This may sound crazy, but don't knock it til you try it! Take a pound of your favorite coffee, (I use fresh ground Millstone Breakfast Blend) and a three pound can of brand X (Hill Bros, Maryland Club, Folgers, Generic) Dump out the cheap stuff into a large mixing bowl, and using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, put three scoops of cheap stuff in and one scoop of the good stuff. continue until the can is full. mix the remainder together, and put in the bag the good stuff came in or an old coffee can or canister. When you brew it up, the cheap stuff seems to take on the taste of the stronger top quality brew! you can take 1 lb of premium coffee, and 3 lbs of Hills, and make 4 lbs of great tasting coffee for about $11 vice $20-28 buying all Millstone! Beleive it or not, this was the result of a long hard learned lesson, that I applied in reverse!