My Starbucks growing up

Yeah, this is the home coffee equivalent of thinking Red Lobster was Michelin star-level haute cuisine. Got these opinions from my mother, god bless her. Her tastes were small town and quaint but I thought she was quite the connoisseur.

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APFernweh@reddit

But those cheddar biscuits though…

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Darmok47@reddit

I still remember going out to family dinners at Red Lobster. My grandpa would put on a sport coat and tie.

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HighGlutenTolerance@reddit

My teenage kiddo and her friends went to the mall for a movie and wanted to get dinner beforehand but the only place without a wait was Red Lobster. I guess it was not a very good experience.

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Darmok47@reddit

I haven't been in nearly a decade, but I do miss those Cheddar Bay Biscuits. May have to give it a try sometime to see if it really has gone down hill.

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lehsmit888@reddit

I remember being taken to Red Lobster for my 13 birthday. It was a big deal!

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TP_Crisis_2020@reddit

Yeah, why was this a thing? I remember my family going to Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Outback, and even Applebees or Chilis being a big deal.

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Darmok47@reddit

Maybe there were just fewer restaurants in general out in the suburbs?

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BigE429@reddit

There definitely weren't as many small mom and pop restaurants. Maybe a diner, a pizza/Italian place, and a Chinese place. I grew up on Long Island with a bunch of seafood restaurants, so I don't understand why there were so many full Red Lobsters around.

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TP_Crisis_2020@reddit

That's probably a legit reason. When I think back on my childhood, there were only a handful of big restaurants in our city of ~80k. The Darden owned chains were quite literally the nicest places we had to go out and eat.

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Darmok47@reddit

It was probably also harder to learn about new places before Yelp, Opentable, etc. You either read about it in the local paper or heard it about from a friend or family member.

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ForeignBody3258@reddit

We all ate at home all the time. There weren't influencers eating out 24/7. There was no social media. Times were simpler and amazing. I wish I was raising my kids back then.

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TP_Crisis_2020@reddit

Same 😭

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ksigguy@reddit

Man, my grandparents loved Olive Garden. That was a Sunday after church staple.

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TP_Crisis_2020@reddit

Mine loved Golden Corral after church!

The more I think about it, I think these chain restaurants were a big deal to our parents and grandparents simply because there just weren't that many nice places around before them. I think to them, these chain places were pretty much the nicest places they had to eat at.

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ksigguy@reddit

Mine still like Golden Corral but that’s a Friday night “old folks” dinner.

We live in rural Idaho, and a lot of these chain places didn’t even come to Idaho until the 90’s.

Google says Golden Corral was 2002.

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TP_Crisis_2020@reddit

I must be "old folk" now because I still love GC. 😂

That's crazy that they only showed up in 2002 where you are. I think ours came to town in the early/mid 90's in bumfuck Arkansas.

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ksigguy@reddit

Not to be an asshole, but when I hear Arkansas, or the South in general I think buffets.

My wife and I call our Friday night dinners because aside from us, in our early 40’s, most people at the dinners are between 75-90.

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TP_Crisis_2020@reddit

You're not wrong! We had many buffets down there. 😂

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linkerjpatrick@reddit

To be fair they were better and more special back then.

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

"Is there a Red lobster nearby? My treat!"

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AlienDelarge@reddit

To be fair, it was nicer than the burger bar and small town diner and we did have to drive to the big city to get there.

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PhoebeGemaGray@reddit

Well I don’t hate Red Lobster. Not Michelin Star for sure. I loved that canned coffee, for real. It was an occasional thing not daily.

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

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cmmatthews@reddit

As a child I always thought this looked like the height of luxury in the commercials

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unknown7383762@reddit

This, a viennetta, and grey poupon all seemed fancy as hell as a kid.

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BloodyRightNostril@reddit

And Fancy Feast cat food and Paulaner All Fruit.

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APFernweh@reddit

And After Eight mints

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Level_Improvement532@reddit

And Boku juice boxes!

