The cost of coffee is on the rise, while that's not news. Just what is getting mixed in with your coffee ground is. Everything from dirt, twigs and almost any other (so far) harmless material that adds weight to the packaged coffee grounds seem to finding there way into that bag. It a tried and true way to increase profit and stretch supply. Sellers of ground coffee have standards as to how much foreign materials can be in a given weight of coffee grounds. But with tight supplies The standards will be pushed to their limits and likely beyond. So what to do you ask? Say with a trusted supply er. They are much less likely to risk their reputation on saving a few bucks.
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