Is $52 CAD or $38 USD a good price for 6 pounds of Balzac's coffee?

[jennifer_bloom]

The USD is estimated cause I am not a currency follower

[JoePro_]

First, I wouldn't buy an expensive coffee if all you have is a traditional drip coffee maker. You don't get the best product out of drip coffee makers. Will it be palatable? Sure. Most coffees are. But you'll be disrespecting the work it took to make a decent (or even good!) coffee by using a machine like that. My preferred method is French Press. There are others. All have their pros and cons. I tend to believe that French Press is "most forgiving" though for the type of product it's able to output. I've never been disappointed with a French Press.

Second, I probably wouldn't spend that kind of money on a chain store product. In the US, we have a few large chain coffee stores. None of them, in my opinion, are worth that kind of money. In cases like this, you're usually buying the name, and an only-halfway-decent product. As such, if you want to spend lots of money but get a good coffee, you'll want to find sellers that roast their product nearly right before shipping it out. You want to be able to open the bag and see coffee oils still wet on the inside of the bag. You'll have better success with this if you can find a local or semi-local roaster, period.

Third, if all you're looking for is something "new" to try, for that kind of money, I'd maybe just try a restaurant I hadn't been to yet. I love a good steak, so I'd probably throw it toward something like that. But to each our own. Regardless, I'd find something else to do if all I was looking for was a "new" experience. Coffee, while great, is such a small part of my day, personally. But if it's a big part of yours, then spend it on a coffee that's fresh and actually worthwhile. Find a local roaster.

Best of luck!

[Dongie]

Well the rule of thumb goes as such; everything is overpriced as people are greedy.