Trader Joe's: A banner grocery store offering unique snacks and delicious dips. It is also a paradise for bankrupt college students. We all like to store the best TJ from top to bottom in our pantry, but it's hard to know whether to spend the money on the chocolate hummus or all the bagel seasonings. We are happy to stick to the simple product in most people's pantry: coffee.

Like all other products of Trader Joe, the coffee selection is very rich. How do you know what coffee is good, and most importantly, choose a coffee that suits your taste? Citrus, earthy, chocolate? How do you know what you are doing when all the labels say "delicious medium roast"? Which ones will taste and we will not lie to you, like crusty cigarettes (whether you like it or not)?

We are here to help. We have a list of Trader Joe's coffees from worst to best-so next time you are at TJ's, you will be one step closer to getting top caffeine from your favorite grocery store.

Completely transparent: instant coffee is at the bottom of the list. If you want a good cup of coffee, instant coffee is not where you get the best flavor. In all caffeine-containing beverages except decaffeinated coffee, instant coffee has the lowest caffeine content, so you will not be excited about any of them.

However, for this 100% Colombian instant coffee from TJ's, there is no information on roast quality. We can infer that using Colombian beans, we will get something less acidic, sweeter and nutritious. In powder form, you are unlikely to get as much flavor as in a cup of ground or whole bean coffee. Mix a spoonful of instant coffee with some hot water and you will immediately get a chemical taste and a cup of weak coffee.

The Coffee Review gave this coffee a low score of 73, describing the taste as “the boiled or burnt wood in the cup, surrounded by caramel and the most obvious dark chocolate... the aftertaste is sweet, but very good. Astringent." If that is your taste, then be sure to take a sip.

This brewing claims to shorten the cold brewing process, making it possible to mix the powder in cold water and get a wonderful cup of coffee immediately. It is described as a 100% Arabica coffee blend-coffee beans from India-and it took two years for the supplier to develop the extraction technology. We would say that an ordinary Joe could have achieved more during the lock-in period.

This instant cold brew does not match people's expectations for the strength of this coffee. Weak and lack the expected richness of traditional cold brews, which will make you miss the real thing. The Daily Waffle found it "has the kind of plain instant taste and smell", and it took too many spoons to make it tasteful. The instructions only say "one tablespoon" is added for every 12 ounces of water, which is a bit vague and may be the reason for the unpredictable taste. This mixture may be more suitable for dalgona coffee or mixed drinks.

Although coffee snobs may still judge you for choosing instant coffee, this is the first choice if you have to. However, I hope you like sweet coffee, because you have no choice with this instant blend! The box says that this coffee is ideal for travel-which indicates that you may be very eager to buy this coffee-and comes with 10 packs.

Coffee, creamer and sugar are placed in a bag. Open the package, realize how frustrated you have become, mix it with hot water, and you have a cup of things. For those who like coffee with cream and sugar, this is a good solution, but for those who really like a really good cup of Joe, it's not a good solution. Trader Joe’s critic Eating at Joe's gave it only one star and suggested: “Don’t settle for something vulgar just because the packaging is cute.”

The only benefit of this type of coffee may be its low acidity, which may be helpful for those who have a sensitive stomach due to acidic foods and drinks and suffer from acid reflux. However, this is the only benefit we can think of-we have a strong stomach.

Acidity aside, the taste of this coffee is pale and woody (not very good), and many drinkers describe its flavor as disappointing. YouTube anchor Morgan DrinksCoffee described the taste as "gray"—it reminds us of cigarettes unpleasantly—and assured their viewers that they would throw it in the trash as soon as possible. To avoid doing the same thing yourself, unless your stomach is particularly sensitive, you may want to avoid this first.

Stephen Keller reviewed this coffee and found that “once it is brewed and placed in a cup, the coffee beans will turn into a very bitter coffee”, despite the strong aroma after being ground. This type of coffee may only be saved with cream or whole milk-there are many more.

As we have seen in low-acid French roasting, some coffees can only be recovered by adding other ingredients (milk, sugar, creamer), and this may be one of them. TJ's Bay Blend is a very (note the "super" in the name) dark roast, made from a blend of 100% Arabica beans. Because it is flushed with nitrogen, it stays fresher even after opening the jar. But if this is the fresh taste, we want to know how it tastes when it deteriorates! (Maybe it tastes like Old Bay seasoning, because this is the name we can think of.)

