tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482619778032350097.post3579424778670242758..comments2023-10-17T03:19:41.545-07:00Comments on Coffee Llama: Coffee Can ConfessionsAndrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701777358206089279noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482619778032350097.post-73800597378880481082009-01-21T12:22:00.000-08:002009-01-21T12:22:00.000-08:00yes. The son of the founder of Illy, Ernesto Illy,...yes. <BR/>The son of the founder of Illy, Ernesto Illy, "ran what amounted to the Bell Labs of coffee” in Trieste, Italy.<BR/>He was brilliant, a bit obsessive, a huge innovator, and a quality freak.<BR/><BR/>ck out his NY Times obit. <BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/world/europe/06illy.html<BR/><BR/>the stuff is superb, esp for the expresso drinker. if you gotta drink canned . . . . don't go near Lavazza. Silver can of Illy - doesn't get much better.<BR/><BR/>here's to Ernesto!ellen9https://www.blogger.com/profile/18312108165263030268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482619778032350097.post-9499659495802345102009-01-18T06:51:00.000-08:002009-01-18T06:51:00.000-08:00Thanks all for stepping out into the spotlight and...Thanks all for stepping out into the spotlight and sharing your confessions.<BR/><BR/>I am intrigued by the special Uganda bean hidden inside the Chock Full can.<BR/><BR/>And I'm also interested to figure out why bricks of Lavazza and Illy seam to be presented to me frequently as "good" canned coffee. I wish I had a dollar for every time someone finds out I'm a coffee fan and then tries to convince me to try Illy. Anyone know why this might be? Good brand identity?Andrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701777358206089279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482619778032350097.post-87644786056767230652009-01-17T06:08:00.000-08:002009-01-17T06:08:00.000-08:00I haven't drunk canned coffee for a while, but I w...I haven't drunk canned coffee for a while, but I will confess that I keep a vacuum-sealed block of Lavazza pre-ground espresso around for those days when I <I>really</I> need an espresso and I've run out of the freshly roasted stuff.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00072537389797504325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482619778032350097.post-41261262080253067642009-01-16T11:29:00.000-08:002009-01-16T11:29:00.000-08:00I love Chock full of nuts, 'the h-e-a-ven-ly coffe...I love Chock full of nuts, 'the h-e-a-ven-ly coffee, h-e-a-ven-ly coffee," as the old TV ads used to say. The lovely lady on those ads lived on my paper route when I was a kid!<BR/><BR/>I remember the old Chock Full stores around Manhattan, and I remember someone telling me that the reason the coffee was good was that the beans were from Uganda, and, I think, Kenya? I have no idea if this is still true.<BR/><BR/>anyway, i had a can in my kitchen last week! always good to have a backup emergency stash, for when the Oren's blend runs out.ellen9https://www.blogger.com/profile/18312108165263030268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4482619778032350097.post-14804912293850156392009-01-16T10:17:00.000-08:002009-01-16T10:17:00.000-08:00You know the hiss of the coffee can itself with th...You know the hiss of the coffee can itself with the scent of new coffee is what I remember from being a kid. It's just not the same aural/nasal double whammy when you open a bag....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com