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Punkposer83@reddit

I stumbled across a Boku commercial with Richard Lewis a few months ago and I totally forgot about those things. I remember staring at them at the store and telling myself. “Man I wish I was an adult so I could drink these!” Ya know because they weren’t juice boxes they were boxed juice cocktails for adults! 🤣

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TheActualDonKnotts@reddit

Polaner's seedless blackberry is so damn good. My mouth is watering just thinking about toast with some butter and their blackberry or raspberry spread.

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OldJames47@reddit

WOULD YA PLEASE PASS THA JELLY?

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Global-Jury8810@reddit

😱🫨

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ThatNeverHappenedBro@reddit

I thought fancy feast and Sheba were rich peoples cat food 🤣

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Global-Jury8810@reddit

… don’t put any gray Poupon on the Viennetta. that would be disgusting and someone will get pissed.

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valdus@reddit

What if you also add some Fancy Feast?

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Global-Jury8810@reddit

I’d be inclined to believe that there was something wrong with you.

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Accio_Diet_Coke@reddit

But at least one someone won’t and that’s the whole reason to do it.

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TheActualDonKnotts@reddit

I'm your huckleberry.

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Global-Jury8810@reddit

Yuk!

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Kinnaree@reddit

Don’t forget Viennetta Ice Cream! (Because one slice is never enough)

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DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit

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seuadr@reddit

Viennetta IS fancy as hell as far as I'm concerned. 🤣

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

I swore this was my roommates' burner account. Verbatim!

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unknown7383762@reddit

Unless you're my wife, I don't have a roommate.

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

ok... on 3

1...

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unknown7383762@reddit

2

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

3, NOT IT!

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MainConnection6742@reddit

Nose goes! 👃👈

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DustyRailz@reddit

Vienetta! Yes!

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Krimreaper1@reddit

Bagel? What’s a bagel?

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PackageNorth8984@reddit

I took a sip of this before passing the gray poupon.

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BeenisHat@reddit

Here, have some Milano cookies.

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Separate-Succotash11@reddit

Oh man. I still love me some mint milanos.

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kamshaft11975@reddit

Look at THIS big spender 😤

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onamonapizza@reddit

Milanos still fancy, don't @ me

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

Not sure that's PC

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PackageNorth8984@reddit

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PackageNorth8984@reddit

Are those for my butler? I only eat viennetta for dessert.

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melanthius@reddit

Random people knew my mom liked coffee, so they kept gifting her these, thinking they were fancy, good, coffee.

She was so revolted but she would keep saying thank you

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Inevitable_Tone3021@reddit

Same, my dad would buy tons of these for my mom at Christmas because she loved coffee.

Most coffee lovers don't like experimenting with novel sugary flavors. We used it as an ice cream topping instead and that was pretty delicious.

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Zorgsmom@reddit

Why do I find this so funny? I'm picturing your poor mom having cupboards full of this sugary nonsense.

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melanthius@reddit

Basically correct... she'd try to find someone to regift them to

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JamesTheLockGuy@reddit

Agreed! As a poor kid who never got this, what did this “coffee” taste like? Was it basically just hot chocolate for grownups?

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Zeqhanis@reddit

I remember having the French vanilla and maybe the Suisse mocha at my grandma's as a kid.b They were all right for the time, at my age.

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tessathemurdervilles@reddit

Remember in the commercial the guy would make a sound like a milk wand foaming the milk on a latte? I thought that was so clever.

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oodelay@reddit

During the time that big boxes of assorted chocolates outcome were worst than landmines.

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

That was what I figured. Never bought them.

Went to college. Got one and made it. I was like "this is instant coffee and hot chocolate!"

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lavasca@reddit

Jean Luc!

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

oh, FOR SURE!

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blue_suavitel@reddit

Hahhahaha this was for rich people

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physical0@reddit

I loved this when I was a kid. As an adult, I bought a can and never drank it because I guess my mom never said I could, so I just looked at it longingly while it went stale.

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This_Fkn_Guy_@reddit

Whoa how rich were you?