A Badger & Blade reviewer pointed out, “I may have gotten a batch that was outside the normal baking range, but I found it was charred and over-baked.” However, this dark baking does lack bitterness. , People who like dark coffee might try it. However, the comments are capricious, and Ryan Gerrard also said in Trader Joe's review: "Of all the coffees I have tried at Trader Joe's, this is by far the best taste and strongest coffee." In light of these Different reactions, which may depend on personal taste.

Sometimes, you just need to skip the run of Starbucks. For those times, we added a cold brew on hold to the list: Black Cold Brew in cans comparable to cafes. TJ's has a variety of bottled cold drinks, but this is the simplest and most delicious drink on the shelf. 

What's Good at Trader Joe's found that this variety "actually tastes like regular coffee...except that it is deliberately cold. It's not that wonderful." There is nothing special about this cold brew coffee—cold brew coffee should More than just a renamed, room temperature version of hot brewed coffee. Cold brew coffee should have a strong, eye-catching flavor and have a much lower acidity than regular coffee. When you are tempted by this fast buying, remember not to settle for less.

We will admit that it is better than energy drinks (do you know how bad those are for you?) and it does come in a very portable jar-but then again, you can get better cold drinks from Starbucks. Or, better yet, make your own beans at home!

TJ's Fair Trade Organic Sumatra is a medium dark roast with a fair trade seal. Fair trade beans are purchased from farmers at a fair and sustainable price, which makes everyone happy-this is even before the taste is discussed!

It ranks 84 on CoffeeReview.com-not bad-and seems to be one of the more basic coffee beans offered by Trader Joe's. It has a "strong, well-balanced aroma, with mild and spicy roasting characteristics and flavors of orange, nuts and cedar chocolate... [It] has low acidity, moderate body, pleasant but simple aroma: bittersweet, woody Fragrant, just a little bit of cedar, maybe earth, chocolate," Kenneth Davis pointed out on CoffeeReview, adding, "The aftertaste is not long, but sweet and rich." If you are looking for non-threatening and simple Something-or you are interested in trying Sumatran coffee for the first time-this might be a bag of coffee beans for you.

Fair Trade Organic Sumatra is a good coffee, if you are looking for new products that are more complex than regular meal cups or mean instant coffee. Is it the best coffee ever? No, it might be a bit too much for those who don't like those earthy, dark notes.

We have high expectations for an espresso blend, which is traditionally a darker roast. Darkness is the product of longer roasting time than other coffees. (Some people will be surprised to find that the darker the roast, the less caffeine in the cup.) The dark roast should also have a little taste.

With all this in mind, when we see that this is an espresso blend, we are not sure what will happen-not to make an espresso, specifically, but a whole cup of coffee. We can tolerate an identity crisis as long as it is good.

This mixture contains beans from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru and Sumatra, and its aroma is reminiscent of tobacco. However, for dark roasts, it is a bit boring and does not have the impact it deserves. "It's a nice cup at best-better than a gas station, cheaper than a coffee shop, and more trustworthy than a company pot-but there are better things on TJ's shelves," Russ Shelly from What's Good at Trader Joe's Commented. "I will finish canning at work, but this is not a possible buyback. However, organic and fair trade bonus points (as always)." It seems that the five counties of espresso blends need more growth to get the top five positions .

Want something to wake you up? Try to wake up the mix. This is a medium roast, blended with coffee beans from Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Peru. Although the source is different, it is still traditional 100% Arabica coffee beans. It is described on the back of the box as a coffee with "bright acidity and light natural sweetness". Does it fit the description, or is it a false advertisement? (TJ's, please do not sue, we think this is a good cup of coffee.)

This mixture is best for brewing in the morning. For sour and nutty flavors, Brewed Daily found that “it’s better to brew on the strong side, so that the taste of the coffee can alleviate some of the slightly strong acidity. Once you drink the first few sips, it seems that more flavor will appear. Later, the coffee showed a pleasant nutty flavor, reminiscent of hazelnuts, and perhaps a hint of nutmeg." 

