## Hi, coffee lovers!
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There are not many new brands to see in my city. You can almost always find the brand you're looking for because it's probably the same one you've used for a significant part of your life. In my case, I have gone back to buying *Anzoategui* coffee, a brand that has been around since my late mother was a baby. Café *Anzoategui* has been in the market for almost 80 years. 
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When I was little, like forty years ago, coffee beans were only for coffee shops; we bought it ground. I bought a kilo of *Anzoátegui* coffee beans last month and just bought another kilo a couple of days ago because we liked it so much. 

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It's arabica espresso beans. It's an aromatic coffee, strong without being bitter. For a commercial coffee, this one is quite smooth on the palate with a slightly fruity aftertaste that surprised me.
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I was very skeptical at first, as it had been maybe ten years since I last bought this brand. The reason? The quality of the coffee fell steadily and steadily to the point of almost absolute scarcity. We Venezuelans were forced to drink awful coffee for two years or so (2015 & 2016). You had to pay a little fortune for a decent bunch of beans--I had green tea most of the time by then. Long story short, after buying a package of coffee from this brand that tasted horrible, I never bought it again until a month ago. 
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So this is the "new" kind of coffee I've been buying at super lately.

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