It’s been quite a while since I’ve made a Foodventure post. I know, no excuses… but I’ll make one anyways. I’ve had crazy amounts of schoolwork and thus have not been getting much sleep, let alone time for writing Foodventure posts. What better way to get back into the swing of things than with a brand new truck and one that is serving my key to survival (caffeine!). HubBub Coffee Truck is the perfect excuse for me to write a new post.
I wander over at around noon. No one else is in line so I step right up to this shiny, new, and clean truck. I ask him if he has any recommendations for me. He starts asking what I like so I can feel that I’m probably not going to get a recommendation. So I order the standard brew, large, with milk. I hand him my $2 and leave with my coffee.
This coffee is quite delicious (I think they have fancy machine in there. Stumptown special machines or something like that). But, $2 for a cup of it when Wawa is right there? I’m not sure. I suppose I should give a framework for my coffee opinion. I enjoy Dunkin Donuts coffee; enjoy Wawa coffee (all varieties); and I’m anti-Starbucks. I do recommend people try this coffee as it is quite good and maybe people who are more snobby than I about their coffee could attest to its superiority. I think for me though, Wawa will do quite fine.
Bottom Line: Very good, but I’m quite happy with Wawa coffee which is cheaper.
Cost: $2
Roasters like Stumptown are a much better value for your $2. They work directly with the growers, and bring the freshest green coffee into their roastery, where it is roasted and shipped to places like HubBub Coffee in a day or two. Conversely, WaWa, DD, and even starbucks buy low quality commercially grown beans, that they roast months before shipping to the retail outlet. They buy beans at a third the cost of Stumptown’s, and charge a much higher mark-up. You think it’s cheaper, but you get a lot more for your money in your cup from Stumptown.
i would love to have that guy’s job