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Lethave@reddit

Maxwell House produces them now, I just grabbed one to be snowed in with the other day

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Slight_Second1963@reddit

What’d you think of the flavor? I just got one as well and it was kinda meh

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Lethave@reddit

It's one of those the memory is always going to be better than the present day. It tasted like really milky darker roast coffee.

I do want to track down the Orange cafe flavor and give that a go, I thought it was the height of sophistication when my Great Aunt would let me have some.

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Dull-Associate-599@reddit

I started drinking Maxwell House again for the nostalgia and now I can't stop! Cafe Vienna is so delicious.

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archer_ames@reddit

hoooly shit. my grandma used to drink Café Francais RELIGIOUSLY. i haven’t seen one of these canisters in probably over twenty years. can still taste it though… thanks for the memory.

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Darmok47@reddit

My grandma drank them and my grandpa used the metal containers to store screws and nails. I remember helping my granddad with some repair thing in the yard and having to search through canisters of these lol.

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nottodaysatan317@reddit

14 spoonfuls and it tasted good

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HighGlutenTolerance@reddit

Only 14? You wuss

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MissAngryBanana@reddit

Exactly. Then bounce off the wall for the rest of the day, followed by a monster crash.

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HighGlutenTolerance@reddit

I knew my grandma's cool friends were coming over if she got this shit out instead of teabags.

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ZedPrimus84@reddit

I've forgotten about these. I freaken loved these things as a kid. This was my after school coffee in middle and high school.

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rml24601@reddit

Were these the ones that had that ongoing storyline in the commercials - the guy borrowing his neighbor’s General Foods International Coffee unexpectedly (of course they are both single and she’s a babe) and each commercial is them flirting and you’re like “when are they gonna get together??”

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Firebrat1978@reddit

Those were Nescafé. The guy in the commercial was Anthony Stewart Head, who later played Rupert Giles in the Buffy series.

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rml24601@reddit

Omg you’re right!! I just watched the commercial on YouTube.

The International Coffee one has the one with the 2 friends reminiscing about Paris - “Jean Luc!”

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thejunkmanadv@reddit

This one is ripe for a parody having two kids run up to each of them addressing each one as "mom"

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trustme1maDR@reddit

And let's not even get into the will-they-won't-they relationship at the heart of the Folgers holiday commercial.

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

"I KNEW IT!"

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Funkopedia@reddit

That was Nescafe! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Blend_couple

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Mammoth_Mixture4735@reddit

The only thing i could name growing up would be Folgers lol the damn commercial every time

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Glorbaniglu@reddit

My mom used to drink the French vanilla, and teb Irish cream.

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SemicolonGuitars@reddit

The Kahlua flavor was my jam.

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body_by_monsanto@reddit

I used to think I was so grown up while drinking this and watching X-Files.

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DBE113301@reddit

Mmmm! Goddamn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet shit! Usually, me and Vince would be happy with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice right, but he springs this serious GOURMET shit on us! What flavor is this?

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itsmiddylou@reddit

Oooo my mom LOVED Suisse Mocha

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Still_upsidedown321@reddit

Suisse mocha was my jam!! But definitely drank it because my mom had it

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ListeningForAnswers@reddit

So did my grandma!! I can’t see this without thinking of her

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worksnake@reddit

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Positive-Golf5561@reddit

I always felt fancy eating that one as a kid. “N E S T L E S. Sweet Dreams You Ca-a-ant Resist.”

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veglove@reddit

I can hear the music to this. Was there any real chocolate in it though?

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worksnake@reddit

Well, depends on what you consider real chocolate. White chocolate has no cocoa solids in it, only cocoa butter. I don’t care much for it, except every now and then. But it can’t be accused of not being real any more than any other white chocolate.

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trustme1maDR@reddit

I can hear this one in my head. Almost like a Calvin Klein commercial but for candy bars

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Irate-Refrigerant59@reddit

Does anyone else remember the chai tea mix?

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tedsmitts@reddit

Oh, you were a millionaire.

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No_Feeling_9513@reddit

Jesus tap dancing christ I forgot about those

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Likethelotus@reddit

The Cafe Francais was a staple in my parents' and grandparents' house growing up!