Lucky number 5 opens the coffee you should be looking for on Trader Joe's shelf. TJ's Shade Grown Ethiopian blend coffee has a hint of caramel, plum and citrus flavors, although it is lightly roasted, it still retains complex flavor characteristics. This means it is a strong cup of coffee-if you want a quick cup of coffee, maybe not the best choice, but a better choice to sit down and really enjoy. This means: don't be surprised before you get off work, you animal.

Whether it is cold or hot, Shade Grown Ethiopia can be used as a refreshing drink in the afternoon or a joy in the morning. It is the top choice on Coffee Statistics’ Trader Joe coffee list, and critics pointed out, “Finally, we particularly like the smoothness of this blend-one of the coffees gets better as they fall. When we are cold brewed "It is, we were pleasantly surprised to find that this Ethiopian blend of coffee is better than hot brewed coffee, perhaps because the taste is amplified. Overall, these are the best Trader Joe's coffee beans we have reviewed. "

For those who want a cup of decaffeinated Trader Joe, we put decaffeinated on the list-people usually use this coffee for roasting, but honestly, this coffee is very good! This decaffeinated blend has a balanced taste and a smooth taste, giving the impression that coffee is lightly roasted. This coffee is made from 100% Arabica coffee beans, without any complications, caffeine or complications, but the taste is still strong and smooth. (We know that we just said it is caffeine-free, but we should note that this is technically incorrect: it does have 2 mg of caffeine per cup, compared to 95 mg in a cup of caffeinated coffee.)

A reviewer named Hannah V. wrote on Influenster that this coffee “[smells] absolutely amazing and tastes so fresh! Grinding coffee beans has always been a great way to get a fresh cup of coffee, but Trader Joe The roasted beans in the decaffeinated coffee make this ordeal even more special! These beans are the best coffee I have ever had!" Most importantly, its trade is fair.

This bag of beans is very fashionable and looks like it came from an independent coffee shop, so you can easily make your guests think you are a fashionable barista. This bag specifically states that it is used to hold espresso or a cup of regular coffee, so you can freely choose your favorite caffeine weapon. This is a mixture of South and Central American Arabica coffee beans and Indian cherry Robusta coffee beans. Trader Joe claims that it is a "rich, creamy, nutty, and medium-bodied beer."

The actual taste is reminiscent of dark chocolate. It’s bitter and complements the taste of chocolate. Pressino on Home Barista is full of praise, “It tastes as good as I found in north-central Italy. It should appeal to those who like traditional Italian espresso, and it’s in Cappuccino and latte." Although it is a good espresso, since it can also be used for a cup of joe in the morning, it is a good choice for people who have all the coffee gadgets at home. choose.

We have introduced Wintry Blend before, and regardless of its seasonality, this coffee is undeniably popular. Add extra spices to the beans. This is the kind of cup you drink by the fire or after stealing a Santa cookie or two. A mixture of South American coffee beans and Viennese roast (medium dark roast), combined with pepper, whole cloves and sweet cinnamon. At first glance, this doesn't sound very appetizing to everyone, but with so many rave reviews, there is no doubt that this will become the second place.

MyRecipes was full of praise, and pointed out: “When the sun starts to set early, when you wake up with the sound of the geese migrating south, you know it’s time for a cup of coffee. This kind of coffee can make you feel comfortable inside. And checkered cloth makes you feel comfortable outside. This is what you want to drink while listening to Bon Iver under more blankets than you need."

For the first place, we chose a coffee that is very suitable for everyday coffee drinkers. Trader Joe's Honduran coffee does not have a complicated shape, but it is a great cup for people who want something that can be purchased again and again: nothing special, but you can sit down and enjoy it or drink it anytime, anywhere ( Or right) before going out). The beans are dark and oily, and YouTuber Brian Noel mentioned that they are well ground and give off a beautiful aroma. He drank the whole can in three days!

"The taste is smooth, earthy, aromatic, without sourness," points out Mayan5, a verified reviewer on Amazon. These notes indicate coffee that anyone can drink without any pungent acidity (it has a special taste that not everyone can get used to). The coffee in the cup is balanced and smooth, which can fulfill their promise.