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These tea and coffee brands are now american

Brisca Cafitesse Carte Noire Douwe Egberts Gevalia Grand’Mère Jacobs Kaffee Hag Kenco L’Or Marcilla Moccona Peet’s Piazza d’Oro Pickwick Senseo Splendid Tassimo

In this list you have some European alternatives to them. Do you know some more?

🇪🇸 Ariete 🇪🇸 Baque 🇬🇧 Betty’s & Taylors 🇪🇸 Candelas 🇳🇱 Capriole 🇬🇧 Clipper 🇩🇪 Dallmayr 🇫🇷 Dammann Frères 🇵🇹 Delta cafés 🇮🇹 Illycaffè 🇩🇪 J.J. Darboven 🇦🇹 Julius Meinl 🇳🇱 Koffiejongens 🇪🇸 La Fortaleza 🇮🇹 Lavazza 🇸🇪 Löfbergs 🇩🇪 Melitta 🇪🇸 Montecelio (Tea) 🇵🇱 Mokate 🇳🇱 Moyee 🇬🇧 Origin 🇫🇮 Paulig 🇮🇹 Segafredo Zanetti 🇩🇪 Tschibo 🇩🇪 Teekanne 🇮🇹 Vergnano

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[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 3 weeks ago

Side note: “Keurig Dr Pepper” sounds disgusting. Who greenlit that name and why are they still employed there?

[-] Argyle13@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Lol 😂😂

[-] Regna@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Sweden: Arvid Nordquist

I was wrong about the following:

~~Also: Löfbergs is owned by Nestlé or a subsidiary since ten years back or so.~~

[-] lambipapp@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

As a värmlänning. I did not know of the Löfbergs nestle connections. I am also unable to find it in any Swedish sources. Spare to share your Intel? :)

[-] Regna@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I have to do what’s called a ”pudel” (a poodle) in Swedish. Löfbergs launched several coffee varieties (like Karisma) around 10 years ago and they ended up on a blacklisting due to Nestlé connections. So I haven’t bought any coffee from them for many years. But as it seems now, I was either misinformed or just naively against anything related to Nestlé. Sorry, fuck Nestlé, but I might just start enjoying Löfbergs again. Thank you for the comments.

[-] foliumcreations@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Zoegas is also owned by Nestlé. Arvid Nordqvist only coffee option in Sweden.

Also tastes better in my opinion.

[-] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Arvid Nordqvist only coffee option in Sweden.

As Finn, I may have said that I prefer Nordqvist to Paulig stuff. I'm not admitting anything though. I'm just saying there is a possibility that I may have perhaps let words to that effect come out of my Nordqvist filled mouth.

[-] generallynonsensical@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Stop it you two. Things are bad enough. We don't need the Swedes and the Finns agreeing. Nothing good can come of it.

[-] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago
[-] generallynonsensical@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well there's a fun Wikipedia hole for me to fall into. Thanks!

[-] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

You are most welcome!

[-] Regna@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

As I stated in the other comments, I have to retract my statement about Löfbergs. Sorry.

[-] cikano@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I can't find anything about Löfbergs being owned by Nestlé online, do you have a source?

[-] Regna@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I have to do what’s called a ”pudel” (a poodle) in Swedish. Löfbergs launched several coffee varieties around 10 years ago and they ended up on a blacklisting due to Nestlé connections. So I haven’t bought any coffee from them for many years. But as it seems now, I was either misinformed or just naively against anything related to Nestlé. Sorry, fuck Nestlé, but I might just start enjoying Löfbergs again. Thank you for the comments.

[-] cikano@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

To "pudla" is too often seen as a bad thing, it's good to admit when one is wrong, thanks for the info/retraction

[-] determinist@kbin.earth 1 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't know this. Thanks.

[-] Regna@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I have to retract my statement about Nestlé owning Löfbergs. Sorry. I was wrong.

[-] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 17 points 3 weeks ago

I encourage people to try getting locally roasted beans. The quality of the brew is far above what you can get at any supermarket brand.

It does generally cost a bit more, but I don't think it's unmanageable. If optimizing caffeine intake for cost, the economical choice is probably to ditch coffee for caffeine pills.

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 13 points 3 weeks ago

American here.