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CD274@reddit

This coffee brand and it's commercials are why I tried to order an Irish coffee in a diner at age 16. Waitress looked at me like -.- And I was like yeah like the mix in the tin

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YourGuyK@reddit

Is this the "Jean Luc!" commercial coffee?

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Guyfromthe707@reddit

Yes but not Picard

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Neonlikebjork@reddit

So freaking good!

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Maaaaaandyyyyy@reddit

My mom drinks the international delights or whatever it’s called and it is so good haha! But I’m sure it’s pure chemicals.

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DomFunf@reddit

Yooooo! Legit was better than hot chocolate on occasions

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SeattleRainMaiden@reddit

Omg my parents had these when I was growing up; I still remember how they smell.

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rick43402@reddit

Mine, too, and I miss it.

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throwaway04182023@reddit

I had these in college because poor.

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Lonedingo711@reddit

It's now Nespresso

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WhistlesMcBritches@reddit

My mom still drinks cafe Vienna to this day

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Sea-Junket-1610@reddit

I thought this was so posh when I was 10 lol

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Suzuki_Foster@reddit

My mom had this in every flavor when I was young! We'd have a cup together every morning before I went to school. Suisse Mocha was my favorite!

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Thisguyblows2026@reddit

Oooh weee! I drink pour over from our local roaster here. But man, I used to love celebrating a moment in my life!

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malibuklw@reddit

My mom still drinks this stuff.

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bobbaganush@reddit

I remember this stuff smelling so good. Don’t think I ever actually tasted it. Though I can’t imagine it tasted as good as it smelled.

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No_Flamingo9331@reddit

Omg that Swiss mocha I loved it so much

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KyleVanderpump@reddit

Jean Luc!

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JoisChaoticWhatever@reddit

When I was a kid, if this was in your house, I thought you were rich and classy.

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ManzanitaSuperHero@reddit

Those commercials are like a hug from the past.

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TypicalCricket@reddit

My dad used the empty containers to hold nails and screws and nuts and bolts. Still probably has like a dozen in his garage.

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Torkin@reddit

Wow, that brings back memories

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Analyst_Unlucky@reddit

Omg I used to put marshmallow fluff on the French vanilla flavor. Bangin!!

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Ok_Percentage5157@reddit

Oh man, this stuff was awful.
I was always a coffee drinker, even as a kid. My Grandma would make coffee on the stove, and I'd get a cup every morning when I stayed at her house. As a teenager, my mom bought some of these for me, and when my grandma saw them, she threw them away, and we made real coffee. Lol

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OkIndustry4232@reddit

Rich people had this when I was growing up.

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linkerjpatrick@reddit

I used to eat spoonfuls of that stuff when nobody was looking

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Warhammer517@reddit

"Celebrate the moments of your life. With General Foods International Coffees."

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International-Rip970@reddit

And tasted pretty good.

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DannyHusk42@reddit

I see they are missing Montréal Morn'.

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brokenman82@reddit

I always wanted to try this but my mom didn’t like coffee. Then then her boyfriend (now my dad) only likes coffee with 2 equals. No flavored coffee ever. They don’t even keep milk or cream in the house

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Elegant-Expert7575@reddit

I really miss that suisse mocha. The original was so good. Through its life, they changed it so much.

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TP_Crisis_2020@reddit

Grandmas everywhere using these empty tins to store all sorts of small things.

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Boobah79@reddit

I was looking for these the other day and they are no longer available. I almost cried a little.

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

They're still around, just rebranded under Maxwell House

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Boobah79@reddit

Good to know. I will have to see if I can find them.

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GermanShorthair2819@reddit

What? No Orange Cappuccino? That was my favorite

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Due-Cup1115@reddit

Wow, I had completely forgotten those existed! I dont recall them being particularly good though. Like we were just lying about it to each other to justify the cost.

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WhatTheCluck802@reddit

Freaking loved this stuff!!

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PossibilityMuch9053@reddit

My grandma loved this stuff and the swiss mocha smelled so good !! We used to use the containers for all kinds of stuff.

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izaakko@reddit

After a dinner in which I asked, “would you pass the greyyyyyy poupon?”

