The logo and style of the can may have changed since I was young, but the Folgers coffee can is something I can distinctly remember, along with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee wafting its way from our glass percolator. Good times and good coffee in the original grind is something I am unlikely to ever forget. (My grandmother used to use an empty Folgers can as a spittoon she kept outside her front door. Yuck!)
I recently made a big mistake when buying cheap coffee at the Royal Subic store at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. I normally buy Nescafé Classic, but the regular jars of it were out-of-stock. The store is in a remodeling phase and food products are being moved around. It's difficult to find what you're looking for, even if you know where it's supposed to be.
A reader (Sarah) pointed me to two videos put up on YouTube by Nescafé. The first is an advertisement for Nescafé Original coffee and the second is a video of how they made the first one. The advertisement imitates the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas with over a million coffee beans and is set to the music of the "Don Pasquale" opera. I haven't seen the Bellagio fountains in person even though I've been to Las Vegas several times. I've only seen them in other YouTube videos. Before I watched the second video, I expected green screens to have been used. When I actually viewed the second video, I found out I was right on the money.
I'm posting both videos for your viewing enjoyment.
If Kona coffee isn't considered a gourmet coffee, it should be. An arabica variety of coffee, it has a rich, full taste sought after by coffee connoisseurs like myself. I once spotted a bag of Kona coffee at the Royal Subic store, Subic Bay Freeport Zone (adjacent to Olongapo City, Philippines) and I wanted to buy it, but it was just too expensive for my budget at the time. I haven't seen any there since.
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