I understand the impulse, and I hate Trump as much as anybody.

I just want to point out that BMW's biggest plant is in the USA and America's top beer is owned by a Belgian company.

When it comes to the 0.01% oligarchy, there's no 'Europe' or 'America' it's all about the money.

[-] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah. Buying European is a cool concept, but when you're improving "the economy", that doesn't actually mean you're improving the lives of your neighbors. The way we measure "the economy" has been corrupted throughout modern history to really only look at how the ultra wealthy are doing and not the regular people. This helps prevent governments from doing anything that hurts corporations in any meaningful way.

GDP is a great example of that kind of skewed metric.

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Don't get me started on 'skewed metrics.'

According to the official inflation counter, $1,500.00 in 1960 is about $15,000.00 in 2026.

You could buy a good, brand new car in 1960 for $1,500.00.

A cheap new car in 2026 is $20,000.00

[-] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

All below numbers are for the USA.

In 1960, an average house cost $11,900 ($132,721 adjusted for inflation).

In 2026, an average house costs $429k.

In 1960, the federal minimum wage was $1/hr ($11.15 adjusted for inflation).

In 2026, the federal minimum wage is $7.25/hr

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

We could go on for hours...

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago

Use this as a catalyst to buy local beans. You will not regret the change.

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago

I used to work at a museum in Cornwall and the café stocked Cornish Tea

https://www.cornish-tea.co.uk/

[-] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Their coffee is pretty good as well.

[-] heliotrope@retrofed.com 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
  • Tea
    • 🇳🇱 PG Tips is popular here in the UK.
    • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ringtons (a personal favourite) is popular in and around Newcastle, where the company is based.
    • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire Tea (also exceedingly popular in the north as well as the midlands) is owned by Betty's & Taylors.
    • 🇬🇧 Tetley is a popular brand owned by 🇮🇳 Tata, though personally I can't drink the stuff.
  • Coffee
    • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Black Sheep Coffee is a chain of coffee shops in the UK, but they also sell beans and grounds.
    • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pilgrims Coffee is a small roastery on Holy Island.
    • While their instant coffee is never great, supermarket own-brand beans and grounds are better than you would expect. 🇬🇧 Tesco and 🇬🇧 Waitrose both sell fairly nice coffee.
    • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pumphrey's is another small coffee roaster, from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Many independent cafés and shops in the north-east sell their coffee, but I believe you have to buy beans and grounds directly.
  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Red Box Coffee is based in Edinburgh and they sell tea and coffee, both of which are quite nice.
[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago

M&S Kenyan is my goto. But maybe it's time to look into local roasters.

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

Why use the Polish flag for Tesco?

[-] heliotrope@retrofed.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Mandela effect. I could have sworn it was a Polish company. Corrected now!

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

~~> Teekanne~~

~~Goddammit.~~

I'm stupid.

[-] cikano@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

The list is of european alternatives btw

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Omg im fucking stupid lol

Thank you for telling me.

[-] espentan@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Evergood and Ali coffee are still norwegian brands, I think, and hope.

[-] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There goes the brand I use. I don't really care the brand, all instant coffee is similarly bad, the deciding factor was the jar and what it worries me is that they could go for a cheaper jar that I can't use afterwards.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Barry's and Lyons are Irish and delicious. Lyons is blended in te UK but Barrys is all Irish.

[-] jbrad@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Grind coffee is also British and an independent company

[-] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 points 3 weeks ago

I look forward to prosecuting all of these sales as treason in a near future and convicting all who intermediated the sales to exile with passport removal and sanctions.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 3 weeks ago

Esssecaffé, it's the company the Segafredo family started after selling the original company. I've never bought their coffee for home use, but whenever I have one in a bar (café), it's great.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don't need "branded" coffee and tea. Just some non-usa coffee and tea.

[-] mechanicalphallicgod@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mostly drink decaf and the only that tastes good is Lucaffe. I heavily recommend their products:

https://lucaffe.com/

[-] AnnieByniaeth@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

Aldi House Blend whole beans are surprisingly good.

Lidl Italian Blend is also good for when I want a change.

[-] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

No Bustelo or Bones? Word, I'm good.

[-] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

🇸🇪 Arvid Nordquist is my favorite.

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