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Silver_Fox_Daddy@reddit

OMG, I loved these

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FalconStickr@reddit

My mom used to drink Cafe Vienna everyday and watch General Hospital and One Life to Live. I can still smell it.

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redcurrantevents@reddit

Ah yes, crappaccino, as I call it, with love

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Darkwing_ducksauce@reddit

Loved drinking cafe Vienna with my grandma ♥️

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Honest_Emergency1637@reddit

I remember drinking this when I was a kid and then going to school and telling my friends that I had the caffeine shakes. Didn't realize my mom bought the decaf version until much later 😳

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MrKal-El@reddit

French vanilla baby... Then I remember they came out with a different version that bubbled or something

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paulsteinway@reddit

These were 99% sugar.

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hello_fellow-kids@reddit

That’s where we stored all of our extra screws and pieces of stuff that broke off other stuff when I was a kid.

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VectorJones@reddit

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You sprung that serious gourmet shit.

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No-Captain2150@reddit

Cafe Vienna was my dad's go to once he quit drinking. We had *stacks* of those tins.

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Tony_Tanna78@reddit

The fancy coffee as a lot of people, including myself, like to call it. I never had any of this coffee, but remember seeing the commercials for them a lot during the afternoon programs (i.e. soap operas and talk shows) and TV movies in prime time.

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liebemeinenKuchen@reddit

My mother would make these every morning and 50% of the time forget it was in the microwave before heading out to work. Fond memories ☕️

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maybeinoregon@reddit

That was rich people’s coffee.

We had huge cans of extremely dry coffee.

I felt rich buying Folgers crystals.

I felt grown up buying Yuban. Haha

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Educational_Dust_932@reddit

Jean-Luc!

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Savings_Bird_4736@reddit

That Suisse Mocha had me in a chokehold lol

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shrimpcreole@reddit

So, what did that stuff taste like? The idea of Viennese coffee always sounded cool when I was a kid.

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Global-Jury8810@reddit

Ngl, you can find the same thing at any convenience store in the “cappuccino machine”. It’s the same thing.

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shrimpcreole@reddit

Good to know. Maybe I'll try it out if I'm hating on my taste buds. :)

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tc_cad@reddit

Grandma’s house. She had a bunch of those and yet still poured Grand Mariner into her morning coffee.

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Embracing_the_Pain@reddit

I don’t know if I ever had this. Maybe a sip or two. By the time I grew up this had fallen out of style. I can still smell it, though.

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brinns_way@reddit

I remember sticking my finger in the container and eating the dry mix as a child 🥴

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Global-Jury8810@reddit

Who doesn’t love a taste of dry mix? Bullshit coffee, nestle quik, swiss miss, the sweetened koolaid…apparently gatorade made drink mix too.

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

If you didn't, did you even "try" in life?

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monster_bunny@reddit

I can smell this photo

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theslats@reddit

These were the best part about going camping when I was growing up. It was the only time parents would buy these.

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lavenderjane@reddit

My mom loved Cafe Vienna. I can still smell a freshly made cup.

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jak33atworld@reddit

Oh my god I nearly forgot about these!!!!!! Loved keeping the tins afterwards too.

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dm21120@reddit

My mom was so into French vanilla…..

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Coomstress@reddit

My dad bought these once in a while. They were full of sugar! Suisse Mocha was my favorite once I got a taste for coffee at about age 16.

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NextStomach6453@reddit

My mom drank this and I followed suit growing up. She’d have to hide it so I wouldn’t drink it all.

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Sharessa84@reddit

Yep, I got into coffee pretty young, and I this stuff was a big reason for that.

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AdeptAd6213@reddit

Same!!!

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NextStomach6453@reddit

I’m from south Louisiana and my dad and mawmaw legitimately put coffee in my milk bottle when I was around two. This just fueled my addiction with its sweetness. By the time I hit college I was black coffee or no coffee. Now I enjoy a correctly made flat white or breve latte. Can’t stand the sugary stuff anymore.

