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I take my morning coffee VERY seriously. I am not to be addressed until I've had at least a couple of sips.

I've had some luck with 8:00 French Roast beans. Believe it or not! As for canned Chock, I think it tasted better when brewed at their old locations which I'm old enough to remember.

A second vote for 8:00 French Roast beans. Hearty roasted flavor without the burnt edge the major Coffee house players have. Cafe Bustelo espresso beans for my cheap home espresso machine does a credible job as well. Morning Coffee? it's also great as a nightcap before bed.

I get my espresso beans from a local roaster outside Boston (Karma Coffee). My morning cup is an Americano with skim milk added....but my second cup of the day is the free stuff from the office Keurig machine. Not as good but still caffeinated :-)

In theory, I'm a coffee snob, but in practice I just want a cup of something hot and caffeinated to get me through the morning. I usually keep a can of "emergency" coffee in the freezer, for when I run out of the fresh roasted stuff and am too lazy or busy to run out and get more before the next day. We don't have a drip machine, just a cheerful little yellow espresso maker, and as far as supermarket espresso goes, I really like Medaglia D'Oro.

To me, its most important that a cup of coffee be strong (lots of cafeine), and that it be "thick", and never bitter or acidey.

My go-to, every morning coffee in NY is from Joe, with several locations to serve you. My commute ultilzes at least one more train than I need to so that I can hit up a Joe before work.

i like mine black, strong, and made in a french press.
i also have an illy machine for quick espresso.

So much talk about the beans, but little about the maker, I got a Technivorm a couple of months ago and my wife, who really wanted to hate it, told me whatever I spent it was worth it and, at the time, I was using, Harris Teeter beans.

We got the legendary Technivorm for Xmas; amazing what it'll do for nearly any coffee. The stream of coffees coming into the house are typically Green Mountain mail-order, a pick from Trader Joe's, or something from Stew Leonard's (they roast on site). But the best surprise we had recently is the brick of pre-ground IKEA coffee we picked up recently--really good (maybe it liked the Dutch-made Technivorm).

I'm a coffee snob compared to, say, my parents/the average bear, but not in the world of coffee snobs. I am lucky enough to live in a small-ish town that has a great local roaster, but I totally have them grind it for me becase it's still pretty good/fresh, and let's face it: I'm lazy. Left with no local roaster (not something I've had to experience since drinking coffee), my bf usually buys *gasp* the Starbucks stuff. They're known for consistency, right? (even if they burn the sh*t out of the drip in their own coffee shops :P)

First-time commenter: I buy my coffee from a local shop that sells only Brazilian groceries. I pay one third the going rate of supermarket prices, and that is after the steep markup.

Morning coffee is a must. We own 2 coffee makers, one is in the kitchen and the other and better one is in our bedroom. Don't even have to go downstairs for it. Love 8:00, and used to buy it often, but we get Starbucks for free as our son works there. Now if the paper guy could only throw that paper up and to the left.........