What is your favorite coffee brand, other than Starbucks?!
Answers: Looking for one of the better brands as a birthday gift for my mother in-law! THANKS!
Vittoria is a good one.
Also Grinders.
I`m in Australia, dont know if you get them where you are.
Try the most expensive brand of Kona coffee from Hawaii. Seattle also has really great coffees. MOre exotic one's from Ehtiopia perhaps but I guess there is an association with a destitute country
nescaffee
Peet's or Tully's coffees are excellent.
http://www.peets.com/
http://www.tullys.com/
The possibilities are as endless as there are brands of coffee. It is also very subjective as the coffee I enjoy might not be something your mother-in law would like. For instance, I'm not real big on flavored coffee so a gift of one would be something I'd not use. I would prefer a gift certificate to a coffee shop.
Possibly go with her when she uses the certificate and stop at a coffee shop after.
Mcdonalds
I don't know where you live but Caribou Coffee is OUTSTANDING. They're located in Ohio mainly, but they're quickly growing on the east coast and across the midwest. Checkout their website - http://www.cariboucoffee.com/index.asp. My boyfriend SWEARS by this coffee. Amy's Blend and Obsidium are his two favorites.
(Gevalia) Jamaica Blue Mountain
Nectar of Life has really good coffee. It is all organic, Fair Trade and Kosher Certified. Plus, use the discount code 1010 in the customer discount field and you will get 10% off your order! Try the Happy Place blend to start or a small gift basket.
Seattles Best, Gloria Jeans, and Millstone have great coffees too. The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf espresso drink bars have great coffee too
Starbucks just has market share. Their coffee is actually quite awful, but since most people that go to Starbucks don't order PLAIN coffee, they never taste it.