Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Since Amazon purchased Whole Foods, I figured these products on line would be superior quality. Boy was I wrong here. I did buy several different excellent coffees on amazon recently, to compare, but this one greatly disappoints. Very surprising. Opening the bag, the smell is excellent but I’ve seen this before in bitter drinking coffees. They have a great nose but the flavor is inferior, and here I dare say “bad”. Interestingly, I’ve had similar bad experiences at Whole Foods with some of their organic coffees having a bitter flavor, whether you brew it strong or moderate. Something wrong with the Amazon buyers who have stocked up on these Arabica beans. Once a month I purchase a bag of various coffees from Starbucks and this never happens, no matter which country’s beans I select I’m very pleased (though I’m not wild about that company’s liberal politics or some of the attitudes of their baristas). Note to Amazon: when you put your name on the bag, you “own” the quality so I would definitely investigate these bean buyers and a cost relationship to quality. I suppose when you buy in large quantities, the growers treat you to their best coffees and then when they ship large quantities, they substitute inferior beans. Same things happen with wines that receive a Wine Spectator 90+ rating as they expand quantity.