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rodneyenmac@reddit

Same

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Adios_Moonsynth@reddit

My (youngest of three, 40f) mum (70) still drinks these and used to hide them from us growing up. Once I moved out, we used to drink them together up during my visits up until my body stopped processing dairy almost five years ago.

I wish there was an affordable non-dairy version.

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AdeptAd6213@reddit

I loved these as a kid!!

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Automatic_Beat5808@reddit

Seeing this picture makes me wonder if this stuff isn't the reason that I became a coffee drinker. My mom used to let me drink this stuff when I was like 10 years old.

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Electrical-Pie-8192@reddit

French vanilla at Grandma's!

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NotYourSexyNurse@reddit

My parents didn’t drink coffee or alcohol. They didn’t smoke either. Anything they strictly forbade I immediately did in high school.

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

Absolutely my introduction to coffee.

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the_silent_one1984@reddit

Omg same here. I thought it was only me.

Growing up I loved the smell of hazelnut coffee. My parents never had it but I'd smell it in those coffee bean dispensers they used to have. Then I discovered these and I'd just have them and feel like a grown up.

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lehsmit888@reddit

My mother went through these like she was on drugs. I remember drinking for a few years in college and then discovered real coffee

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Santos_L_Halper_II@reddit

Where’s the most international coffee of all - Montreal Morn?

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Purplelotus17@reddit

Yasss!!!

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pittfan1942@reddit

What a great!

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Cerebral-Knievel-1@reddit

Appears to still be available as Maxwell House Café style

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prentiss29@reddit

SAME!

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DeadSharkEyes@reddit

We used to get samples in the mail and I would make a coffee for breakfast and believe I was flying high with the caffeine surging through my veins 😂

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softflatcrabpants@reddit

Did you always hold the mug with two hands, like in the commercials?

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trustme1maDR@reddit

And the mug must be clear

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icybowler3442@reddit

JEAN-LUC!

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trustme1maDR@reddit

My sister and I still say this too each other 😆

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DustyRailz@reddit

Ugh. Beat me to it. Well done.

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deephurting66@reddit

So luxurious, I loved their Irish Cream..

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flavier2000@reddit

We have starbukks at home.

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veglove@reddit

Oh hell yes. This was my gateway coffee.

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sqquuee@reddit

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Professional-Head83@reddit

I remembered they had Kahlua.

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XIENVYIX@reddit (OP)

Yep, and cafe au lait

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BunnyMacDoofer@reddit

I had a visceral reaction to this photo. Mostly because my mom would drink these. They smelled so good and then I’d sneak a sip. So gross 🤢

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Addamall@reddit

I always wanted to try it as a kid, as an adult I am sure kid me is the only time I’d actually sorta like it.

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RandyArgonianButler@reddit

This shit was so good. I remember my grandma would make it for me whenever we went camping. Turned me into a coffee drinker for life.

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Mr_Cigarette@reddit

I definitely drank this as kid; like it was hot chocolate.

Reading these comments is making me realize that my upbringing was much more normal than I thought.

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spiniton85@reddit

These were my gateway drug into coffee. I started with a few grains in a glass of milk and eventually turned into a grownup and it became mostly coffee with some milk. Delicious.

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Cold-Bowl-8715@reddit

So good I miss these

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

As a kid, I thought drinking this was a sign of the utmost fancy. I remember that "Jean Luc" commercial, hehe.

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Electric_Sheep2001@reddit

My grandmother drank Cafe Francais daily. A few years ago I was feeling nostalgic and bought some. It wasn't that bad.

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notthatnewtoreddit@reddit

So, a couple of years ago, I wanted this badly and found that Maxwell House took them over You can still get a couple flavours, but the packaging says Maxwell House and coloring is changed to match. Enjoy!

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shallowtallo@reddit

Blink 182 themed

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m8remotion@reddit

Local grocery store seafood salad was the epitomy of luxury for me. Before I learn what surimi isn't real crab.

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playfulwarning@reddit

I remember saving my allowance to buy the multipack sampler of this. My mom hijacked Cafe Vienna and wound up drinking it for years. I credit this with my love for flavored coffee.

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