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10/13/2003 Archived Entry: "COMMUNITY COFFEE (RED BAG)"

COMMUNITY COFFEE (RED BAG)

For many years now, Brit and I have been hooked on Community Coffee. It goes back maybe thirty years to the days my brother and his wife lived in Shreveport and introduced us to Community Coffee and Johnson's sausage from Eunice. I remember with fondness our breakfasts together centered around these two Louisana items and our family "Baker eggs"....eggs scrambled with diced dill pickles in them. (Hey...they're really good!)

Brit, who is the coffee-maker in our home, forewarned me this morning that we were down to our last bag of coffee. We buy it by the case as it's simpler that way. I've been in the Community system so long that when I call, it takes maybe 15 seconds to order more.

In fact, we are drinking some right now and I'll bet my friend, Janis Gore, in Vadalia Louisiana is doing exactly the same thing. People from Louisana know their coffee and good food.

We prefer their "Dark Roast", which is their original coffee, roasted to a deep, dark color. "Enjoy rich aroma, full body and a strong, intense flavor", they say. It comes in a red bag and is also known as Paquet RougeŽ. Their Red Bag is known regionally as the State Coffee of Louisiana.

If you order 10 packages at at time, as we do, they give you a 50-cent discount per package.

I think when we first started ordering, they had the medium, blend and dark roast and some with chickory, which we don't care for very much. Now they have a wide range of coffee choices from all over the world, a coffee club, flavored coffees, seasonal coffee, a sampler and tea. It's a matter of what you prefer, but their products are very good and consistent.

We've tried some of the others, but when we get up in the morning, we like strong, full-bodied, robust coffee that is embodied in the Red Bag.

I know...you Pepsi drinkers are squirming!