to earlier in the thread.

Explains the cans of 'Chock full O' Nuts' and the weak coffee my parents STILL make.