Coffee

KitKat3 · #1 (**permalink**) January 2nd, 2012, 07:40 PM

How is the free coffee on Freedom of the seas?

Donna · #2 (**permalink**) January 3rd, 2012, 07:12 PM

The coffee is perfectly find on Freedom of the seas...While there are still specialty coffee's you can purchase, if you want a cup of coffee to start the day, you will be fine.

KitKat3 · #3 (**permalink**) January 3rd, 2012, 09:42 PM

Haha ok thank you, I was a little worried because I read a few bad reviews about RC coffee.

NevilleJ · #4 (**permalink**) March 20th, 2012, 07:16 PM

Which cruise line has the best coffee? Are there any that serve Blue Mountain coffee if one of the ports is in Jamaica? Or perhaps Kona coffee is it's a Hawaiian cruise?

ChadH · #5 (**permalink**) May 20th, 2012, 09:34 AM

Isn't RCL coffee Seattle's Best? It has been on the ones we were on (Navigator, Serenade). I'm guessing the Freedom is the same.

Mike M · #6 (**permalink**) May 20th, 2012, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by NevilleJ

Which cruise line has the best coffee? Are there any that serve Blue Mountain coffee if one of the ports is in Jamaica? Or perhaps Kona coffee is it's a Hawaiian cruise?

Neville:

I'm sorry to burst your dreams but the major cruise lines purchase everything, in bulk, from contracted vendors. They will not pick up special coffees in different ports. The smaller, luxury, cruise lines like Seabourn or Silversea may do this but you won't see this happening on Carnival, RCL or NCL.

I personally go for the specialty coffees on most cruises. I really dislike Royal Caribbean's regular coffee but the stuff from the "coffee shop" is OK. Carnival's coffee is drinkable but their coffee shops are quite good.

On NCL they use Folgers, or they did two years ago. At least it was ground coffee and not a syrup.

Yes: I'm Mike and I'm a coffee snob. And yes: I usually pay extra for my coffee.

Take care,
Mike

Donna · #7 (**permalink**) May 20th, 2012, 06:44 PM

One of my favorites here at home is the Duncan Donuts coffee. They sell a really large bag at Costco :-) I think it beats Starbucks anyday of the week.

Fieldmouse · #8 (**permalink**) May 21st, 2012, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ChadH

Isn't RCL coffee Seattle's Best? It has been on the ones we were on (Navigator, Serenade). I'm guessing the Freedom is the same.

It was when we were on RCCL's Monarch of the Seas and the Radiance. It may not have been in regular dining, but it was in the Speciality coffee shop...