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How I Became a Coffee Centrist

During the pandemic, I learned I can make coffee that is delicious but not too fussy or expensive

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Josh Barro
Mar 11, 2022
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Dear readers,

Back in 2020, I wrote two pieces for New York Magazine about how COVID was affecting the US market for coffee.

I noted that one of the few stocks that held up well in April 2020 was J.M. Smucker Co., the packaged-food company that sells such coffee brands as Folgers and Café Bustelo. People were making more coffee at home, so they were buyin…

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